If you’re lucky, you will be exactly this age when you discover a writer who teaches you about the world, and about literature, and, for those who are the luckiest of all, about magic.
I’ve always believed that the books that influence us most are the ones we read at the age of ten or eleven or twelve, the time when we’re most open to imagination and magic, when the world hasn’t yet made us the rational and boring beings most adults grow up to be. Summary: 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. Half magic/Edward Eager illustrated by N. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Harcourt Children’s Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1954.įor information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016.Ĭover illustration © 1999 by Quentin Blake Introduction copyright © 2016 by Alice HoffmanĪll rights reserved. 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 moreĬopyright © 1954 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
This funny and gentle classic series is an enjoyable read-aloud and also a strong choice for independent reading. What is half of twice a talking cat? Or to be half-again twice not-here? And how do you double your most heartfelt wish, the one you care about so much it has to be perfect? Wishing for two times some things is a cinch, but other doubled wishes only cause twice as much trouble. It turns out the coin grants wishes-but only by half, so that you must wish for twice as much as you want. Jane finds the coin, and because she and her siblings are having the worst, most dreadfully boring summer ever, she idly wishes something exciting would happen.Īnd something does: Her wish is granted. It all begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sidewalk. Book one in the series called "truly magic in a reader's hands" by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt.
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