Books with title The Magic of the Mirror

Anna had the perfect space. She had the greatest best friend in the whole world, the friendliest neighbors, and the prettiest bedroom. Then her whole world changed...Young Anna lived like a princess. She had friendly neighbors, a best friend named Sam, and a magnificently-beautiful room that smelled of flowers. Anna's world is turned upside-down when her and her family have to move over a thousand lonely miles away to a new home. No more friendly neighbors with nice pets. No more lavender-scented pillows. Worst of all- no more Sam. Not even her mom's super-scrumptious special pancakes and new toys can cheer her up. As if that weren't bad enough, the Christmas holidays arrive without the familiar company of Anna's family and friends who usually celebrate with her. How will she ever begin a new life in this strange and lonely place? Just as she is pondering this question, Anna opens her closet while getting ready one morning to find a magnificent mirror. In its sparkling reflection, she sees glimpses of a much brighter place and a world of possibilities.Does the mysterious mirror simply show her truest desires, or does it hold the key to something of even greater importance to Anna?

Back home Katy is bored, the summer holidays are long and sporadic quarrels with her little noisy and extremely nosy brother Mathew has reached boiling point, where any further deliberate ghost stories about Mrs Appleberry will have such consequences as washing his underwear the next time he wet’s himself. So when one summer’s afternoon, just before she’s ready to blow the roof off of the house with music, her Mirror speaks and asks her to help his world. At first Katy's frightened but most of all excited and bewitched. She grabs the chance for adventure and is hurled into a magical and unknown world of Mirrors. A world far away from her own, a world torn apart by evil witches, sorcerers, wizards and exiled kings. At first a land of beauty to Katy’s unaccustomed eye it has hidden hostility and danger entwined within. Her journey takes her from the river of death to the island of Lanthia and the valley of the dead. She is alone and yet not alone, something or someone is with her, out of sight and she thinks it maybe just her conscience guiding her, but is it? Amongst all of this she needs to find the three stones, the stone of Lanthia, the stone of Night and the stone of Feelings and Beauty and stop them being joined before the separation of the Hove, for if the stones are joined then the one who possesses them will be in eternal rule. Mirrina is a maze slowly opening up, but the cost of bringing someone from another world will take them further into the unknown.

Princess Ozma of Oz has decreed that no one in Oz can practice magic except for Glinda the Good Witch and the Wizard of Oz. But Kiki Aru, a Hyup Munchkin, has discovered the magic word "Pyrzqxgl" and, alongside his evil accomplice Ruggedo, plans to use the magic to wreak his revenge on the people of Oz. When Dorothy and the Wizard try to stop the wicked pair they are transformed into animals and soon Kiki and Ruggedo are transforming Ozians left and right, causing chaos in Oz’s outlying lands. But the Wizard has heard Kiki pronounce the magic word . . . can he return everyone to their rightful selves and restore order to the marvelous Land of Oz?The Magic of Oz is the thirteenth book in the Oz series. It was published one month after L. Frank Baum’s death in 1919, and is dedicated to the children of the soldiers of the First World War.The wonderful legacy of L. Frank Baum’s world lives on today in the work of authors like Gregory Maguire and Robert A. Heinlein, and in Oz the Great and Powerful, the film starring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, and Mila Kunis.HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Ruggedo, the former Nome King, tries once again to conquer Oz. He secretly enters Oz bringing with him powerful magic in the form of a Munchkin boy named Kiki Aru who has learned the most powerful magic word of all-- a word so powerful that even The Wizard of Oz and Glenda do not know it. Will Dorothy, Ozma, and their friends learn the secret to this magic word in time to save Oz? This lavishly illustrated edition has more than one hundred illustrations by John R. Neill.

Baum, L. Frank. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (copyright 1919). Reprint circa 1951. Blue cloth with pictorial paper inset on front cover, quarto (7 x 9.5 inches), (266) pp.; b/w plates, text illustrations, and pictorial endpapers by John R. Neill. Circa 1951 printing with $2.50 price at top of jacket front flap, list of titles on rear jacket flap ends with "The Hidden Valley of Oz" which was published in 1951. Hanff & Greene XIII.

A heartfelt children's tale describing the beauty of friendship. Includes unreleased music from musician and producer Ikey Owens (Mars Volta, Jack White). "Read The Magic of We, and your heart will expand with joy." ― Juan Alderete de la Peña, The Mars Volta "Have you ever met the missing piece to your puzzle? The Magic of We will reaffirm your faith in love." ― Cedric Bixler-Zavala, The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In The Magic of We is a children's picture book by Danielle Anderson-Craig and illustrated by her friend and fellow teacher (they taught at same school!), Carly Dooling. It is a tender tale of blossoming friendship in which two children meet and are transported into a world where the ordinary becomes fantastic and the known becomes surreal as their shared experience creates unlimited imagination and play. The refrain "Being with you..." reverberates throughout the pages of detailed imagery, lush with color and imagination. It's a magical place that both kids and parents will recognize from their own experience of finding a kindred spirit. A first book for both Anderson-Craig and Dooling, The Magic of We combines the magic of music and the music of words to describe the amazing feeling of finding someone who "fits" you.

The Magic of Vex: Book 3 in The Enchanted Coin Series is a 31,000 word fantasy adventure targeted at Middle Grade readers. Imagine being a fourteen year old again and finding a coin that seems to give off a light of its own. The coin has your name on it, and instructs you to toss it into a fountain next to the Tree of Life. That's what happens in The Magic of Vex, and what starts my protagonist off on a magical adventure that many young boys and girls would love to have. This book is "G" rated.

On the eve of her ninth birthday, Molly Miggins visits the funfair where her parents are due to perform a live magic show. Molly's mum is a High Witch and her father is a stage magician who uses real magic. During the performance the disappearing trick goes badly wrong and both of Molly's parents vanish. Molly meets a wizard who tells her that only she can rescue them. To succeed in her quest Molly must become a junior witch and try to find a way into the mysterious, 'void' where her parents have been trapped. At the witches academy Molly is given an ancient, damaged wand called, Wonky but because of a slight twist in the wand Molly finds it almost impossible to aim a spell accurately. Can Molly master the wand and rescue her parents before the wizard’s deadline or will the nasty tricks and traps he has placed in her way prevent her from fulfilling her quest?