
For fans of such favorite series as The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeekers. This funny and gentle classic series is an enjoyable read-aloud and also a strong choice for independent reading. 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. But I now have reread Magic by the Lake with my son and appreciated (again) how.

Most of the Magic series is contemporary low fantasy.

His childrens novels feature the appearance of magic in the lives of ordinary children.

for the past thirty years and has proved that Mind Maps are the magic formula in the. Debbie, didnt you review Half Magic by Edward Eager last June Why yes, I did. Edward McMaken Eager (J October 23, 1964) was an American lyricist, dramatist, and writer of childrens fiction. 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. teachers, executives - indeed, anyone eager to improve the speed. 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.
