Even though they can't make out the book's title-much like my memory couldn't. Even once I found a blurry thumbnail image of the cover and took a chance to buy a newer edition with different cover art, I still wasn't 100% sure I'd ordered the right book.Not until I received it, flipped through it, and found the one inside illustration I remembered.I wound up making my own dust jacket for the book, using a high-res copy of the old, reddish cover image because every element of the artwork on it is such a significant reflection of the story.A story in which the main characters discover the significance of a certain shabby, red book. It took combing through books and books of vintage fantasy KidLit, hoping to come across a reddish cover that might ring a bell in my unclear memory. I had no idea what year or decade the book was published in, especially given that pretty much all books are new-to-you when you're a little kid.I only remembered one of the illustrations inside, along with the reddish book cover but not the cover art exactly, and most of all, I remembered how much I liked the story.whatever it was about.So. But in the years that followed, when I wanted to find the book again, I couldn't remember the title. So we have to make our own adventures.'Well, I gotta say, revisiting this classic children's fantasy book was quite a big adventure for me-in large part because finding the book took decades.It's one of the first fantasy books I read as a child. If we try to horn in on them, we'd just be tagging along.

'The adventures that are written down in books have already been. For fans of such favorite series as The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeekers.Įnjoy all seven of the middle grade novels in Edward Eager's beloved Tales of Magic series! Read more This funny and gentle classic series is an enjoyable read-aloud and also a strong choice for independent reading. Will their adventure end happily ever after? Susan journeys to the world of Half Magic, and finds that mixing magic creates trouble-far too much to deal with before the book is due back at the library. waiting for the children to wish the book full of adventures.įredericka asks for wizards and beasties, and a dragon carries her off.

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. The seventh and concluding volume in the series called 'truly magic in a reader's hands' by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt.Īll books are magic, but some are more magical than others.

Seven day magic by edward eager