Titles

Avi. Poppy.
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. Sequel: Poppy and Rye. Prequel: Ragweed.

Babbitt, Natalie.
The search for delicious.
The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on the meaning of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the country.
Tuck everlasting.
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

Billingsley, Franny. The folk keeper
Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.

Brittain, Bill. The wish giver : three tales of Coven Tree
When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way.

Coville, Bruce.
The dragonslayers.
A brave squire, an earnest page, and a strong-willed princess set out, each for individual reasons, to try to slay the dragon created to carry out a witch's revenge.
Into the land of the unicorns.
Having jumped into the fantasy land of Luster, Cara joins Lightfoot the unicorn in the search for Queen Arabella Skydancer. Sequel: The song of the wanderer
Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher: a magic shop book
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
The monster's ring
A timid boy, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster. Try other books in the Magic shop series
The world's worst fairy godmother.
All of fairy godmother Maybelle Clodnowski's are a disaster. She finally discovers she is being sabotaged, but can her good magic triumph over the saboteur?

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Dahl, Roald.
The BFG
Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
James and the giant peach
Wonderful adventures abound after James escapes from his fearful aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach.
The witches
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Eager, Edward. Half magic
Four children looking forward to an ordinary summer enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by double-wishing on an ancient coin.

Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Inkheart.
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

Ibbotson, Eva.
The secret of platform 13
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant.
Which witch?
Deciding that he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster, one of whom will marry him.

Juster, Norton. The phantom tollbooth.
A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.

L'Engle, Madeleine. A wrinkle in time.
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. Sequels: A wind in the door and A swiftly tilting planet. Companion title: Many waters.

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Levine, Gail Carson. Ella enchanted.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. Sequels by O'Brien's daughter, Jane Leslie Conly: Racso and the rats of NIMH and RT, Margaret, and the rats of NIMH.

Townley, Roderick. The great good thing
Twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie's storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing ever changes, even the character's mad scramble to reach their places whenever the book is opened, until Sylvie discovers she can enter new worlds with the Reader, and find new adventures. Sequels: Into the labyrinth (not currently owned) and The constellation of Sylvie.

Yolen, Jane. Wizard's hall
A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.

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Series

In alphabetical order by name of series

Jones, Diana Wynne. Chrestomanci chronicles.
Charmed life
Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomanci Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers of the Coven Street witches.
The lives of Christopher Chant
The magicians of Caprona
Witch week
Mixed magics
Conrad's fate

Lewis, C. S. Chronicles of Narnia - Chronological Sequence (the order the story occurs)
The magician's nephew
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
The horse and his boy
Prince Caspian
The voyage of the Dawn Treader
The silver chair
The last battle

Chronicles of Narnia - Date of Publication Sequence (the order the books were originally published)
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Prince Caspian
The voyage of the Dawn Treader
The silver chair
The horse and his boy
The magician's nephew
The last battle

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Cooper, Susan. Dark is rising.
Over sea, under stone
Three children on a holiday in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would reveal the true story of King Arthur and that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the forces of the Dark.
The dark is rising
Greenwitch
The grey king
Silver on the tree

McMullan, Kate. The dragon slayers' academy
The new kid at school
Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and in for a first day of school he will never forget.
Revenge of the dragon lady
Class trip to the Cave of Doom
A wedding for Wiglaf
Knight for a day
Sir Lancelot, where are you?

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Wrede, Patricia C. The enchanted forest chronicles.
Dealing with dragons.
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
Searching for dragons
Calling on dragons
Talking to dragons

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Barron, T. A. The lost years of Merlin.
The lost years of Merlin
A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures.
The seven songs of Merlin
The fires of Merlin
The mirror of Merlin
The wings of Merlin

Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic tree house.
Dinosaurs before dark
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. 
Try other books in The magic tree house series.

Yolen, Jane. Tartan magic
The wizards map.
Three children visiting relatives in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard.
The Pictish child
The bagpiper's ghost

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Scieszka, Jon. Time warp trio.
Knights of the kitchen table
Joe receives a magic book for his birthday present from his uncle. Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to a time when evil knights, fire-breathing dragons, and vile-smelling giants roamed the land.
The not-so-jolly Roger
The good, the bad, and the goofy
Your mother was a Neanderthal
2095
Tut tut
Summer reading is killing me!
It's all Greek to me
See you later, Gladiator
Sam Samurai
Hey kid, want to buy a bridge?
Viking it and liking it
Me oh Maya!

Classics

Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan.
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.

Baum, L. Frank. The Wizard of Oz.
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas.

Carroll, Lewis. Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

Grahame, Kenneth. The wind in the willows.
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

Lofting, Hugh. The voyages of Doctor Dolittle.
Presents the story of the good doctor who learned the language of animals and made adventurous voyages.

Milne, A. A. The world of Pooh : the complete Winnie-the-Pooh and the house at Pooh Corner.
Contains the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their friends.

Smith, Dodie. The hundred and one dalmatians
Pongo the Dalmatian and his wife, Missis, undertake a daring expedition to rescue their fifteen puppies from the clutches of the vicious Cruella de Vil.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The hobbit.
The story of the travels of Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, to Middle Earth with a band of dwarfs who are seeking their treasure which was stolen by the fearful dragon Smaug.

Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins.
Two English children's new nanny arrives on the East Wind, slides up the bannister, carries an empty carpet bag with all kinds of things in it, and introduces Jane and Michael to some delightful people and experiences.

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