The Magic World
10 best books like The Magic World (E. Nesbit): Thomas, The Well-Wishers, The Midnight Folk, The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat, The Magic Summer, Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind, Where's the Dragon?, Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince, Mennyms Under Siege, Mother Goose in Prose
| Author | Robin Jarvis |
| ISBN | 0811854124 |
Following the resounding success of my Locus Quest, I faced a dilemma: which reading list to follow it up with? Variety is the spice of life, so I’ve decided to diversify and pursue six different lists simultaneously. This book falls into my FINISHING THE SERIES! list.
I loves me a good...
| Author | Edward Eager |
| ISBN | 0152949941 |
Just when the children thought the magic in the old well was all played out (that is, if it was magic!) and had sworn an oath in blood not to make any more wishes until the well gave them a sign, Gordy—in a reckless moment—told it to get going with its magic, or else! Something certainly did begin to happen...
| Author | John Masefield |
| ISBN | 0006724167 |
‘Don’t you have any fear, Kay. We’re the guards, we are. We hear that the house has gone all to sixes and sevens since we left it, but that’s going to be remedied now’
Young Kay Harker lives in an old house in the country, filled with portraits of his ancestors. His only companions are...
| Author | Theoni Pappas |
| ISBN | 1884550142 |
With such a colorful cover, I was dismayed when I opened to find this to be a one-color printing... in purple. For elementary school libraries that makes it more affordable to share it with children.
This book is a wonderful collection of brief introductions to various well known visual math...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0394816315 |
Four children are sent from London to live for the summer with an eccentric poetry quoting Aunt in a rural part of Ireland. They are left to fend for themselves and in the process find friendship and enjoyment in day to day tasks. The children find that there are things to gain from their self sufficient...
| Author | Bruce Coville |
| ISBN | 0590461621 |
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| Author | Jason Hook |
| ISBN | 1402716249 |
With its beautifully embossed pages, shiny spot laminations that really pop, and a fun invitation to a dragon hunt, this one-of-a-kind book feels like magic, and looks great under the Christmas tree too.
Look inside this amazing picture book and feel the embossed pages. Can you see and touch...
| Author | Noriko Ogiwara |
| ISBN | 1421537257 |
There is such a thing as "standard Western fantasy" and sufficiently experienced readers will, at some point or another, get pretty sick of it. There are only so many reluctant Chosen Ones destined to possess the Magical McGuffin that will bring defeat to the Forces of Evil that you can take before all...
| Author | Sylvia Waugh |
| ISBN | 0380725843 |
Sixteen-year-old Pilbeam may have made a terrible mistake. Living with her large family at 5 Brocklehurst Grove is wonderful in many ways, but remaining isolated from the rest of the world has become too much to bear. So Pilbeam decides that, whatever the consequences, she will go to the theater, and...
| Author | L. Frank Baum |
| ISBN | 0517519046 |
This has sat on my Kindle (a freebie) as a collection of short stories that I read during short trips. I figured if it was made by the Wizard of Oz writer, it could be really interesting. That was my only 'selling' point, or I probably would have ignored it.
I think the book improved as it went along,...
Even if she doesn't believe in the ghost of Michael Bailey, Alex Lewis is still haunted by the memory of the terrifying incident that took place two years ago, and by the fact that she too played the vicious game which led to it - the Bailey Game. And all it takes for the game to start again is the arrival of a...
The Adventures of Mr Pink-Whistle
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0747532192 |
My second Summer Reading Challenge book- Past Love.
I have fond memories of reading about dear old Mr Pink-Whistle when I was quite young. I have not read it since so was pleased that one of the challenges was to re-read a book you loved when you were younger. Five stars because it brought back happy...
| Author | Reinhardt Jung |
| ISBN | 0440420458 |
ONE DAY, MR. Bambert, a sweet but shy man, decides to send 11 stories out into the world. He attaches them to little hot-air balloons and lets them go on windy nights with a letter asking that whoever finds them send them back. Wherever the stories are returned from is where they will be set. The 11th story...
| Author | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| ISBN | 0060284773 |
Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer introduces readers to the village of Chelm in this Newbery Honor Book. Chelm is a village of fools. The most famous fools—the oldest and the greatest—are the seven Elders. But there are lesser fools too: a silly irresponsible bridegroom; four sisters who mix...
| Author | Katherine Paterson |
| ISBN | 0140342621 |
Written by Newbery Medalist, National Book Award winner, and Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal recipient Katherine Paterson
Park can't figure out why his mother refuses to talk about his father who died in Vietnam. Park has no memory of him. But he is determined to find out the answers to his questions....
| Author | Gillian Cross |
| ISBN | 0140323120 |
Three and a half stars from me!
The Prime Minister's Brain, first published in 1985 by Puffin Books is another of our Kid-Lit books with a bit of history behind it. It's the follow up to The Demon Headmaster which Chrissi and I reviewed in our Kid Lit challenge last year and was also one of our favourite...
| Author | Claude Lalumière |
| ISBN | 1926851129 |
Step through the door to Lost Pages and escape a life you never wanted...
On her tenth birthday, Aydee runs away from home and from her neglectful parents. At first, surviving alone on the streets is harsh, but a series of frightening, bewildering encounters with strange primordial creatures...
