Half Magic -- by Edward Eager (Author) (Book - Child)
"Edward Eager has been delighting young readers for more than 40 years with stories that mix magic and reality. Half Magic, the most popular of his tales about four children who encounter magical...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi -- by Chris Allsburg (Author) (Book - Child)
"Sometimes that very thin line between illusion and reality is not clearly defined as we would like it to be. It certainty wasn't the day that Alan Mitz stumbled into the garden of Abdul Gasazi. For...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
How the Forest Grew -- by William Jaspersohn (Author) (Book - Child)
"Naturalistic etchings augment this timely tale about the transformation of an 'oen and green' farmland into a dense forest." From Publishers Weekly
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
You Can't Eat Peanuts in Church and Other Little-Known Laws -- by Barbara Seuling (Author) (Book - Child)
"A cartoon joke book presenting some unusual laws in effect at one time or another in the United States." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Nobody's Family Is Going to Change -- by Louise Fitzhugh (Author) (Book - Child)
"At 11, Emily has a mind like a steel trap and her heart set on becoming a lawyer, much to the disgust of Mr. Sheridan, himself an attorney, who favors Willie, her brother, for such a profession. But...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Ace Hits the Big Time -- by Barbara Murphy (Author) (Book - Child)
"Horace Hobart is the new kid on the block in New York City and he's scared. His sister warns that the scary Purple Falcon Gang is going to cream. He puts on his wild uncle's dragon jacket, covers a...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Hocus-Pocus Dilemma -- by Pat Kibbe (Author) (Book - Child)
"Convinced she has psychical powers, a ten-year-old girl makes predictions for the members of her large family which seem to come true." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Toothpaste Millionaire -- by Jean Merrill (Author) (Book - Child)
"Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Fledgling -- by Jane Langton (Author) (Book - Child)
"Georgie lives in an unconventional household, but even her rather unusual family does not truly understand her intense belief that she can fly. Then a Canadian goose enters her life. His are the...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Book of Greek Myths -- by Edgar D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire (Authors) (Book - Child)
"No education is complete without a large slice of Greek mythology. and there's no better way of meeting that literacy quota than with the D'Aulaires' book. All the great gods and goddesses of ancient...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)