The Magic Charm Books are a series of picture books for girls. Each of the book features a different girl and has a different theme and a different lesson for the girl to learn.

The girls in the books are never named; they’re always just called “the little girl” so that they could be any little girl, like the girls reading the book. Each book also included a small necklace with a different type of charm, just like the necklaces of the girls in the books, which represent something important in the story. In the stories, the necklace charms are often used as good luck charms or to encourage confidence in the girls. Usually, they are presents from female friends and relatives, often mothers, but there is one book where a father is the one who helps the girl.

The real little necklaces that came with the books were placed in the front of the books with a window in the cover showing the necklace inside. The last two books in the series also had sections for the readers to write or draw in.

The series is by Elizabeth Koda-Callan.

Books in the Series:

The Magic Locket (1988)

A little girl feels like she’s too clumsy and can’t do anything right. Her great-aunt gives her a “magic” locket to boost her self-confidence. Came with heart-shaped locket.

The Silver Slippers (1989)

A little girl loves ballet but feels clumsy in class. Her mother gives her a special necklace with a ballet slippers charm to raise her self-confidence. Came with ballet slippers charm.

The Good Luck Pony (1990)

A little girl wants to learn to ride a horse, but her first ride scares her. She’s afraid to try again until her mother gives her a special pony charm. Came with pony charm.

The Shiny Skates (1992)

A special charm encourages a nervous young skater. Came with skate charm.

The Cat Next Door (1993)

Came with cat charm.

The Tiny Angel (1994)

A little girl is given a special charm to encourage her as she nervously takes a lead role in the Christmas pageant. Came with angel charm.

Two Best Friends (1994)

A lonely new girl in the neighborhood befriends a stray puppy in the park and adopts it. Her new dog helps lead her to another new friend next door. Came with dog charm.

The Queen of Hearts (1995)

A father helps his daughter with her cookie-baking efforts. Came with silver heart-shaped cookie cutter charm.

The Storyteller (1996)

A girl at summer camp would rather read than participate in the camp activities, which she isn’t very good at. However, one of the counselors finds a way to turn her love of stories into a camp activity that she is good at. Came with book charm.

The Secret Diary (1997)

The story was about a young girl who copes with her feelings about her new baby sister by writing in a diary that was a present from her aunt. The book included an actual diary with a real lock on it and a key for the girl to wear around her neck.

The Artist’s Palette (1998)

A girl is teased in art class because of the way she draws a tree, which doesn’t look like what the other kids have drawn. Her teacher shows her that part of being creative is seeing things in ways that others don’t and being true to that vision, and she gives the girl a charm shaped like an artist’s palette. The book came with the palette charm and places for readers to do their own sketches.