Other editions of book The Wizard of Washington Square

Under the fountain in Washington Square Park, there lives an incompetent wizard . . . David has just moved to New York City from Connecticut, and he’s a bit lonely. He hasn’t made any friends yet, and the city is so big. But one Saturday afternoon in Washington Square Park, David and his dog, D. Dog, meet a girl named Leilah. Leilah tells David that there’s a wizard in the park—a wizard who lives under the Washington Square fountain. At first, David thinks Leilah is just making things up—until he encounters the real live wizard! Unfortunately, the wizard’s spells work at the most inconvenient times, and he accidentally turns David’s dog into a marble statue. Before the wizard can change D. Dog back, a sneaky antiques dealer grabs the statue and races uptown to sell it. Can David’s new friends help him get D. Dog back? This ebook features a personal history by Jane Yolen including rare images from the author’s personal collection, as well as a note from the author about the making of the book.

One day, while playing in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, David and Leilah are thrilled to discover a real wizard living behind the little black door in Washington Square Arch. Alas, he is only a second-class wizard, he tells them, and sometimes he has trouble with his spells. So when the Wizard accidentally turns David's Scottish terrier, D. Dog, into a statue and the statue is stolen by Mr. Pickwell, a nasty antiques dealer, it's up to David and Leilah to get D. Dog back--before Mr. Pickwell sells him!

Dust jacket notes: "Playing in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, David and Leilah discover a real wizard living behind the little black door in Washington Square Arch. He's only a second-class wizard, he explains sadly, but the children are impressed by his magic tapestry that shows what's going on anywhere, and his nine-legged table that plays games with one wooden ball under its claw feet. Their delight becomes dismay as the wizard accidentally turns David's Scottish Terrier into a marble statue - and to make matters worse, the statue is stolen. Magic and suspense are combined in this, one of Jane Yolen's funniest stories, set in a colorful part of New York."