{"title":"Edward Eager's Tales Of Magic","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"time-garden-book-edward-eager-9780152020750","title":"The Time Garden","description":"Since \u003ci\u003eHalf Magic\u003c\/i\u003e first hit bookshelves in 1954, Edward Eager's Tales of Magic have become beloved classics. Now all seven cherished stories by Edward Eager about vacationing cousins who stumble into magical doings and whimsical adventures are available in updated paperback editions. The original lively illustrations by N. M. Bodecker have been retained, but eye-catching new cover art gives these classics a fresh, contemporary look for a whole new generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Time and again, the children from \u003ci\u003eKnight's Castle \u003c\/i\u003ehave longed for another magic adventure. But you can't find magic just\u003ci\u003e anywhere.\u003c\/i\u003e It doesn't just grow like \u003ci\u003egrass.\u003c\/i\u003e It requires the right place and the right time--\u003cbr\u003e Or \u003ci\u003ethyme, \u003c\/i\u003e as the case may be.\u003cbr\u003e For at Mrs. Whiton's house, magic grows wild as the fragrant banks of thyme in her garden. Eliza insists that time doesn't grow, it \u003ci\u003eflies\u003c\/i\u003e--yet growing in the garden is olden time, future time, and common time. Or so says the Natterjack, the odd toadlike creature who presides over the garden and accompanies the kids on a series of perilous, hilarious, always unpredictable adventures. Anything can happen, the Natterjack says with a wink, when you have all the time in the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50168398086417,"sku":"CIN0152020756G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51321016877329,"sku":"CIN0152020756A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0152020756.jpg?v=1751132954"},{"product_id":"half-magic-book-edward-eager-9780812439205","title":"Half Magic","description":"Since \u003ci\u003eHalf Magic\u003c\/i\u003e first hit bookshelves in 1954, Edward Eager's Tales of Magic have become beloved classics. Now all seven cherished stories by Edward Eager about vacationing cousins who stumble into magical doings and whimsical adventures are available in updated paperback editions. The original lively illustrations by N. M. Bodecker have been retained, but eye-catching new cover art gives these classics a fresh, contemporary look for a whole new generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It all begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sidewalk.\u003cbr\u003e Jane finds the coin, and because she and her siblings are having the worst, most dreadfully boring summer ever, she idly wishes something exciting would happen.\u003cbr\u003e And something \u003ci\u003edoes: \u003c\/i\u003eHer wish is granted.\u003cbr\u003e Or not quite. Only half of her wish comes true.\u003cbr\u003e It turns out the coin grants wishes--but only by half, so that you must wish for \u003ci\u003etwice \u003c\/i\u003eas much as you want.\u003cbr\u003e Wishing for two times some things is a cinch, but other doubled wishes only cause twice as much trouble. What is half of twice a talking cat? Or to be half-again twice not-here? And how do you double your most heartfelt wish, the one you care about so much it has to be perfect?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes an introduction by Alice Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50510140702993,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50510141194513,"sku":"GOR010080898","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812439201.jpg?v=1786134080"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/edward-eager-s-tales-of-magic-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}