Magical MelonsMagical Melons is a children's historical novel by Carol Ryrie Brink, first published in 1939. It is the sequel to the Newbery-Award-winning novel Caddie Woodlawn.PlotSet between 1863 and 1866, Magical Melons takes the form of a collection of stories about the Woodlawn family, with many stories overlapping chronologically with the first book.