Magic by the Lake (Young Classic) - Softcover

Eager, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0152020764 ISBN 13: 9780152020767

Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Group (Australia) Pty.Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

If Jane and Mark and Katharine and Martha had stopped to think, they might have ordered magic by the pound, or by the day, or even the halves - the way they had known it before in a book called "Half Magic." But they didn't stop to think and as a result find themselves with a whole lakeful of magic. Extraordinary and unexpected things happen as they learn to tame the magic with the unwilling assistance of a sly old turtle. Eventually, in an effort to help their stepfather, Mr. Smith, save his failing bookstore, the children find themselves involved with Ali Baba's forty thieves. By the end of the vacation the children really are able to help Mr. Smith - and in a most surprising way.

About this title

Review:

"The combination of real children and fantasy is convincing and funny." "Booklist" "The same melange of realism and fantasy, witty talk and believable characterization that has come to be the hallmark of Mr. Eager s stories. " The New York Times Book Review" "

About the Author:

EDWARD EAGER(1911 1964) worked primarily as a playwright and lyricist. It wasn't until 1951, while searching for books to read to his young son, Fritz, that he began writing children's stories. His classic Tales of Magic series started with the best-selling Half Magic, published in 1954. In each of his books he carefully acknowledges his indebtedness to E. Nesbit, whom he considered the best children's writer of all time "so that any child who likes my books and doesn't know hers may be led back to the master of us all."

Bodecker was an award-winning Danish author and artist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Group (Australia) Pty.Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0152020764
• ISBN 13: 9780152020767
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Illustrator: Bodecker N.M.