A wonderful young adult book, it really speaks to the part of us that wants magic to be real.

I thought I had read this as a kid, but I'm not convinced this was the same book. That in itself was disappointing but no fault of the author or the book. It was a cute story and one I might have liked in elementary school. It was missing something though, and I found the end to send the wrong message. Jeremy never learns to handle his grief, it’s just magically eliminated.

Ahoy there mateys! I wanted short books with magic and I enjoyed this author's alien book so I tried these.  Basically every book has a young kid ending up in Mr. Elives' magic shop and taking home an artifact that brings an adventure.  The first book deals with a ring that turns Russell into a monster, the second with Jeremy having to raise a dragon's egg, the third with Jennifer and a talking toad, the fourth with Charlie getting a talking skull, and the fifth with Juliet getting a magic locket.  I liked the first two, loved three and four, and didn't really like five at all.  The toad book had excellent magic dealing with kissing in a silly way.  And the skull book had some seriously funny things dealing with Shakespeare that kids might not get but I sure did.  These are short and fun and I really think middle school kids would love these. Arrrr!

I read this with my 10 year old son. We enjoyed the magic of it. My son is also an artist, so he could relate to that. Writing is full of detail that make visualization easy.

Dammit, why does everything have to be about grief? Why?

I read this ten years ago and apparently really liked it but coming back to it now I find myself really annoyed by all the adults like the art teacher and Miss Priest being callous or mean to Jeremy. I like the overall theme of Jeremy raising a dragon and learning to love her and let go, but the adults in the book really put me off.

My favorite so far of the Magic Shop books! I was waiting for there to be some big conflict with Jeremy, but I was kind of glad there wasn't, other than him not wanting to say goodbye to Tiamat. Such a heartwarming story.

I loved this book as a kid and it holds up.

Rounded up. This accomplished a lot dealing with bullying, friendship between a boy and a girl, teacher not acting fair, grief...

Jeremy after escaping some bullies after school finds himself in a part of town he never seen before and the owner of a dragon egg.

A quick, cute, and highly entertaining read! I'm surprised I didn't come across this when I was a kid. Or at least a younger kid than I am now. ;)