“What are the best Children’s books about Magic ?” We looked at 241 of the top Kids Magic books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 17 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Kids Magic ” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 225+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg’s father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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When little, twelve-year-old Molly arrives at Castle Hangnail to fill the vacancy for a wicked witch, the minions who dwell there have no choice but to give her the job and at first it seems she will be able to keep the castle open, but Molly has quite a few secrets that could cause trouble.…
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.…
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Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny’s sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako sharks–and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.
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Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
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A witch’s daughter dislikes black magic and sneaks off to school where she causes a great deal of excitement.
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Rainbow Fairies Rachel and Kirsty must find the other Rainbow Fairies in order to prevent Fairyland from losing its colors and turning gray forever.
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Snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
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There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia, and the first is about to be told in an extraordinary motion picture, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. In the never-ending war between good and evil, The Chronicles of Narnia set the stage for battles of epic proportions. Some take place in vast fields, where the forces of light and darkness clash. But other battles occur within the small chambers of the heart and are equally decisive. Journeys to the ends of the world, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds and friendships won and lost — all come together in an unforgettable world of magic. So join the battle to end all battles. The second volume in The Chronicles of Narnia® The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Narnia …. a land frozen in eternal winter … a country waiting to be set free. Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia — a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change .
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After their father’s research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Set, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe–a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.…
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A retelling of the Arthurian legend.
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Because Winnie the Witch lives in a house where everything is black, she can not see her black cat–until she comes up with a brilliant and colorful idea.
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A witch finds room on her broom for all the animals that ask for a ride, and they repay her kindness by rescuing her from a dragon.
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Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
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The adventures of the worst trainee witch in Miss Cackle’s Academy.
# | Books | Authors | Lists |
18 | 10 Busy Brooms | A Mighty Girl | |
19 | A Big Mooncake For Little Star | Grace Lin | Book Riot |
20 | A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J Maas | The Guardian |
21 | A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans | Laurence Yep And Joanne Ryder | Book Riot |
22 | A Shirtful of Frogs | Shalini Boland | Goodreads |
23 | A Snicker of Magic | Natalie Lloyd | Goodreads |
24 | A Very Brave Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
25 | A Wizard of Earthsea | Ursula Le Guin | Five Books |
26 | Adventures of the Wishing Chair | Enid Blyton | Goodreads |
27 | Aquicorn Cove | Katie O’Neill | Book Riot |
28 | Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) | Eoin Colfer | Goodreads |
29 | Aru Shah and the End of Time | Roshani Chokshi | Book Riot |
30 | At the Back of the North Wind | George MacDonald | Goodreads |
31 | Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave | A Mighty Girl | |
32 | Baba Yaga’s Assistant | A Mighty Girl | |
33 | Backyard Witch: Sadie’s Story | A Mighty Girl | |
34 | Bad Magic | Pseudonymous Bosch | Reading Inspiration |
35 | Beast Quest | Adam Blade | Reading Inspiration |
36 | Bedknob and Broomstick | Mary Norton | Goodreads |
37 | Begone the Raggedy Witches | A Mighty Girl | |
38 | Bliss | Nourishing My Scholar | |
39 | Book of Monsters – Ancient Greece | Antony Briggs | Goodreads |
40 | Book of Monsters – Dragons | Antony Briggs | Goodreads |
41 | Bounty Hunter | S.J. Hollis | Goodreads |
42 | Changers Book 2: Oryon | T Cooper and Allison Glock Cooper | The Guardian |
43 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl | Goodreads |
44 | Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1) | Diana Wynne Jones | Goodreads |
45 | Christmas on the Corner | Andrew Leon | Goodreads |
46 | City Witch, Country Switch | A Mighty Girl | |
47 | Clockwork | Philip Pullman | Reading Inspiration |
48 | D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths | Ingri d’Aulaire | Goodreads |
49 | D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths | Ingri d’Aulaire | Goodreads |
50 | Day Dreamers | Emily Winfield Martin | Book Riot |
51 | Dear Dragon by Josh Funk, Illustrated | Rudolfo Montalvo | Book Riot |
52 | Dial-a-Ghost | Eva Ibbotson | Goodreads |
53 | Dragon Rider | Cornelia Funke | Book Riot |
54 | Dragon Slayers’ Academy | Kate McMullan | Book Riot |
55 | Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras #1) | Asia Citro | Book Riot |
56 | Dragons In A Bag | Zetta Elliott | Book Riot |
57 | Drawn Together | Minh Lê | Book Riot |
58 | Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) | Gail Carson Levine | Goodreads |
59 | Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures Pop-Up | Matthew Reinhart, Illustrated by Robert Sabuda | Book Riot |
60 | Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) | Christopher Paolini | Goodreads |
61 | eyond the PawPaw Trees | Nourishing My Scholar | |
62 | Fairy Tale Frankie and the Tricky Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
63 | Fantastic Mr Fox | Roald Dahl | Goodreads |
64 | Ferno the Fire Dragon (Beast Quest) | Nourishing My Scholar | |
65 | Five Children and It (Five Children, #1) | E. Nesbit | Goodreads |
66 | Franklin’s Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell, Illustrated | Katie Harnett | Book Riot |
67 | Furry and Flo | Nourishing My Scholar | |
68 | Goodnight, Dragons | Judith L. Roth | Book Riot |
69 | Greenwitch | Susan Cooper | Goodreads |
70 | Grimelda the Very Messy Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
71 | Hansel and Gretel | A Mighty Girl | |
72 | he Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet (The Secrets of Droon) | Nourishing My Scholar | |
73 | Hex Hall | A Mighty Girl | |
74 | His Dark Materials | The Book People | |
75 | How Mirka Got Her Sword | Barry Deutsch | Book Riot |
76 | How to Hang a Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
77 | How to Train Your Dragon | Nourishing My Scholar | |
78 | How to Trick the Tooth Fairy | Erin Danielle Russell | Book Riot |
79 | Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) | Diana Wynne Jones | Goodreads |
80 | Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble | A Mighty Girl | |
81 | I Am A Witch’s Cat | A Mighty Girl | |
82 | I’m A Unicorn | Mallory Loehr | Book Riot |
83 | If I Had A Gryphon | Vikki Vansickle | Book Riot |
84 | In the Night Kitchen | Maurice Sendak | Trip Base |
85 | Into the Wild (Warriors, #1) | Erin Hunter | Goodreads |
86 | Island of the Aunts | Eva Ibbotson | Goodreads |
87 | It’s Raining Bats & Frogs | A Mighty Girl | |
88 | Jake’s Weird Ear: Book 1 of 2 | C.J. Lyon-Hislop | Goodreads |
89 | Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth | A Mighty Girl | |
90 | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (A Magic Shop Book) | Nourishing My Scholar | |
91 | Kat, Incorrigible | Stephanie Burgis | Goodreads |
92 | Keeping up with Magic | Carolina Munhóz | The Guardian |
93 | Kiki’s Delivery Service (Picture Book Adaptation) | A Mighty Girl | |
94 | King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table | Roger Lancelyn Green | Goodreads |
95 | King Arthur and the Round Table | Geraldine McCaughrean | Goodreads |
96 | Lady Midnight | Cassandra Clare | The Guardian |
97 | Liber Aelph: Words of Guidance from the Silver Elves to Our Magical Children | The Silver Elves | Goodreads |
98 | Lil’ Merl and the Dastardly Dragon | Liam Barrett | Book Riot |
99 | Little Nemo in Slumberland | Winsor McKay | Trip Base |
100 | Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble | Anna Meriano | Book Riot |
101 | Lulu Goes To Witch School | A Mighty Girl | |
102 | Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power! | Mariko Tamaki | Book Riot |
103 | Magic in the Mix | Annie Barrows | The Guardian |
104 | Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions | Mary Pope Osborne | Book Riot |
105 | Magic Trixie | A Mighty Girl | |
106 | Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) | P.L. Travers | Goodreads |
107 | Matilda | Roald Dahl | Goodreads |
108 | Meg and Mog | Helen Nicoll & Jan Pieńkowski | Reading Inspiration |
109 | Miss Fiona’s Stupendous Pumpkin Pies | A Mighty Girl | |
110 | Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) | Suzanne Collins | Goodreads |
111 | Moondial | Helen Cresswell | Goodreads |
112 | Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle #1) | Betty MacDonald | Goodreads |
113 | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic | Betty MacDonald | Goodreads |
114 | My Mom Is Magical | Sabrina Moyle | Book Riot |
115 | Myths of the Norsemen: Retold from the Old Norse Poems and Tales | Roger Lancelyn Green | Goodreads |
116 | No Such Thing As A Witch: A Matter-of-Fact Magic Book | A Mighty Girl | |
117 | Not Quite Narwhal | Jessie Sima | Book Riot |
118 | Nutcracker | E.T.A. Hoffmann | Goodreads |
119 | Once Upon A World: The Little Mermaid | Hannah Eliot | Book Riot |
120 | Only A Witch Can Fly | A Mighty Girl | |
121 | Over Sea, Under Stone | Susan Cooper | Goodreads |
122 | Part One: The Tunnel | Andrew Leon | Goodreads |
123 | Part Three: The Bedroom | Andrew Leon | Goodreads |
124 | Part Two: The Kitchen Table | Andrew Leon | Goodreads |
125 | Peter Pan | The Book People | |
126 | Peter Pan and Wendy | J. M. Barrie | Trip Base |
127 | Puck of Pook’s Hill | Rudyard Kipling | Goodreads |
128 | Rebecca and the Strangest Garden on Earth | Imogen Daley | Goodreads |
129 | Rise of the Earth Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #1) | Tracey West | Book Riot |
130 | Scary School | Nourishing My Scholar | |
131 | Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo | The Guardian |
132 | Shadow Castle | Marian Cockrell | Goodreads |
133 | Silver on the Tree | Susan Cooper | Goodreads |
134 | Sisters Of Glass | Naomi Cyprus | Book Riot |
135 | Snow Treasure | Marie McSwigan | Goodreads |
136 | Strega Nona | A Mighty Girl | |
137 | Ta-Da! | Kathy Ellen Davis | Book Riot |
138 | Tales of Ancient Egypt | Roger Lancelyn Green | Goodreads |
139 | Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain, #4) | Lloyd Alexander | Goodreads |
140 | The 13 Clocks | James Thurber | Goodreads |
141 | The Adventures of King Arthur | Russell Punter and Andrea Da Rold | Reading Inspiration |
142 | The Adventures of Tempest & Serena | Marty Mokler Banks | Goodreads |
143 | The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) | Philip Pullman | Goodreads |
144 | The Apprentice Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
145 | The Arrival | Shaun Tan | Book Riot |
146 | The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain, #2) | Lloyd Alexander | Goodreads |
147 | The Black Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
148 | The Bone Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
149 | The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1) | Lloyd Alexander | Goodreads |
150 | The Box of Delights | John Masefield | Goodreads |
151 | The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain, #3) | Lloyd Alexander | Goodreads |
152 | The Christmas Village | Melissa Ann Goodwin | Goodreads |
153 | The Complete Fairy Tales | Hans Christian Andersen | Goodreads |
154 | The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales | Jacob Grimm | Goodreads |
155 | The Creature of the Pines (The Unicorn Rescue Society) | Adam Gidwitz | Book Riot |
156 | The Curious Little Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
157 | The Dark Is Rising | Susan Cooper | Goodreads |
158 | The Door to the Lost | Jaleigh Johnson | Goodreads |
159 | The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight | Elli Woollard | Book Riot |
160 | The Dragon’s Scales | Sarah Albee | Book Riot |
161 | The Enchanted Castle | E. Nesbit | Goodreads |
162 | The Enchanted Wood (The Faraway Tree, #1) | Enid Blyton | Goodreads |
163 | The Fairy Dogmother | Maribeth Boelts | Book Riot |
164 | The Familiars | Nourishing My Scholar | |
165 | The Family Itch | Jeremy Poole | Goodreads |
166 | The Five Children and It | E Nesbit | Five Books |
167 | The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi | Book Riot | |
168 | The Girl at Midnight | Melissa Grey | The Guardian |
169 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making | Catherynne M. Valente | Book Riot |
170 | The Girl Who Drank The Moon | A Mighty Girl | |
171 | The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) | Philip Pullman | Goodreads |
172 | The Graces | Laure Eve | The Guardian |
173 | The Grey King | Susan Cooper | Goodreads |
174 | The Harry Potter Series | The Book People | |
175 | The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2) | Robin McKinley | Goodreads |
176 | The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain, #5) | Lloyd Alexander | Goodreads |
177 | The House on the Corner: First Person Edition | Andrew Leon | Goodreads |
178 | The Kingdom of Wrenly | Nourishing My Scholar | |
179 | The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles | Nourishing My Scholar | |
180 | The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) | Peter S. Beagle | Goodreads |
181 | The Light Princess | George MacDonald | Goodreads |
182 | The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) | Rick Riordan | Goodreads |
183 | The Little Leftover Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
184 | The Little Mermaid | The Book People | |
185 | The Little White Horse | Elizabeth Goudge | Goodreads |
186 | The Lunch Witch | A Mighty Girl | |
187 | The Magic Faraway Tree | Enid Blyton | Goodreads |
188 | The Magic of Unicorns by Gina L. Grandi, Illustrated | Ximena Jeria | Book Riot |
189 | The Magic Thief | Sarah Prineas | Reading Inspiration |
190 | The Magical Animal Adoption Agency, Book 1 Clover’s Luck | Kalli George | Book Riot |
191 | The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) | C.S. Lewis | Goodreads |
192 | The Magician’s Hat | Malcolm Mitchell | Book Riot |
193 | The Marvelous Magic of Miss Mabel (Poppy Pendle) | Nourishing My Scholar | |
194 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Cassandra Clare | The Guardian |
195 | The Neverending Story | Michael Ende | Goodreads |
196 | The Ogre Downstairs | Diana Wynne Jones | Five Books |
197 | The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4) | T.H. White | Goodreads |
198 | The Owl Service | Alan Garner | Goodreads |
199 | The Phantom Tollbooth | Norton Juster | Goodreads |
200 | The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg | Goodreads |
201 | The Power of Poppy Pendle | A Mighty Girl | |
202 | The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) | George MacDonald | Goodreads |
203 | The Princess in Black | Shannon Hale And Dean Hale | Book Riot |
204 | The Rest of Us Just Live Here | Patrick Ness | The Guardian |
205 | The School For Good And Evil | Soman Chainani | Book Riot |
206 | The Search for Alice: Book One of the Dreaming of Wonderland Series | Amy Koto | Goodreads |
207 | The Secret of Platform 13 | Eva Ibbotson | Goodreads |
208 | The Serpent’s Secret | Sayantani DasGupta | Book Riot |
209 | The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4) | C.S. Lewis | Goodreads |
210 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Nourishing My Scholar | |
211 | The Steep and Thorny Way | Cat Winters | The Guardian |
212 | The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) | Philip Pullman | Goodreads |
213 | The Summoner series | Taran Matharu | The Guardian |
214 | The Tales of Beedle the Bard | J.K. Rowling | Reading Inspiration |
215 | The Thickety: A Path Begins | A Mighty Girl | |
216 | The Unicorn Quest | Kamilla Benko | Book Riot |
217 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Williams Bianco | Goodreads |
218 | The Wee Free Men | A Mighty Girl | |
219 | The Well-Wishers (Tales of Magic, #6) | Edward Eager | Goodreads |
220 | The Wheel on the School | Meindert DeJong | Goodreads |
221 | The Widow’s Broom | A Mighty Girl | |
222 | The Witch Family | A Mighty Girl | |
223 | The Witches of Worm | A Mighty Girl | |
224 | The Witches’ Supermarket | A Mighty Girl | |
225 | The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza | A Mighty Girl | |
226 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | Trip Base |
227 | The Yin-Yang Sisters and the Dragon Frightful | Nancy Tupper Ling | Book Riot |
228 | Throne of Glass | Sarah J Maas | The Guardian |
229 | Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, #2) | Lewis Carroll | Goodreads |
230 | Today I’ll Be a Unicorn | Dana Simpson | Book Riot |
231 | Tom’s Midnight Garden | Philippa Pearce | Goodreads |
232 | Tuesdays | Nourishing My Scholar | |
233 | Upside-Down Magic | Sarah Mlynowski | Book Riot |
234 | Where The Mountain Meets The Moon | Grace Lin | Book Riot |
235 | Where’s The Unicorn | Nosy Crow | Book Riot |
236 | Which Witch? | Eva Ibbotson | Goodreads |
237 | Whoosh! Went The Broom | A Mighty Girl | |
238 | Winnie-the-Pooh | A.A. Milne | Trip Base |
239 | Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag | Book Riot | |
240 | Witches and Wizards Sticker Book | Kirsteen Robson & Seb Burnett | Reading Inspiration |
241 | Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1) | Michelle Paver | Goodreads |
Source | Article |
A Mighty Girl | With Broomstick in Hand: 45 Books Starring Mighty Witches |
Book Riot | 50 Must-Read Fantasy Books For Kids By Age And Grade Level |
Five Books | The Best Magical Stories for Kids |
Goodreads | Magical children’s books |
Nourishing My Scholar | 20 Books for Kids Not Ready for Harry Potter |
Reading Inspiration | 11 magical books for children who love witches and wizards |
The Book People | Top 10 Best Magical Books for Children |
The Guardian | Witches, wizards and magic books for children |
Trip Base | Top 10 Children’s Tales Set in Magical Lands |
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