A Spellbinding Collection! Mind-boggling magic leads to mystery, mischief and mayhem in this dazzling treasury. An all-star cast of authors including Alan Garner, Margaret Mahy, Terry Jones, Floella Benjamin and Helen Cresswell has conjured up this entertaining line-up of enchanters and magicians who are usually friendly, often funny and always wand-deep in exciting adventure. There's a wizard with a weight problem, a magician who makes a magic mirror and a zany black witch in white clothes. Never too spooky or scary for even the youngest reader, this bewitching collection is bound to enchant and delight!

 

 

This book features in the following series: Kingfisher Treasuries, Stories Treasuries .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published in 2004 by Pan Macmillan .

The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.

This book has the following chapters: The Hare and the Black and White Witch - Lynne Reid Banks; Petronella - Jay Williams; Gold - Ruth Manning-Sanders; The Mean Pear Seller - Floella Benjamin; The Boy with Two Shadows - Margaret Mahy; The Not-Very-Nice Prince - Pamela Oldfield; Yashka and the Witch - Stephen Corrin; The Improving Mirror - Terry Jones; Jack My Lad - Alan Garner; The Fat Wizard - Diana Wynne Jones; Glooskap and the Sorcerer - Gillian Osband; Lizzie Dripping and the Witch - Helen Cresswell; A Tale of Three Tails - Charles J. Finger; Hamish and the Wee Witch - Moira Miller; Anancy, Old Witch and King-Daughter - James Berry