It’s a curious fact about Harry Potter’s magic that it doesn’t really look all that hard to do. You wiggle the wand, you say the words–“Lumos! Expelliarmus! Accio Car Keys!”–and if you’re not a Muggle ...

Next week sees the UK and Ireland release of the CGI cartoon movie Asterix: The Secret Of The Magic Potion, based on Asterix, the most popular comic book in the world. The comic, created by the late ...

Kids cook up an elixir for youthfulness in this whimsically nostalgic picture book. Opening instructions emphasize the simplicity of the assignment: “To make a magic potion,/ you will need these ...

Philip Stead had a problem. He was designing the cover for his new—and first ever—middle grade novel and nothing felt right. But the title was, um, long—and there was even some discussion, he said, of ...