The BookShelf

Never After
by Rebecca Lickiss
- 2002 - A Prince, a Lady and a Wizard each go on a search and find a remote castle buried in thorns and full of magic.
$5.00

The Moonball
by Ursula Moray Williams
- 1968 - Some children find a strange object, which eventually gets taken away by a professor - who won't give it back!
$3.00

The Hidden Treasure of Glaston
by Eleanore M. Jewett
- 1962 - Two boys in the middle ages come upon the hidden treasure of the great Abbey of Glastonbury: of King Arthur himself!
$5.00

Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Time
by Jane Louise Curry
- 1975 - A sprig of thyme transports a young girl back into the 1700s!
$5.00

Second-Hand Magic
by Ruth Chew
- 1981 - A brother and sister meet a magical bird.
$2.00

The Wishing Tree
by Ruth Chew
- 1980 - There is something mysterious about a spooky tree two children come across in a park.
$3.00

The Magic Coin
by Ruth Chew
- 1983 - Two children find a magical coin which takes them to a strange faraway island.
$5.50

The Trouble With Magic
by Ruth Chew
- 1976 - A wizard has some troubles working his magic!
$2.50

Mostly Magic
by Ruth Chew
- 1982 - A magic ladder leads two kids on an adventure.
$3.00

Trapped in Time
- 1986 - A brother and sister find a magic watch that takes them back in time 200 years.
$2.00

A Ghost Around the House
by William MacKellar
- 1972 - A boy explores an old castle and meets the ghost who lives there.
$4.00

Half Magic
by Edward Eager
- 1982 copy of this 1950s classic tale of children finding a magic coin which grants them "half" their wishes!
$1.50

Knight's Castle
by Edward Eager
- 1984 copy of this 1950s classic tale of children having a magical summer by getting transported back into medievel times.
$4.00

The Time Garden
by Edward Eager
- 1990 copy of this 1950s classic tale of children discovering a magical Thyme Garden which transports them back in time.
$4.00

Fog Magic
by Julia L. Sauer
- 1970 -A young girl travels back in time through the fog.
$3.00

Jane-Emily
by Patricia Clapp
- 1973 - A house is haunted by the ghost of a spoiled 12 year old girl who died years before.
$6.00

Magic Elizabeth
by Norma Kassirer
- 1967 - A little girl finds a painting of an old-fashioned girl holding a doll - then travels back in time to become that girl!
$3.50

The House in the Waves
by James Hamilton-Paterson
- 1970 - A troubled young English boy travels back to 1600 to rescue a boy held captive in a dangerous house. (hardback)
$4.00 (some of the pages are loose, but all are still there)

The Figure in the Shadows
by John Bellairs
- 1993 - A boy uses an 1859 coin as a magical talisman. #2 in the "Lewis Barnavelt" series of books.
$2.00

Within a Painted Past
by Hazel Hutchins
- 1994 - A young girl travels into a set of paintings and winds up living in 1898.
$4.00

The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pene Dubois
- 1995 - A balloonist in 1883 lands on the volcanic island of Krakatoa, where people have built a secret utopian society.
$2.00

A Hidden Place
by Robert Charles Wilson
- 1986 - A mysterious young woman arrives naked in a small town in 1930. Who is she and where is she from?
$2.00

James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
- 1988 - A little boy happens to grow a magial peach.
$2.00

The Land of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
- 1983 edition of this story from 1904. One of the books in the famous "Oz" series.
$2.50

Bechstein
by Märchen und Sagen
- 1954 - Printed in Germany, and it's all in German, but it appears to be a collection of German fairy tales. Pretty color illustrations! (hardcover)
$3.00

The Phoenix and the Carpet
by E. Nesbit
1988, but originally written in the late 1800s, tells of five English children who discover a magic bird who grants wishes!
$1.50

Time Tangle
by Frances Eagar
- 1976 - A English girl stuck at her boarding school for the holidays meets up with a boy from 1593 who needs her help.
$2.00