Authors: Jennifer Schwamm Willis, Jennifer Schwamm Willis
ISBN-13: 9781560255888, ISBN-10: 1560255889
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition
The Book of Wizards combines the works of contemporary authors such as Jane Yolen, Philip Pullman, Diane Duane, Garth Nix, William Nicholson, and Aoin Colfer with classic stories from writers such as E. Nesbit, George Macdonald, Frank L. Baum, and Edward Eager. The result is another magical collection of stories that capture the imagination and mesmerize the reader—a surefire bet for Harry Potter fans, both young and old. Young children and teenagers who pine for the next Potter book will be thrilled to discover that the world of wonderful magic stories extends well beyond today’s most familiar authors. Moreover, parents will enjoy sharing these stories of imagination and enchantment with their younger children—and will want to sneak the stories back into their own beds for further reading after the kids are asleep.
Introduction | ix | |
The Bones of the Earth | 1 | |
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | 21 | |
The Sixty-two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd | 37 | |
from The Phoenix and the Carpet | 53 | |
Baba Yaga and the Sorcerer's Son | 71 | |
from The Magician's Nephew | 81 | |
from The Magic of Oz | 91 | |
The Magic Muntr | 101 | |
from The Tempest | 115 | |
Instead of Three Wishes | 139 | |
from The Magician's Apprentice | 159 | |
Magicians of the Way | 175 | |
from So You Want to Be a Wizard | 183 | |
The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath | 205 | |
from The Story of the Amulet | 227 | |
The Spell of the Magician's Daughter | 247 | |
The Dragon of the North | 263 | |
The Little Black Book of Magic | 277 | |
The Bottle Imp | 287 | |
Acknowledgments | 319 | |
Permissions | 321 | |
Bibliography | 323 |