- How to Avoid Dragons (it really isn't difficult). This is like a willdlife guide only instead of spotting the creature concerned, you know all about the habitats etc so you know where not to go.
- Basic Magical Law. This is essential reading. Break any of these and a dozen different magical species will try to kill you. Worse than that, one of them is bound to succeed.
- What You Need to Know About... This isn't just one book but a series of them. Trolls, for example, will read the one about dwarves. Dwarves will read the one about trolls. It is a question of knowing your enemy.
- Palace Etiquette. Everyone needs to know what will offend the Fairy Queen if they want to see their next birthday.
- The classic fairytales. This is the equivalent of knowing your history.
- Good Magical Practice. Naturally the witches don't like this. They resent the fairies, as the dominant species, dictating what good magical practice actually is. They also feel that any book on this subject which fails to mention the importance of always having a ready supply of eye of newt to hand lets the topic matter down.
- Magical Ingredients and Where to Source Them. The witches aren't too happy with this one. They know where to get eye of newt. They are not the Kingdom's leaders in animal rights either.
Compulsory reading material varies from species to species in the magical world but some common ones are:-
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