| Magic Is A Child | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nektar |
| Cover: | Magic_is_a_child.jpg |
| Released: | September 1977 |
| Recorded: | March – August 1977 |
| Studio: | The House Of Music, West Orange, New Jersey |
| Genre: | Progressive rock |
| Length: | 41:24 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Jeffrey Kawalek |
| Prev Title: | Live in New York |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | More Live Nektar in New York |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. This album is one of only two studio albums released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals, instead featuring Dave Nelson; the other is The Other Side (2020).
Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.
The track "Train from Nowhere" features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid").
AllMusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop".