Mostly Magic

Matter-of-Fact Magic

by Ruth Chew

Emily and Dick cannot help wondering when Pete's miniature ladder opens to full size or when his pen seems to put crackers in the box on which she writes "graham crackers"

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Chapter Books, Fiction, Young Adult

126 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Ruth 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.

Reviews

[HeavyReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ruth Chew=unsupervised 11 year olds+magic. Few other things could be so fun.

[Ginna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found this @a thrift store Friday. I loved Ruth Chew growing up. Interesting to look @ her now. Though I enjoy the stories, the formula is pretty much the same in most of her books. As an earlier commenter noted- "unsupervised 11-year-olds + magic = fun"
I think the intended audience must be about 7 or 8 though - very simple sentence construction.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful - even our three year old loves this one!

[Phil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Magic stepladder and pencil left by the handyman lead to troublesome adventures.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Siblings have a slew of magical adventures when a strange plumber comes to their house to fix a leak.

[Crystal Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ruth Chew was one of my favorite authors during my childhood. I have fond memories of reading her Witch books. They fostered my love for children's literature.