The Littlest Witch (a Littlest Book)

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Back at the village, Papa Smurf gives Brainy the completed formula for turning him back into a normal Smurf. Smurfette says that being good is being kind to all living creatures great and small, while Hefty says that being good is keeping fit and taking care of your health. She has only been an official witch for three weeks, and she doesn't fit in with the other witches in her circle. I also greatly enjoyed Adrienne Adams illustrations, which had all the usual witchy charm, and then some!

Witchy picture-books are a pet project of mine, so I am grateful to my friend, La Coccinelle, for bringing this one to my attention! She floats in water, cannot see her reflection in a mirror and is the only one who can understand their pet parrot. One of the students, Brenda, answers oatmeal, which makes other young witches laugh but simply has Miss Snarly tell her she's wrong.This story, and the series to which it belongs, will have great child appeal, as many children will be able to identify with the feeling of being too young to contribute to group activities. Alfonso was also a most unattractive young man, with pimples all over his face, a weak chin, and crooked teeth that were turning green because they hadn’t been brushed for so long.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Will she find a way to take part – or is this little witch still too small to get her dream off the ground? But Great Uncle Sempronio has one condition: if Asdrubale doesn't marry a witch within a year and a month of Sempronio's death, the fortune will go to someone else. Once you get past the unusual names, there is absolutely nothing to stop young readers getting lost in this funny novel with larger than life characters - I'm not sure when I last met a villain so disgusting!

It’s more of a story book with illustrations than a standard picture book; it’s very text heavy, but it makes for a wonderful read aloud and also a good book for independent readers. After reading and enjoying two of Adrienne Adams' witchy Halloween tales - A Woggle of Witches and A Halloween Happening - despite finding the narrative of the second a little weak, I was curious to see what I would make of this, a witchy title illustrated by Adams, but written by someone else. it now sits on my shelf as a reminder of my first grade teacher who cared enough to push me where others did not. Which I feel in someway may also confuse younger readers (it is a small book so there isn’t much space to develop so many characters) – I also found that the names are all very similar too.

Even though things didn't go as planned, Wilma still found a way to be helpful and she couldn't have done it without her mummy friend Mae. This is an ideal book for anyone just gaining confidence in their reading and looking for a first chapter book. This is a cute book about a witch who wants to win a race to the moon--but there are surprises along the way! Smurfette defends Brenda by saying Papa Smurf would be the first to teach this young witch how to be good.

Then she uses her broom like a fairy wand to grant the wish of lonely pumpkin by turning him into a Jack-O'-Lantern. Even though they weren't able to help with the Halloween Bash this year, they can still go together and have fun. It might not have even been my first reading of it but as soon as I started (re)reading this, I remembered it from the week before that Halloween.