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Matter-of-Fact Magic
The Enchanted Book
A mis-cast spell from a magical book sends two children back in time to a land of castles, knights, and dragons.
124 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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Ruth Chew
48 books137 followersRuth Chew is the author of a number of popular books for young readers, including Secondhand Magic and The Wednesday Witch. She was born in Minneapolis and grew up in Washington, D.C. She studied art at the Corcoran School of Art and worked as a fashion artist. She was the mother of five children.
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May 28, 2011
Cute! Both of my boys loved this story, (and one absolutely hates reading!)
February 5, 2019
Sweet story. Definitely an easy reading level, short chapters, which I find are helpful with younger readers - you have more convenient stopping places or that it can break it up for them.
A story about time-travel, magic, and childhood. An introduction to King Arthur - I could see this sparking an interest in the original story. I also thoroughly enjoyed the ending of this book. The book ends with such a marvelous idea. Instead of the book telling you who "Her Majesty" is it gives you round about directions on how to figure it out on your own. First you are to figure out the reverse oft eh spell "rof bam!" You can have your child take pen to paper and figure this out, "For Mab!" Next you are to look up "mab" in the dictionary. Great supplement to learning how to research or introducing a dictionary for the first time. Further, they can learn even more by then picking up the story of King Arthur.
I think I'll encourage Ethan to read this again when he is older and reading on his own.
A story about time-travel, magic, and childhood. An introduction to King Arthur - I could see this sparking an interest in the original story. I also thoroughly enjoyed the ending of this book. The book ends with such a marvelous idea. Instead of the book telling you who "Her Majesty" is it gives you round about directions on how to figure it out on your own. First you are to figure out the reverse oft eh spell "rof bam!" You can have your child take pen to paper and figure this out, "For Mab!" Next you are to look up "mab" in the dictionary. Great supplement to learning how to research or introducing a dictionary for the first time. Further, they can learn even more by then picking up the story of King Arthur.
I think I'll encourage Ethan to read this again when he is older and reading on his own.
April 5, 2025
This is my second book for this series but i enjoyed the first one more than this.
Fast paced But I didn't feel the characters and events were a bit fast and the last chapter was also rushed.
Good adventure but in the end you feel that something is missing here.
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(5.5/10)
Fast paced But I didn't feel the characters and events were a bit fast and the last chapter was also rushed.
Good adventure but in the end you feel that something is missing here.
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#VERDICT
(5.5/10)
December 5, 2013
this series of books was very enjoyable and imaginative! I would really recommend this series of books to students.
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