Books with author Edward Eager

Katherine, Mark, Jane, and Martha are in for a long, dull summer. They find a magical, coin-like talisman that grants the bearer wishes. The catch is that it grants half of any wish made by its bearer—a wish to be on a desert island sends them to the Sahara desert, and their mother ends up halfway home when she wishes to return home during a dull visit to her relatives. That "half magic" is a challenge, sometimes comical, until the children learn to double their wishes.

The Tales of Magic Series is a collection of 7 fantasy novels written by Edward Eager (1911 – 1964) that were released in the 1950's and 60's and have continually entertained children across the world since then. The stories can be read independently although several of them are linked to each other in various ways and all of them focus on the appearance of magic in the lives of ordinary children. Half Magic (1954)Magic By the Lake (1957)Knight's Castle (1956)The Time Garden (1958)Magic Or Not? (1959)The Well-Wishers (1960)Seven-Day Magic (1962)

Edward Eager was born in and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. A Harvard graduate, Eager was a lifelong fan of L. Frank Baum's Oz series, and started writing children's books when he couldn’t find stories he wanted to read to his own son. In his books, Eager often acknowledges his debt to E. Nesbit, whom he thought of as the best children's author of all time. The Time Garden is the fourth book of the Tales of Magic series. In this book, Eliza, Jack, Roger, and Ann find thyme planed in an herb garden, which allows the children to travel through time (until the thyme is ripe). On one adventure they rescue their Aunt Jane, Uncle Mark and their mothers from an adventure they took as children. This gives an alternate view of one of the adventures in Magic by the Lake.

Edward Eager was born in and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. A Harvard graduate, Eager was a lifelong fan of L. Frank Baum's Oz series, and started writing children's books when he couldn’t find stories he wanted to read to his own son. In his books, Eager often acknowledges his debt to E. Nesbit, whom he thought of as the best children's author of all time. Knight’s Castle is the second book of the Tales of Magic series. Martha's children, Roger and Ann, and their Aunt Katharine's children, Eliza and Jack, find that the combination of a toy castle, Scott's Ivanhoe, and a little magic can build another wonderful series of adventures.

Edward Eager was born in and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. A Harvard graduate, Eager was a lifelong fan of L. Frank Baum's Oz series, and started writing children's books when he couldn’t find stories he wanted to read to his own son. In his books, Eager often acknowledges his debt to E. Nesbit, whom he thought of as the best children's author of all time. Magic by the Lake is the third book of the Tales of Magic series. The book continues the adventures of Martha, Jane, Mark and Katharine from Half-Magic. This time, they are on summer vacation and come across an entire magic lake, channelled through a talking, and somewhat grumpy, box turtle. The children are stranded on a desert island, visit Ali-Baba's cave, and end up rescued by some children we’ll meet again in the next book.

Magic never happens not really, Mark tells his sisters. But something strange is going on. Jane is sure it all started when they found the silver coin. It was in her pocket when she made a wish that half came true. Jane insists that all they have to do now is wish for twice as much as they want and they will get a full wish. What could possibly go wrong.

Edward Eager was born in and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. A Harvard graduate, Eager was a lifelong fan of L. Frank Baum's Oz series, and started writing children's books when he couldn’t find stories he wanted to read to his own son. In his books, Eager often acknowledges his debt to E. Nesbit, whom he thought of as the best children's author of all time. The Well-Wishers is the sixth book of the Tales of Magic series. The children return to the magic well from Magic or Not for another unpredictable series of adventures which might (or might not) be genuine magic.