Magic Mirror (book)

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Magic Mirror
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First edition
Author Orson Scott Card
Cover artistNathan Pinnock
LanguageEnglish
Genre Picture book
PublisherGibbs Smith Publishers
Publication date
1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages32 pp
ISBN 0-87905-876-5
OCLC 41273039
813/.54 21
LC Class PS3553.A655 M34 1999

Magic Mirror (1999) is a children's picture book by Orson Scott Card and illustrator Nathan Pinnock.

Contents

Plot introduction

Magic Mirror is a story about the problems of a mythical family. Although the family is presented as a medieval royal family, their problems reflect present-day concerns and modern world artifacts appear in the pictures.

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