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Magic Genre
Books in the Magic genre:
Maria Poppina ab A ad Z (1968)
Mary Poppins from A to Z in a Latin translation.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
A Necklace of Raindrops, and other stories (1968)
These eight stories, most of which include a bit of magic, include tales of a wishing mat, an enormous cat, and a very strange house.
Author(s):
Joan Aiken
Illustrator(s):
Jan Pieńkowski
The Snowball (1969)
Tom and Tilda put a mysterious snowball in the refrigerator and it hatches into a snowbaby.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Patricia Drew
The Snowball (1969)
Tom and Tilda put a mysterious snowball in the refrigerator and it hatches into a snowbaby.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
John Spiers
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (1969)
A tale of twin witches: one very good; the other, horrible.
Author(s):
Irving Phillips
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1969)
Susan and Colin discover that the lost Weirstone hangs on her bracelet, and all the powers of evil are out to steal it. This is the revised edition.
Author(s):
Alan Garner
Illustrator(s):
Ron Bowen
Graeme and the Dragon (1970)
Graeme finds a baby dragon and nothing is ordinary again.
Author(s):
Naomi Mitchison
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Isle of Gramarye (1970)
An anthology of the poetry of magic.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Book of Wishes and Wishmaking (1971)
A listing of the many occasions on which to wish, like saving the tip of your cherry pie for last and making a wish on it.
Author(s):
Duncan Emrich
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Nothing Said (1971)
On a visit with her mother’s friend Maud, Libby meets water nymphs and dryads.
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Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Genie of Sutton Place (1973)
When Tim finds a Genie, the excitement starts in Sutton Place.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Diane Dillon
Leo Dillon
Well Met by Witchlight (1973)
Three children ally with a sweet little witch to defeat the schemes of an evil black witch.
Author(s):
Nina Beachcroft
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Lion that Flew (1974)
Toni’s magic ring brings a stone lion to life.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Funny Peculiar (1975)
A collection of short stories, mostly in the slightly odd, mysterious genre.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Jennie Garratt
Matt’s Mitt (1975)
When Matt is born his Uncle William Edgar gives him a baseball mitt, and thereon hangs a tale.
Author(s):
Marilyn Sachs
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Puck of Pook’s Hill (1975)
Having performed Midsummer Night’s Dream three times on midsummer’s eve, Dan and Una are visited by Puck, who leads them on adventures in English history.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
H. R. Millar
Strega Nona (1975)
When Strega Nona leaves Big Anthony alone with her magic pasta pot, he is determined to show the townspeople how it works on his own.
Author(s):
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
Outrageous Kasimir (1976)
Kasimir’s ability to influence people’s behavior gets him in trouble.
Author(s):
Achim Bröger
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeschke
The Stones of Green Knowe (1976)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Carbonel and Calidor (1978)
When Prince Calidor strays off, his father, Carbonel King of the Cats, calls on Rosemary and John to help bring him back to the straight and narrow.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Charles Front