| A | B |
| Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe | Harriet consults this book |
| Breeze | Harriet's pony |
| Bran | Harriet's sheepdog |
| Mrs. Wisker | the housekeeper, shrieks when she laughs, quotes her "late lamented husband" |
| John Butler | Harriet's father |
| crop circle | place in a field of wheat where the wheat has been flattened |
| Pars | home planet of Wiz |
| hares | thought to be beasts of magic |
| Wiz | name of Harriet's hare |
| Jessica Lambert | new neighbor, a children's author, buys eggs from Harriet, eventually becomes her stepmother |
| Harriet's 8th birthday | Jessica take her to London |
| Harriet will always see Wiz's shape... | When there is a full moon, Harriets will always see... |
| Buttercup | cow who delivers her calf on Tuesday at 10 am |
| author's note | the author spent 20 years farming before he wrote children's books |
| Dick King-Smith | author |
| the 6 animals Wiz becomes during the book | hare, sparrow, goldfinch, snail,hedgehog, cow |
| saying "rabbits" and "hares" brings... | What words bring good luck at the beginning and end of each month? |
| Wiz first appears in | A wheat field |
| Partians | From the planet Pars |
| omnilingual | understanding all languages |
| Wiz thinks eating meat is primitive because | Wiz is a vegetarian because |
| the name of the farm where Harriet and John Butler live | Longhanger Farm |
| bicycle | Mrs. Wisker rides this up and down the hill to work. |