Many of Ruth Chew's books have been gathered together in an umbrella series called "Matter-of-Fact Magic" and that is an appropriate description of her style. The fourth graders of this book encounter a magic tree, just accept it for what it is, have a few mild adventures because of it, and then just shrug when things come to an end. And the book does just end instead of coming to a conclusion or having a point.

Meh. ( )

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Old Children's Book. Liked it as a kid, but haven't read it in years. ( )

I loved, loved, loved these books when I was in 1st-2nd grade. I remember checking out every one, several times, from the school library --before there was any hoopla about witches and children (and I went to a Catholic school!) I loved them so much that I was devastated when I found they were out of print, so I tracked down as many used copies as I could about 4 years ago. ( )