We’re sad to hear of the death of Jan Pieńkowski – his colourful characters, Meg, Mog and Owl were some of the first picture book characters that I was introduced to. I remember reading them in my infant school classroom and we frequently borrowed the books from the library.…
You Can’t Make Me Go To Witch School! is the debut novel from Em Lynas and we enjoyed reading it so much that we couldn’t put it down! Why anybody wouldn’t want to go to Witch School is inconceivable to my daughter who loves the fact that one of the characters shares her name!…
It’s almost Halloween and we’ve rounded up some of our favourite picture books about witches and monsters. The monsters aren’t at all scary so all the stories are suitable for very little readers.
Do you have any scary, monsterly, witchy, ghostly suggestions that you can add to our list?…
This year we planted three pumpkin seeds but we didn’t realise how big pumpkin plants grow (luckily only one plant survived!). We did cut the plant back when it started to grow across our patio and threatened to strangle the tomatoes next to it but although our plant is big it doesn’t look like our pumpkins will be as big as Winnie’s Amazing Pumpkin!…
The Story: Winnie the Witch lives in a black house with her black cat Wilbur. She can see Wilbur when his eyes are open but when he sleeps she often sits on him or trips over him. Her first spell to solve the problem means that Winnie can’t see Wilbur in the garden and the second embarrasses Wilbur and makes him sad.…