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: Magic &

Magicians, , and Spells Wishes

A Select List of Brown County Library Children’s Books

(Elementary-Middle School) Click on each title below to see the library's catalog record. Then click on the title in the record

for details, current availability, or to place a hold. For additional books and items on this theme, ask your librarian or search the library’s online catalog.

Chapter Books: Series

Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi

The Anybodies/The Nobodies/The Somebodies by N.E. Bode

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Cofler

Bartimaeus by Jonathan Stroud

Beyonders by Brandon Mull

The Book of Elsewhere by Jacqueline West

Brightstone Saga by Paul B. Thompson

Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull

Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Children of the Lamp by Phillip Kerr

Chronicles of the Red King by Jenny Nimmo

Cold Cereal Saga by Adam Rex

Courtney Crumrin (graphic novel series) by Ted Naifeh

Ever After High by Shannon Hale

The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein

Grey Griffin. The Clockwork Chronicles by Derek Benz

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Hocus Pocus Hotel by Michael Dahl

Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo by Nancy Krulik

Kronos Chronicles by Marie Rutkowski

Kat, Incorrigible by Sephanie Burgis

Land of Elyon by Patrick Carman

Lewis Barnavelt by Brad Strickland

Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne

The Magician Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo

Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff by Jason Lethcoe

Ms. Wiz by Terence Blacker

Molly Moon by Georgia Byng

Oh My Godmother by Barbara Brauner

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Philippa Fisher by Liz Kessler

Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch

Septimus Heap by Angie Sage

Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

Sixty-Eight Room Adventures by Marianne Malone

Spiderwick Chronicles/Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black

Spindlewood Tales by Chris Mould

Tales of Fontania by Barbara Else

Theodosia by R.L. LaFevers

13 Treasures Trilogy by Michelle Harrison

The Three Doors Trilogy by Emily Rodda

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons by Barbara Mariconda

Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy

Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum

Chapter Books: Stand-Alones Abby Cornelia’s One & Only Magic Power by David Pogue

The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell

Be a Genie in Six Easy Steps by Linda Chapman

Bigger than a Breadbox by Laurel Snyder

The Blackhope Enigma/The Crimson Shard by Teresa Flavin

Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood

A Box of Gargoyles by Anne Nesbet

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

The Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbet

The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles De Lint

Claws by Mike Grinti

Dorko the Magnificent by Andrea Beaty

Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleeve

The Flint Heart: A Fairy Story by Katherine Paterson

Genie Wishes by Elisabeth Dahl

The Genie Scheme by Kimberly Jones

Green by Laura Peyton Roberts

Hollow Earth by John Barrowman

Horton’s Miraculous Mechanisms/Horton’s Incredible Illusions by Lissa

Evans

Ivy and the Meanstalk by Dawn Larimore

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Jinx/Jinx’s Magic by Sage Blackwood

Katerina’s Wish by Jeannie Mobley

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The Key & the Flame by Claire Caterer

Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver

The Magic Half by Annie Barrows

Magic Shop (new series) by Kate Egan

Magical Mischief by Anna Dale

Magicalamity by Kate Saunders

The Magician’s Apprentice by Kate Banks

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Meltdown Magic by David Lubar

The Misadventures of the Magician’s Dog by Frances Sackett

The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill

Murder at Midnight by Avi

The Paradise Trap by Catherine Jinks

ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

The Path of Names by Ari Goelman

Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes: A Story by Dawn Lairamore

Pillage by Skye Obert

The Power of Poppy Pendle by Natasha Lowe

The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley

Project X Calibur by Greg Pace

A Question of Magic by E.D. Baker

The Quirks: Welcome to Normal by Erin Soderberg

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff

The Scorpions of Zahir by Christine Brodien-Jones

Scumble by Ingrid Law

Second Sight by Gary Blackwood

Seven Sorcerers by Caro King

Shadow Breakers by Daniel Blythe

The Shadow Collector’s Apprentice by Amy Gordon

The Silver Bowl/The Cup and the Crown by Diane Stanley

Small Persons with Wings by Ellen Booraem

A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders by Sophie Audoin-Mamikonian

Through the Skylight by Ian Baucom

Tuckernuck Mystery by Emily Fairlie

Wart by Anna Meyers

The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders

Wish by Beth Bracken

The Wizard of Dark Street/The Magician’s Tower by Shawn Odyssey

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Magician hat: Boston Public Library @flickr. Sign: David Gallagher @flickr Background: Road Fun @flickr

Non-Fiction

Action Optical Illusions by Al Seckel

Easy Magic Tricks (series) by Steve Charney

Easy Magician Origami by Christopher Harbo

Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman

Fun Magic Tricks by Nick Hunter

Illusionology: The Secret Science of Magic by Albert Schafer

Inside Magic (series) by Nicholas Einhorn

The Kid’s Guide to Magic Tricks by Steve Charney

Magic Step by Step by Madeleine Jennings

Magic Tricks from the Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

Miraculous Magic Tricks (series) by Mike Lane

Imagine You’re a Wizard! by Meg Clibbon

Magician by Lisa Regan

Marvelous Magic by Susan Martinaeu

Mind Benders: Brain-Boggling Tricks, Puzzles, and Illusions by DK Pub.

Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini by Tom Lalicki

SuperVisions (series) by Al Seckel

Stunning Stage Tricks by Norm Barnhart

Wizards, Witches, and Dragons (Explore and Draw) by Ann Becker

Who Was Harry Houdini? by Tui Sutherland

Witches and Wizards by Ann Kerns

Witches in America by Elizabeth Mills

Wizardology: A Guide to Wizards of the World by Dugald Steer

Young Wizard’s Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and

other Hands-On Activities by A.R. Rotruck

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