I remember some of these books from primary school but I don't know the names of them!
(1) The first book was about a boy who meets this wizard with a very long silly name and he ends up going on an adventure with this wizard in his car. Also, from what I can remember there was this really long set of stairs that the boy chose not to climb.
(2) The second book was about a unicorn and this blind girl. Can't remember anymore of it!
(3) The third one is even more of a blur!! From what I can remember it was about this boy who peers over this old lady's garden wall to find that the garden is beautiful and that the old lady is magical.
(4) The last one included a set of stories, but the one I can remember is where this man is told by his aunt not to open this door in her garden wall, but he does, and he ends up turning really old before his time, which can't be reversed.
Hopefully someone can tell me what some of them might be! Any help is greatly appreciated!
Don't know any of those but my favouite book as a child was The Magic Faraway Tree. If your looking for books to read to your children I'd recomend (from memory anyway).