Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes. Edward Eager's hilarious and heartwarming Half Magic has been working wizardry on young readers for fifty years. To celebrate the golden anniversary of this enduringly popular story, a deluxe edition of the book has been created....

When the family moves to Connecticut, twins James and Laura make new friends and begin a series of unusual adventures after discovering an old well that seems to be magic in their backyard.

The wishing well is all used up, its magic drained, its enchantment gone dry. Or has it? In a reckless moment, Gordy threatens the old well, telling it to get going with its magic or else! and suddenly he and his friends are plunged into just the sort of adventures they'd longed for. But is it really the well's magic that transforms troublemaker Dicky LeBaron from ne'er-do-well to hero? Or keeps Appledore's orchard in bloom? Or sends James on a daring...

All books are magic, but some are more magical than others. When Susan opens a strange library book, she discovers it is about her and her friends, leading up to the moment when she opened the book. Beyond that, the pages are blank... waiting for the children to wish the book full of adventures. Fredericka asks for wizards and beasties, and a dragon carries her off. Susan journeys to the world of Half Magic, and finds that mixing magic creates trouble-far...

Brystal Evergreen and her friends have saved the world from the evil Snow Queen and secured worldwide acceptance for the magical community. However, when a mysterious new witch named Mistress Mara arrives at the Academy, the celebrations are cut short. As Mistress Mara begins recruiting faeries into her rival school of Witchcraft, it becomes clear she has dark intentions. And soon Brystal's friend Lucy becomes embroiled in an ominous plot against...

Hope is worth fighting for. In the shadows of the Bayou City, the unusual and bizarre snare the unwary. Enter the secret Faery underground. * * * Brave Charlie Nobody fights to survive on dangerous streets. But losing means more than an empty belly or sleeping rough-each time a punch knocks him unconscious, he not only sees the future, he travels into it. There, he falls in love with the unusual wonders he experiences. No one tempts him more than...

Another year at Flories Boarding School, another year of bespelled bedlam. At least, that's Bridget Mallon's point of view. No matter how she tries to stick to basketball and schoolwork, inevitably some new magical mayhem takes hold. On the other hand, Gertie Mallon, Bridget's older sister, is thriving. She keeps up with friends over videogames, excels in her magical classes (and passes her required ones), and even has time to be an enchanter's apprentice...

Gertie and Bridget have a mission. After sorting through the odds and ends they found at a yard sale, they've found a buyer for an unusual statue. The only problem is the buyer is on the other side of the country. With no alternative methods available, Gertie, Bridget, and their friends hop in a purple minivan and set off across Crescyth. Of course, any road trip has its problems, but between a chaotic gas station stop, a dangerously malfunctioning...

Mouse wants to be "the mightiest mouse that ever nibbled fat," but he can't seem to find the right adventure to prove himself. In this Inuit story, mouse goes on a quest to prove himself. Will he ever be as great as he thinks he can be?

This is a Chilean tale of two brothers, one rich and one poor. One day the poor brother overhears a pair of elves singing in the forest. He teaches them another verse, and the elves give him a reward. The rich brother soon becomes jealous. Will he also receive the same treatment from the elves?