Magic Animal Rescue: Maggie and the Wish Fish

Written by E.D. Baker

Narrated by Laura Knight Keating

From beloved author E. D. Baker comes a delightful new, illustrated chapter book series about a spirited girl and magical creatures. Maggie's adventures in the Enchanted Forest continue in the second book of a charming new chapter book series by E. D. Baker. Maggie is finding it harder and harder to get along with her step-mother and step-siblings while her father is away. It doesn't help that every time Maggie finishes cleaning laundry, flying pigs swoop in to muddy everything up and get her into trouble! One day while she's out collecting berries and her step-brother is fishing, Maggie catches a magical fish herself. The fish promises to make one of her wishes come true, but only if she frees him. Maggie wants a new family more than anything, but how much faith can she put into a talking fish? This new, black-and-white illustrated series is perfect for fans of Princess Ponies, Magic Horses, and Critter Club.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 4, 2017
• ISBN: 9781501967535

E.D. Baker

E. D. Baker is the author of the Tales of the Frog Princess series, The Wide-Awake Princess series, The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker series, and many other delightful books for young readers, including A Question of Magic, Fairy Wings,and Fairy Lies. Her first book, The Frog Princess, was the inspiration for Disney's hit movie The Princess and the Frog. She lives with her family and their many animals in Churchville, Maryland. www.talesofedbaker.com Facebook/EDBakerAuthor

Reviews for Magic Animal Rescue

[Felix Fletcher-Smith · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I liked that Maggie moved house to a safe place where she got to talk about magical creatures with a man called Bob

[abigailadams26 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A young girl with an uncanny ability to see all of the magical creatures living in the Enchanted Forest, Maggie, whose adventures began in eponymous Maggie and the Flying Horse, returns in this second chapter-book devoted to her adventures. Still not getting along with her step-family, she finds herself in trouble when flying pigs get mud on the laundry and she liberates a tasking fish who promises to grant her a wish. But will Maggie's longing for a new family actually lead to something good...?Like its predecessor, I found Maggie and the Wish Fish rather pedestrian. I couldn't seem to work up much interest in Maggie's conflict with her step-family, and her adventures with various magical creatures felt less enchanting than one might expect them to be. The text here is quite simple, but I don't put my lack of enjoyment down to that, given the pleasure I have taken in very simple texts indeed. This is one I would recommend primarily to those beginning chapter-book readers who enjoyed the first installment of the series.