Spellbinding tales of wizards and magic from celebrated authors such as Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, Charles Dickens, and H. G. Wells, are featured in this collection of short stories. Each selection relates a unique and fantastical world of secret rituals, wonder, and intrigue. Roald Dahl's "The Magic Child-Killer," in which witches plot to kill the children of Inkland, and Jacqueline Wilson's "Words Like Magic," featuring a 100-year-old toad who teaches a young girl to fly, are a sampling of this dynamic compilation.