Wizards have always had a magical place in the world of fiction. Harry Potter may be the most popular boy wizard but he was not the first by a long spell. A spellbinding collection of the most magical wizard tales of the twentieth century, including the good, the bad and the comical. The stories are written by leading children's authors, including Philip Pullman, Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson and Diana Wynne Jones, and many more. There is a rare story by a writer J.K Rowling has acknowledged as a major influence, Edith Nesbit.