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November 1, 2014/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
BfK Rating:
BfK 209 November 2014
Reviewer: Hazel Holmes
ISBN: 978-0857550989
Price: £6.99
Publisher: Jonathan Cape (Children)
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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The Witch with an Itch

Author: Helen BaughIllustrator: Deborah Allwright

Told with fun rhyming text we join the littlest witch on her last day of school. Thrilled with her new skills set she sets out to test herself. Parents and children will delight in reading aloud the funny spells that, to the witch’s frustration, keep going wrong. It all becomes too much, she was the top of her class at school, why can’t she cast a spell without itching? Eventually it becomes clear that it is the nature of her spells that are the problem, they’re bad. ‘Forget mischief and trouble’ and concentrate on the good. A lovely picture book, with a sweet message and super stylish illustrations.

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