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series27 books1902

completed

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
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Start with Five Children and It →

Chitty Chitty Bang BangSeries

series10 books1964

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang →

Magic ShopSeries

series7 books1982

About coming of age.

“Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”
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Start with The Monster's Ring →

The Ogre DownstairsNovel

Diana Wynne Jonesstandalone novel1974

Funny in tone, about coming of age and family secrets, set in british isles.

“When a disagreeable man with two boys marries a widow with three children, family adjustments are complicated by two magic chemistry sets which cause strange things to happen around the house.”
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Tales of MagicSeries

series7 books1954

completed

Whimsical in tone, about friendship.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
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Start with Half Magic →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue

Start with Peter Pan →

includes Peter Pan, Disney Fairies, Hook's Revenge, Fairy Haven, Disney's Peter Pan & Wendy, Neverland, The Untold Stories of Neverland, Neverland (Heather Killough-Walden)

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