Edward Eager

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born

January 01, 1911 in Toledo, Ohio, The United States

died

October 23, 1964

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

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Eager was born in and grew up in Toledo, Ohio and attended Harvard University class of 1935. After graduation, he moved to New York City, where he lived for 14 years before moving to Connecticut. He married Jane Eberly in 1938 and they had a son, Fritz.

Eager was a childhood fan of L. Frank Baum's Oz series, and started writing children's books when he could not find stories he wanted to read to his own young son. In his books, Eager often acknowledges his debt to E. Nesbit, whom he thought of as the best children's author of all time.

A well-known lyricist and playwright, Eager died on October 23, 1964 in Stamford, Connecticut, at the age of fifty-three.

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Books by Edward Eager

Average rating: 4.01 · 15,070 ratings · 789 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 8,415 ratings — published 1954 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Knight's Castle (Tales of Magic, #2) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 1,353 ratings — published 1956 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Magic by the Lake (Tales of Magic, #3) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 1,406 ratings — published 1957 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Seven-Day Magic (Tales of Magic, #7) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 1,326 ratings — published 1962 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Time Garden (Tales of Magic, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 1958 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Magic or Not? (Tales of Magic, #5) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 1959 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Well-Wishers (Tales of Magic, #6) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 602 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	Edward Eager's Tales of Magic [Boxed Set] 4.45 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Time Tangle 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Mouse Manor by Edward Eager, Beryl Bailey-Jones (Illustrator) 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1952	My rating:

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Series by Edward Eager

Tales of Magic (7 books)
by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker (Illustrator)

4.01 avg rating — 14,871 ratings

Quotes by Edward Eager

“The best kind of book," said Barnaby, "is a magic book."

"Naturally," said John.”
― Edward Eager, Seven-Day Magic

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“Still, even without the country or a lake, the summer was a fine thing, particularly when you were at the beginning of it, looking ahead into it. There would be months of beautifully long, empty days, and each other to play with, and the books from the library.”
― Edward Eager, Half Magic

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“But in the garden the sun still shone. The innumerable bees hummed. The scent of thyme hung on the air. But only the Natterjack was there to breathe the fragrant essence of it.

He and the garden were waiting. They were waiting for more children. They didn't care how long they waited. They had all the time in the world.

-The Time Garden, Edward Eager”
― Edward Eager, The Time Garden

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