Wild Magic: Journey of the Lost Elephant

By Author / Illustrator

Abiola Bello

Genre

Animals

Age range(s)

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Children's Books

ISBN

9781398520516

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

14-08-2025

Synopsis

Discover your wild side! Join twins Misha and Ziggy on another magical wildlife adventure in the second book in the WILD MAGIC series. For fans of Leonora Bolt and Space Detectives.

Misha and Ziggy are super excited to be joining their wildlife presenter father on a trip to India, where they'll be able to test their magical powers all over again. Misha can't wait to talk to all the fascinating animals she meets and Ziggy is eager to shapeshift into all the amazing animals he sees! When they plan to map the migration route of an elephant herd, they discover that the elephant calf has gone missing. Can Misha and Ziggy find the baby elephant and reunite it with its family before its lost forever?

Find out more about the Wild Magic series in ReadingZone's indepth Q&A with Abiola Bello!

Also in the series: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion (book 1)

Praise for the Wild Magic series: 'Loveable and brilliant adventure-seeking characters . . . funny, gorgeously illustrated and full of heart. Perfect for young readers.' Swapna Haddow, author of Dave Pigeon series. 'Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion is a brilliant starter to exploring the sensitive topics of endangered species and conservation in a sensitive way.' Wendy, ReadingZone

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Reviews

Jacqueline

Misha and Ziggy, the magical twins, are back in their second Wild Magic adventure, Journey of the Lost Elephant. Misha can talk to animals and Ziggy can shapeshift into animals and this adventure takes them to India. Their dad is filming elephants, and the twins help to find and reunite a baby elephant with its herd.

There is something very sweet and likeable about these books, which combine fascinating facts and places with a fun story. The heavily illustrated format makes them an easy read for newly independent readers and the whole text is fun, full of different fonts and facts.

The format of having a wildlife presenter for a father allows the children to go to amazing places and search out the animals without arousing suspicion. This is a really entertaining format and the illustrations by Emma McCann keep that fun factor going. The font changes add to the fun, though I am not always sure what they signify.

Readers of 6+ years will enjoy this entertaining story and animal fans will be particularly gripped by the facts at the end of the book - there's lots here that I didn't know; a really fun way of learning!

176 pages / Reviewed by Jacqueline Harris, teacher