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Not Wild About Harry?
These five book series have a little Potter magic in a more manageable form

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Bailey School Kids #1: Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots

#3: THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS SERIES

The authors:
Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

The first:
Book #1, Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots, was published in 1990.
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The latest:
Book #51, Dragons Don't Throw Snowballs, came out in March, 2006.
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The basics:
Weird things happen at Bailey School, and a bunch of enterprising students investigate the paranormal goings on like so many pint-sized Mulders and Scullys.

The magic:
Popular creep-show characters rotate through the Bailey School staff -- mummies, vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, ghosts, even Frankenstein himself.



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