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Alexander, Lloyd The Cat who wished to be a Man. When he begins dealing with humanity, Lionel the cat begins to understand why his wizard master was reluctant to change him into a man. (j/Fiction/Alexander)

Angell, Judie The Weird Disappearance of Jordan Hall. When Emma’s sixteen- year-old boyfriend steps inside an old box in her father’s magic shop and becomes invisible, they become involved in bringing him back to visibility. (j/Fiction/Angell)

Bacon, Peggy The Magic Touch. Tired of the housekeeper’s fancy food, the 3 Lurie children and their new friend try doing their own cooking using magic recipes from an old cookbook found in the attic. The resulting spell allow the children a unique outlook on life. (j/Fiction/Bacon)

Baehr, Patricia The Search for Happily-Ever-After. Tired of not measuring up to her sisters, Ketti finds herself transported through a wormhole to a land of fairy tale characters where she helps Cinderella’s coachman-rat achieve his happily-ever-after. (j/Fiction/Baehr)

Baker, Betty Seven Spells to Farewell. On a long journey to find a kingdom of Iskany and become a sorceress, a resourceful girl shares adventures and magic with a talking raven and a performing pig. (j/Fiction/Baker)

Banks, Lynne Reid The Magic Hare. A Hare uses his magic to help a lot of people and animals. (j/Fiction/Banks)

Beachcroft, Nina The Wishing People. When Martha becomes the owner of an old weather house which forecasts weather, its two married inhabitants magically grant ten wishes to her and her friend Jonathan. (j/Fiction/Beachcroft)

Belden, Wilanne Frankie! The O’Riley family is far from normal, since it includes a wizard, a magician, and an apprentice witch, and they are delighted when mother’s next baby turns out to be a griffin. (j/Fiction/Belden)

Bellairs, John The Doom of the Haunted Opera. Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world by bringing back the dead. (j/Fiction/Bellairs)

Billingsley, Franny Well Wished. In a time of dire need, eleven-year-old Nuria tries to outwit the magical wishing well in her mysterious mountain village. (j/Fiction/Billingsley)

Boston, L.M. The Stones of Green Knowe. While eagerly following each stage of the new stone manor house his father is building to replace the old wooden Saxon Hall, a young boy, part Saxon and part Norman, becomes involved with ancient magic that carries him through time. (j/Fiction/Boston)

Brittain, Bill Devil’s Donkey. Dan’l Pitt doesn’t believe in magic until he comes up against old Magda the Witch. (j/Fiction/Brittain)

Brittain, Bill The Fantastic Freshman. Miraculous luck from a magic charm grants fourteen-year-old Stanley his deepest desire, to be a VIP in his high school, but exhausting and comical complications make his life miserable. (j/Fiction/Brittain)

Chew, Ruth The Trouble With Magic. Harrison Peabody, a very pleasant wizard, demonstrates that a great deal of trouble often accompanies a little bit of magic. (j/Paperback/Ch)

Day, David The Emperor’s Panda. Relates how a poor young shepherd boy king became the Emperor of all China with the help of Master Panda, the most magical and wisest creature in all the world. (j/Fiction/Day)

Dexter, Catherine A is for Apple, W is for Witch. Ten-year old Apple, who can't wait to be a witch like her mother, tries to use a spell to teach pesky Barnaby a lesson and gets into serious trouble. (j/Fiction/Dexter)

Duane, Diane So You Want to be a Wizard. Thirteen-year-old Nita tormented by a young bully because she won’t fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry, which guides her into another dimension. (j/Fiction/Duane + j/Paperback/Du)

Eager, Edward Magic or Not? An old well that might be magic affords an exciting summer for the twins, James and Laura, and helps them to right an ancient wrong. (j/Fiction/Eager + j/Paperback/Ea)

Forward, Toby Pie Magic. Bertie thinks that other kids will like him if he loses weight and so he drinks a special remedy which causes weightlessness, but getting thin requires other measures. (j/Fiction/Forward)

Gormley, Beatrice Fifth Grade Magic. Devastated by not getting a part in the fifth grade play, Gretchen is surprised when her desperation conjures up a well-meaning but not very efficient godmother. (j/Paperback/Go)

Green, Phyllis Eating Ice cream with a Werewolf. A wacky baby sitter and her book of spells keeps a twelve-year-old and his little sister guessing while their parents are away. (j/Paperback/Gr + j/Fiction/Green)

Gruelle, Johnny The Magical Land of Noom. When Johnny and Joney take off in their flying machine, Gran’ma and Gran’pa follow them to, "The Land Back of the Moon," a place of magic and fantasy. (j/Fiction/Gruelle)

Hansen, Ron The Shadowmaker. A cunning little girl named Drizzle rescues her town from the bedlam created by the mysterious shadowmaker, a wizard who makes new shadows for people. (j/Paperback/Ha) (j/Fiction/Hansen)

Henry, Maeve The Witch King. Fifteen-year-old Robert, an ordinary boy, travelsto the capital city where, with the aid of magic, he conquers palace intrigue and discovers his destiny as the legendary Witch King. (j/Fiction/Henry)

Hindman, Paul Dragon Bones. When his dog eats a huge bone that was buried in the backyard and he turns into a frightening creature, Hank agrees to help a wizard try to destroy the evil dragon that is responsible for the transformation. (j/Fiction/Hindman)

Hobbs, Will Kokopelli’s Flute. Thirteen-year-old Tepary discovers an old flute in a cliff dwelling in New Mexico, and through its power he learns about ancient Native American magic. (j/Paperback/Ho + j/Fiction/Hobbs)

Holland, Judith The Like Potion. Eleven-year-old Beverly concocts a magic like/love potion to lure back her errant boyfriend, only to have it change the behavior of the teacher who accidentally consumes it. (j/Fiction/Holland)

Jones, Dianne Wynee Archers’ Goon. After the Goon moves into the Sykes’ house and refuses to budge, thirteen-year-old Howard learns some startling information about his family, including the fact that he is adopted and (j/Fiction/Jones)

King-Smith, Dick The Queen’s Nose. Ten-year-old Harmony, who loves animals but isn’t allowed to keep a pet, is given a magic coin with seven wishes. (j/Fiction/King-Smith)

Krensky, Stephen The Dragon Circle. The magical Wynd family becomes involved with dragons needing help in recovering treasure lost centuries before at the bottom of a lake. (j/Paperback/Kr)

Lilius, Irmelin Sandman The Goldmaker’s House. The tiny Finnish town of Tulavall buzzes with speculation about Herr Turiam, the alchemist, but only his housekeeper and Bonadea, the young maid-servant know the true nature of his work. (j/Fiction/Lilius)

Lindbergh, Anne The Hunky-Dory Diary. Eleven-year-old Zannah befriends the residents of a diary that has been removed by magic from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. (j/Fiction/Lindbergh)

Lively, Penelope The Whispering Knights. Three children concoct a witch’s brew that conjures up Morgan LeFay in the guise of a local tycoon’s wife who immediately stirs up trouble in the village. (j/Fiction/Lively)

MacLachlan, Patricia Tomorrow’s Wizard. Tomorrow’s wizard, his unorthodox apprentice, Murdoch, and a wise horse make five important wishes come true in ways that surprise the wishers. (j/Fiction/MacLachlan)

Mahy, Margaret The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak. Relates the tangled events that lead the students of the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak to foil the wicked Sir Quincey and his accomplices and to solve several mysteries. (j/Fiction/Mahy)

Mazer, Anne The Accidental Witch. Ten-year-old Phoebe is thrilled when she accidentally becomes a novice witch but soon wonders if she will ever develop and control her power. (j/Fiction/Mazer)

Nabb, Magdalen The Enchanted Horse. A lonely young girl living on a remote farm with her work-obsessed parents cares for an old and battered wooden horse with such devotion that it comes to life. (j/Fiction/Nabb)

Nimmo, Jenny The Snow Spider. Gifts from Gwyn’s grandmother on his tenth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister’s mysterious disappearance four years before. (j/Fiction/Nimmo)

Pierce, Tamora Sandry’s Book. Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic. (j/Fiction/Pierce)

Roberts, Willo Davis The Magic Book. When Alex and his friends try the spells in an old book, things don’t happen quite as they’d thought, but they decide to try the bully spell on the school bully anyway. (j/Fiction/Roberts)

Selden, George The Genie of Sutton Place. A young boy recounts the events of the summer when he had the Servicer of an Arabian genie at her disposal. (j/Fiction/Selden + j/Paperback/Se)

Silverstein, Herma Mad, Mad Monday. In trying to cast a spell with a love potion designed to bewitch handsome but conceited stormy, fourteen-year-old Miranda actually conjures up the ghost of a boy who died in 1958. (j/Fiction/Silverstein)

Sterman, Betsy Backyard Dragon. With the help of three friends, a young boy and his grandfather help a fifteenth-century Welsh dragon find its way home. (j/Fiction/Sterman)

Strickland, Brad The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder. When Fergie falls under the spell of an evil sorcerer, Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass risk their own lives to save him. (j/Fiction/Strickland)

Townsend, John Rowe The Persuading Stick. A quiet English girl becomes more assertive with the help of a magic stick. (j/Fiction/Townsend)

Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane. Mary Poppins takes her charges to the Herb Garden in a park in London for a night of magic on Midsummer Eve. (j/Fiction/Travers)

Van de Velde, Vivian Curses, Inc.: and other stories. A collection of stories filled with spells, magic, and mayhem. (j/Fiction/Van deVelde)

Williams, Jay The Magic Grandfather. An eleven-year-old discovers that not only is his seemingly ne’er-do-well grandfather a bona fide sorcerer but he too may have an untapped talent for magic. (j/Fiction/Williams)

Wrede, Patricia C. Calling on Dragons. Queen Cimorene turns to her friends Morwen, Telemain, and Kazul for help when troublesome wizards make their way back into Enchanted Forest and begin to soak up it’s magic. (j/Fiction/Wrede)