Believe in Magic Chapter Books

Magic:
&
Magicians, Spells, and Wishes
A Select List of Brown County Library Children’s Books
(Elementary-Middle School)
Click on each title below to see the library's catalog record. Then click on the title in the record
for details, current availability, or to place a hold. For additional books and items on this theme,
ask your librarian or search the library’s online catalog.
Chapter Books: Series
Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
The Anybodies/The Nobodies/The Somebodies by N.E. Bode
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Cofler
Bartimaeus by Jonathan Stroud
Beyonders by Brandon Mull
The Book of Elsewhere by Jacqueline West
Brightstone Saga by Paul B. Thompson
Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
Children of the Lamp by Phillip Kerr
Chronicles of the Red King by Jenny Nimmo
Cold Cereal Saga by Adam Rex
Courtney Crumrin (graphic novel series) by Ted Naifeh
Ever After High by Shannon Hale
The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein
Grey Griffin. The Clockwork Chronicles by Derek Benz
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Hocus Pocus Hotel by Michael Dahl
Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo by Nancy Krulik
Kronos Chronicles by Marie Rutkowski
Kat, Incorrigible by Sephanie Burgis
Land of Elyon by Patrick Carman
Lewis Barnavelt by Brad Strickland
Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
The Magician Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff by Jason Lethcoe
Ms. Wiz by Terence Blacker
Molly Moon by Georgia Byng
Oh My Godmother by Barbara Brauner
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Philippa Fisher by Liz Kessler
Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch
Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Sixty-Eight Room Adventures by Marianne Malone
Spiderwick Chronicles/Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
Spindlewood Tales by Chris Mould
Tales of Fontania by Barbara Else
Theodosia by R.L. LaFevers
13 Treasures Trilogy by Michelle Harrison
The Three Doors Trilogy by Emily Rodda
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons by Barbara Mariconda
Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy
Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
Chapter Books: Stand-Alones
Abby Cornelia’s One & Only Magic Power by David Pogue
The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell
Be a Genie in Six Easy Steps by Linda Chapman
Bigger than a Breadbox by Laurel Snyder
The Blackhope Enigma/The Crimson Shard by Teresa Flavin
Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood
A Box of Gargoyles by Anne Nesbet
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
The Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbet
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles De Lint
Claws by Mike Grinti
Dorko the Magnificent by Andrea Beaty
Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleeve
The Flint Heart: A Fairy Story by Katherine Paterson
Genie Wishes by Elisabeth Dahl
The Genie Scheme by Kimberly Jones
Green by Laura Peyton Roberts
Hollow Earth by John Barrowman
Horton’s Miraculous Mechanisms/Horton’s Incredible Illusions by Lissa
Evans
Ivy and the Meanstalk by Dawn Larimore
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Jinx/Jinx’s Magic by Sage Blackwood
Katerina’s Wish by Jeannie Mobley
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The Key & the Flame by Claire Caterer
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
Magic Shop (new series) by Kate Egan
Magical Mischief by Anna Dale
Magicalamity by Kate Saunders
The Magician’s Apprentice by Kate Banks
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Meltdown Magic by David Lubar
The Misadventures of the Magician’s Dog by Frances Sackett
The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill
Murder at Midnight by Avi
The Paradise Trap by Catherine Jinks
ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
The Path of Names by Ari Goelman
Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes: A Story by Dawn Lairamore
Pillage by Skye Obert
The Power of Poppy Pendle by Natasha Lowe
The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley
Project X Calibur by Greg Pace
A Question of Magic by E.D. Baker
The Quirks: Welcome to Normal by Erin Soderberg
The Real Boy by Anne Ursu
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
The Scorpions of Zahir by Christine Brodien-Jones
Scumble by Ingrid Law
Second Sight by Gary Blackwood
Seven Sorcerers by Caro King
Shadow Breakers by Daniel Blythe
The Shadow Collector’s Apprentice by Amy Gordon
The Silver Bowl/The Cup and the Crown by Diane Stanley
Small Persons with Wings by Ellen Booraem
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders by Sophie Audoin-Mamikonian
Through the Skylight by Ian Baucom
Tuckernuck Mystery by Emily Fairlie
Wart by Anna Meyers
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders
Wish by Beth Bracken
The Wizard of Dark Street/The Magician’s Tower by Shawn Odyssey
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Non-Fiction
Action Optical Illusions by Al Seckel
Easy Magic Tricks (series) by Steve Charney
Easy Magician Origami by Christopher Harbo
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman
Fun Magic Tricks by Nick Hunter
Illusionology: The Secret Science of Magic by Albert Schafer
Inside Magic (series) by Nicholas Einhorn
The Kid’s Guide to Magic Tricks by Steve Charney
Magic Step by Step by Madeleine Jennings
Magic Tricks from the Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Miraculous Magic Tricks (series) by Mike Lane
Imagine You’re a Wizard! by Meg Clibbon
Magician by Lisa Regan
Marvelous Magic by Susan Martinaeu
Mind Benders: Brain-Boggling Tricks, Puzzles, and Illusions by DK Pub.
Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini by Tom Lalicki
SuperVisions (series) by Al Seckel
Stunning Stage Tricks by Norm Barnhart
Wizards, Witches, and Dragons (Explore and Draw) by Ann Becker
Who Was Harry Houdini? by Tui Sutherland
Witches and Wizards by Ann Kerns
Witches in America by Elizabeth Mills
Wizardology: A Guide to Wizards of the World by Dugald Steer
Young Wizard’s Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and
other Hands-On Activities by A.R. Rotruck
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