Book Magic

[All]
All the girls with the books knocking at your door
Know how to tell a story so that you want more

[Beatrix Potter]
Was a time when only Misters
Wrote the books, but now the sisters
Have started doing it for themselves

[Enid Blyton]
We were told cooking's all we could do
So we invented a magic stew
Of books that are flying off the shelves

[Malorie Blackman]
The girls were always looked upon
As being weaker

[Jacqueline Wilson]
Don't say that to Hetty Feather
Or Tracy Beaker

[All]
Why do people so love stories
Cause from cradle to the grave
These stories help us work out
How we should behave
Ooh
We had all that magic, hey!

[Blackman]
Girls and boys always kept the light on
Had to finish every Enid Blyton

[Blyton]
Seven hundred books in fifty years

[Potter]
Helped to grow the story habit

[Wilson]
Even when told by a rabbit

[Potter]
Listen to my stories, you're all ears

[Blyton]
Secret Seven, Famous Five
Always caught the crook

[Blackman]
Noughts and Crosses was no game
At least not in my book

[All]
Why do people so love stories
You all wanna be that sleuth
These stories may be lies but
They’re how we learn the truth
Ooh

[Potter]
Even Peter Rabbit

[All]
Hey!

All the girls with the books knocking at the door
It’s not just about the boys no more
Everybody loves a hero, true
But a hero can be a she-ro too

Why do people so love stories
Mother, father, child, or friend
Cause they bring us close together
Hope the story never ends
Ooh

[Harry Potter]
Cause it's really magic

[All]
Hey!

[Wilson]
Why do people so love stories

[Blackman]
We just hope you've seen our text

[Potter]
Everybody wants to know

[Blyton]
What happens next?