The Best Children’s Books About Or Featuring Magic

“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.

Happy Scrolling!

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Top 17 Best Children’s Books About Magic

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17 .) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) written by Madeleine L’Engle

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Trip Base

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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16 .) Castle Hangnail written by Ursula Vernon

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Nourishing My Scholar

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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15 .) Coraline written by Neil Gaiman

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Trip Base

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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14 .) Dragonbreath written by Ursula Vernon

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Nourishing My Scholar

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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13 .) Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1) written by Edward Eager

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Nourishing My Scholar

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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12 .) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) written by J.K. Rowling

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Trip Base

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11 .) Little Witch written by Anna Elizabeth Bennett

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Nourishing My Scholar

A witch’s daughter dislikes black magic and sneaks off to school where she causes a great deal of excitement.

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10 .) Rainbow Magic Series written by Daisy Meadows

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• The Book People

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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9 .) The BFG written by Roald Dahl

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• The Book People

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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8 .) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe written by C.S. Lewis

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Trip Base

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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7 .) The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) written by Rick Riordan

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Reading Inspiration

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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6 .) The Sword in the Stone (The Once and Future King, #1) written by T.H. White

Lists It Appears On:

• Five Books
• Goodreads

A retelling of the Arthurian legend.

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5 .) Winnie the Witch written by Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Reading Inspiration

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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4 .) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, #1) written by Lewis Carroll

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• The Book People
• Trip Base

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3 .) Room on the Broom written by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Reading Inspiration
• The Book People

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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2 .) The Hobbit written by J R R Tolkien

Lists It Appears On:

• Five Books
• Goodreads
• The Book People

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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1 .) The Worst Witch written by Jill Murphy

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Nourishing My Scholar
• The Book People

The adventures of the worst trainee witch in Miss Cackle’s Academy.

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The 225+ Additional Best Kids Books About Or Featuring Magic

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#	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

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9 Best Magic Children’s Book Sources/Lists

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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