M Is for Magic

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M Is for Magic
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First edition
Author Neil Gaiman
LanguageEnglish
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
June 26, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages272

M Is for Magic is a collection of child-friendly short fiction by Neil Gaiman.

The stories and poems were selected from previously published works, [1] with the exception of "The Witch's Headstone", which is an excerpt from the later-published novel, The Graveyard Book . All the stories also appeared in Coraline and Other Stories (2007) published by Bloomsbury in the UK.

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References

  1. "Book Review: M Is For Magic by Neil Gaiman". BC Books. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2015.