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A delightful baby witch, accompanied by a black cat and the wind, gayly weaves her magic over a sleeping city
By Margaret Mahy and Charles Mozley (illustrator)

Library:

9780531018620 | Franklin Watts, June 1, 1970, cover price $5.45 | About this edition: A baby witch who has not yet learned to use her magic properly becomes lost in the dark city.

Product Description: David and his mother outsmart the witch that comes to sample their freshly baked cakes.
By Margaret Mahy and Jenny Williams (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780460058841 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd, June 1, 1985, cover price $8.50 | About this edition: David and his mother outsmart the witch that comes to sample their freshly baked cakes.
9780819306463 | Atheneum, April 1, 1974, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A hungry witch tries to separate David from his freshly-baked cupcakes

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Eight-year-old Barnaby Palmer discovers that one of his great-uncles has supernatural powers and that a family curse gives one person in each generation these special powers

Hardcover:

9780745108292 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, May 1, 1989), cover price $17.50 | About this edition: After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which coul be considered a curse or a rare gift.

Paperback:

9780440404088, titled "The Haunting" | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, February 1, 1991), cover price $3.25 | About this edition: After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which could be considered a curse or a rare gift.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780816197224, titled "The Haunting" | Unabridged edition (G K Hall Audio Books, February 1, 1987), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which coul be considered a curse or a rare gift.

School and Library:

9780689502439, titled "The Haunting" | Atheneum, October 1, 1982, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which could be considered a curse or a rare gift.

A librarian is kidnapped by a band of desperate thieves and, using all her skills and wiles, transforms her abductors into avid readers

Paperback:

9788437217772 | Altea S A Ediciones, June 1, 1984, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: A beautiful and devoted librarian is kidnapped by a band of desperate thieves and, using all her skills and wiles, transforms her abductors into avid readers.

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Six short stories about not-so-wicked stepmothers, magic leaves, a measle-y birthday party, and other not-so-ordinary things.
By Margaret Chamberlain (illustrator) and Margaret Mahy

Hardcover:

9780460061513 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd, June 1, 1985, cover price $18.25 | About this edition: Six short stories about not-so-wicked stepmothers, magic leaves, a measle-y birthday party, and other not-so-ordinary things.

While Mrs. Castle works as an atomic scientist, Mr. Castle takes care of the house and children so efficiently that he soon finds himself with nothing to do until the backyard tree give him an idea.

Hardcover:

9780316543965 | Little Brown & Co, March 1, 1986, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: While Mrs.

When a man accompanies his pirate mother to the sea for the first time, everyone tells him it will not be as wonderful as his mother describes

Hardcover:

9780670810703, titled "Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate" | Viking Pr, May 1, 1986, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When a man accompanies his pirate mother to the sea for the first time, everyone tells him it will not be as wonderful as his mother describes

Paperback:

9780140506242 | Reprint edition (Viking Childrens Books, November 1, 1987), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: When a man accompanies his pirate mother to the sea for the first time, everyone tells him it will not be as wonderful as his mother describes

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Chronicles the adventures of Orpheus Clinker, a 'reformed' pirate turned respectable babysitter, and Serena Leburnum, a lovely librarian who outwits her kidnappers and gives them a valuable lesson in the Dewey Decimal System

Hardcover:

9780879236298 | David R Godine Pub, August 1, 1986, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the adventures of Orpheus Clinker, a 'reformed' pirate turned respectable babysitter, and Serena Leburnum, a lovely librarian who outwits her kidnappers and gives them a valuable lesson in the Dewey Decimal System

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When the Goat family moves to get away from their grumbly neighbor Mr. Ratchett, they miss having someone to tease and he misses having something to complain about.
By Wendy Hodder (illustrator) and Margaret Mahy

Library:

9780516089713 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $11.93 | About this edition: Mr.

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The wind blows the hats off of the pigs at a garden party and into Rosalind Trotter's yard
By Margaret Mahy and Rodney McRae (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089775 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: A mischievous wind creates havoc among the magnificent hats at a garden party for fashionable pigs.

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Gillian's colorful drawings of elephants, policemen, and kangaroos come to life and pursue a treasure
By Margaret Mahy and Miranda Whitford (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089867 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: Gillian's colorful drawings of elephants, policemen, and kangaroos come to life and pursue a treasure

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When a witch's broom breaks and she is forced to ride on a bus, she decides to make trouble
By Wendy Hodder (illustrator) and Margaret Mahy

Library:

9780516089904 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: Chaos on the bus begins when a cross witch gets on who delights in making trouble.

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Relates how the young hero Tai was born to a strong, hairy sea captain and the sister of the moon
By Margaret Mahy and Nick Price (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089911 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: Relates how the young hero Tai was born to a strong, hairy sea captain and the sister of the moon

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As the neighbors wait in the veterinarian's waiting room with their sick pets, a chain of events begins which cures almost everyone
By Margaret Mahy and Philip Webb (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089782 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: As the neighbors wait in the veterinarian's waiting room with their sick pets, a chain of events begins which cures almost everyone

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After a brief acquaintance with the villain who lives in the big tree next to her family's new house, Julia concludes that there's nothing like a villain to keep things interesting
By Elizabeth Fuller (illustrator) and Margaret Mahy

Library:

9780516089850 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: After a brief acquaintance with the Villain who lives in the big tree next to her family's new house, Julia concludes that 'There's nothing like a Villain to keep things interesting.

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To promote efficiency, an accountant bans the seasons from his valley but finds life boring without the changes that spring, summer, fall, and winter bring.
By Margaret Mahy and Nick Price (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089881 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: An accountant becomes tired of the changing seasons and tries to ban the seasons from his valley

Some colorful characters help Muppy retrieve her bouncing ball from a giant eagle.
By Margaret Mahy and Jan Van Der Voo (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089720 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: Muppy's unusual friends come to the rescue when her red ball is stolen by an eagle

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When Mrs. Apple's little green tree becomes droopy, she asks the tree doctor for help and he prescribes his famous pepper-upper
By Wendy Hodder (illustrator) and Margaret Mahy

Library:

9780516089737 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: Mrs.

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A mouse escapes capture by his own cunning, leaving his captors inspired enough to form a pop group more interested in singing than mousing
By Margaret Mahy and Rodney McRae (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089751 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: A mouse escapes capture by his own cunning, leaving his captors inspired enough to form a pop group more interested in singing than mousing

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When a baby refuses to eat his oatmeal, he causes unhappiness in a number of people and animals and begins a chain of events resulting in his correcting his ways
By Madeline Beasley (illustrator) and Margaret Mahy

Library:

9780516089768 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $13.27 | About this edition: When a baby refuses to eat his oatmeal, he causes unhappiness in a number of people and animals and begins a chain of events resulting in his correcting his ways

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When greedy Dr. Owl tries his own medicine for the first time, it has a surprising effect.
By Margaret Mahy and Rodney McRae (illustrator)

Library:

9780516089898 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: After finally tasting his own medicine, Doctor Owl decides to add sweeteners to it

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When Lily Whisker's mysterious potion accidentally gets put in the spaghetti sauce, the spaghetti becomes alive

Library:

9780516089874 | Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.34 | About this edition: The famous spy, Iris La Bonga sets out to steal an inventor's mysterious potion.

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Product Description: In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs. Herringbone and Joanna Joy. In the second story, headmistress Tatiana Taffeta seeks an affluent farmer's hand in marriage.

Hardcover:

9780879237202 | 1 edition (David R Godine Pub, April 1, 1988), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs.
9780416597202, titled "Birthday Burglar and a Very Wicked Headmistress" | Routledge Kegan & Paul, June 1, 1987, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780745185279 | Chivers Audio Books, March 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs.

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