Magic by the Lake - Tales of Magic, Bk 3 Author:Edward Eager, N. M. Bodecker If Jane and Mark and Katharine and Martha had stopped to think, they might have ordered magic by the pound, or by the day or even by the halves -- the way they had known it before in a book called Half Magic. But they didn't stop to think and as a result find themselves with a whole lakeful of magic. — Extraordinary and unexpect... more »ed things happen as they learn to tame the magic with the unwilling assistance of a sly old turtle. Eventually, in an effort to help their stepfather, Mr. Smith, save his failing bookstore, the children find themselves invovled with Ali Bab's forty thieves. By the end of the vacation the children really are able to help Mr. Smith -- and in a most surprising way. « less