Lawn Mower Magic (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Lawn Mower Magic (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) by Jonell, Lynne. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780375866616.

With a POP! and a puff of smoke, the Willows lawn mower calls it quits. A new mower will cost their parents a lot of money, money Derek had hoped to borrow for a train ticket to visit a friend. Luckily Derek and his brother and sisters find a rusty push mower tucked away in the shed. It doesnt look like much, but it turns out that its been soaking up magic for years. And its hungry for grass! Can Derek earn his ticket? Maybe . . . if he, Abner, Tate, and Celia can keep the magic mower under control! Lynne Jonell follows up her Junior Library Guild selection, Hamster Magic, with a second story of the Willow familys rowdy run-ins with mixed-up magic. A Bank Street Childrens Book of the Year