The Magic Island Author:Janet Marsh The Magic Island describes the adventures of the author/illustrator's two small children, Laura and Edmund, in the natural surroundings by their riverside home in Hampshire, England. It is a world of beauty, excitement - and danger...the evil pike who lives in the river wears a white linen table-napkin around his neck and thinks small boys m... more »ake tasty snacks. Janet Marsh's breathtakingly beautiful illustrations also provide exceptionally detailed information on natural history.« less