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•  Young Hippo Magic Poems • interior artwork by Philip Hopman
• 1 • Magic Carpet • poem by Tony Mitton
• 9 • Maybe Outside • poem by Cathy Vincent
• 12 • Jack's Magic Wand • poem by David Harmer
• 14 • Where Can It Be? • poem by Mike Jubb
• 15 • Do You Want to Be a Wizard? • poem by Wes Magee
• 17 • Magpie Magic • poem by Patricia Leighton
• 19 • Tiny Elephants • poem by Tony Mitton
• 21 • The Path • poem by Jean Kenward
• 22 • What My Granny Did • poem by Jonathan Wakeham
• 24 • The King and Queen of China • poem by Jean Kenward
• 26 • The Three Singing Birds • (1959) • poem by James Reeves
• 29 • The Marvellous Trousers • (1987) • poem by Richard Edwards
• 32 • Magic the Rabbit • poem by David Harmer
• 34 • Merlin's Mynah • poem by Tony Mitton
• 36 • Merlin's Spell to Make Broken Toys Happy • poem by Eric Johns
• 38 • Broomstick Obedience Class • poem by Daphne Schiller
• 41 • Witchy Kittens • poem by David Whitehead
• 43 • Charm Against an Egg-Boat • (1980) • poem by Anon
• 44 • The Woolly Witch • poem by Celia Warren
• 45 • Hallowe'en • poem by Dawn Elizabeth Edwards
• 47 • Hallowe'en Disco • poem by David Whitehead
• 51 • Hallowe'en • poem by David Greygoose [as by Dave Ward]
• 54 • Riddle • poem by Marion Swinger
• 55 • The Which Hoo Cudn't Spel • poem by Mike Jubb
• 56 • A Country Spell Against Witches • poem by Anon
• 58 • Weed Soup • poem by Laura Ranger
• 59 • Double, Double, Toil and Trouble • poem by William Shakespeare
• 61 • Cherry Croak (or Raiding the Wizard's Kitchen) • poem by Tony Mitton
• 63 • Going Shopping with Willy the Wise and Wizened Wizard • poem by Paul Cookson
• 65 • Mummy? • poem by David Poulter
• 67 • Listen! • poem by Lilian Moore
• 68 • The Preston Witch • poem by Sara Jones
• 69 • from The Witch's Work Song • poem by T. H. White
• 70 • Disappear • poem by Laura Ranger
• 71 • Spell for Disappearing • poem by John Rice
• 73 • Dragonbirth • (1991) • poem by Judith Nicholls
• 75 • The Sick Young Dragon • poem by John Foster
• 78 • Dragon Dance • poem by Max Fatchen
• 80 • Dragon Poem • (1989) • poem by Frances Edwards
• 81 • Building a Dragon • poem by Charles Thomson
• 83 • Giant Taste • poem by Andrew Collett
• 83 • The Giant • poem by Anon
• 84 • The Sleepy Giant • (1985) • poem by Charles E. Carryl [as by Charles Edward Carryl]
• 86 • Giant • poem by Monica Campbell-Scott
• 87 • Anancy the Spiderman • poem by Manley Young
• 89 • Merlin's Spell to Find Lost Toys • poem by Eric Johns
• 91 • Eeka, Neeka • (1980) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 92 • Two Word Poem • poem by Laura Ranger
• 93 • I Wish • poem by Anon
• 94 • The Woman of Water • (1996) • poem by Adrian Mitchell
• 96 • Lion • poem by Celia Warren
• 99 • Some Day, My Prince... • poem by Mike Jubb
• 100 • Little Fan • (1950) • poem by James Reeves
• 103 • Magic Cat • poem by Peter Dixon
• 104 • Lost Rainbow • poem by Peter Dixon
• 106 • A Very Old Spell to Say Out Loud to Get Rid of Warts • poem by Anon
• 109 • Dream Catcher • poem by Patricia Leighton
• 110 • You Spotted Snakes • poem by William Shakespeare
• 112 • Overheard on a Saltmarsh • (1912) • poem by Harold Monro
• 114 • Who Believes in Fairies? • poem by Patricia Leighton
• 116 • On Midsummer's Eve • poem by Ann Bonner
• 118 • Coach • (1946) • poem by Eleanor Farjeon
• 120 • Winter Window • poem by Gina Douthwaite
• 121 • Wizard • poem by Daphne Schiller
• 123 • Song of the Wizard's Imp • poem by Tony Mitton
• 125 • Dreams and Shadows • poem by Patricia Leighton
• 127 • The Vanishing Poem • poem by Tim Pointon