Seven-day Magic

Edward Eager

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999 - Fiction - 190 pages

"Luckily for Edward Eager's fans, the children in his latest book are just as lively and literary as those in Half Magic."--The New York Times Book Review

Contents

• FINDING IT: 1
• USING IT: 24
• TAMING IT: 58
• LOSING IT: 86
• THWARTING IT: 117
• BEING THWARTED: 136
• KEEPING IT?: 158
• GIVING IT BACK: 183

About the author

Edward Eager (1911-1964) worked primarily as a playwright and lyricist. It wasn't until 1951, while searching for books to read to his young son, Fritz, that he began writing children's stories. His classic Tales of Magic series started with the best-selling Half Magic, published in 1954. In each of his books he carefully acknowledges his indebtedness to E. Nesbit, whom he considered the best children's writer of all time--"so that any child who likes my books and doesn't know hers may be led back to the master of us all." N. M. Bodecker, an illustrator and author of children's books, died of cancer of the colon Feb. 1 at his home in Hancock, N.H. He was 66 years old.For many years Mr. Bodecker's illustrations appeared in Harper's magazine, as well as The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire and Holiday.He also illustrated books for adults and children's books by other authors, but he was best known for the many children's books that he wrote and illustrated himself. Awards for Poetry.Niels Mogens Bodecker was born and educated in Copenhagen. He emigrated to the United States after World War II and lived for 20 years in New York City and Westport, Conn., before moving to Hancock in 1972. He is survived by three sons, Alexander, of Portland, Ore., Torsten, of San Francisco, and Niels, of Hancock.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Seven-day Magic; A Voyager/HBJ book; Odyssey/Harcourt Brace young classic; Book 7 of Tales of Magic Series, Edward Eager
• Author: Edward Eager
• Illustrated by: N. M. Bodecker
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999
• ISBN: 0152020780, 9780152020781
• Length: 190 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / General