The Littlest Witch (A Littlest Book)

by Brandi Dougherty, Jamie Pogue (Illustrator)

Overview

Is the littlest witch just too little to celebrate Halloween? Find out in this adorably spooky new story in the bestselling Littlest series — with stickers!

From the New York Times bestselling author who brought us The Littlest Elf comes a sweet new Halloween story filled with gentle spooky fun and one adorable little witch friend!In this companion to The Littlest Mummy, Mae the Mummy's friend Wilma is the littlest witch in the Spooky Woods. She may be little, but Wilma knows this is the year she'll be able to fly with her family in the big broom-flying demonstration! But even though she knows the flying routine by heart, Wilma just isn't able to fly yet. Will Wilma be able to find a way to participate in the broom-flying fun, or is the littlest witch still too little? With adorable Halloween stickers!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338329100
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Series:	Littlest Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	AD550L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Brandi Dougherty is the author of the New York Times bestselling picture book The Littlest Pilgrim as well as its many sequels, and many other books for children, including The Valentine’s Day Disaster and The Friendship Experiment. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her family.

JAMIE POGUE is an illustrator and fine artist living outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He’s been drawing and painting for as long as he can remember, going back to the days when he drew his favorite cartoon characters on spare sheets of copy paper. Today, he’s happy to say that he gets to draw and paint for a living!

Editorial Reviews

2019-07-14
Wilma is a little witch who longs to be able to do bigger things.

Her small hands can't control the broom to do the stunts for the demonstration at the Halloween bash, and they also can't keep hold of the big jar of herbs she's adding to her sister Hazel's scream potion (it explodes in a "gooey green mess"). Those tiny hands also can't catch a toad for a spell or tie up twigs for a new broom. Dejected, Wilma roams the Spooky Woods, where she meets Mae, who's also sad; it seems that her family is sick and can't do the mummy dance with her at the party. At least the friends can be together. But when the broom-flying demo goes wrong, it's small Wilma, sitting atop Mae's shoulders, who saves the day. Though the tale may strike a chord with kids who feel too small as well, this latest in the Littlest series feels like a formulaic retread of the earlier titles, concluding with a familiar moral extolling friendship. Pogue's cartoon illustrations have an animation aesthetic. The adorable Halloween characters are wildly diverse and nonscary, with skin of all hues, including green and purple. The book includes stickers to use in decorating—there are no indicated places for them in the book.

A familiar tale with a Halloween makeover. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews