18 books like Strega Nona meets her match
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medical school, and gives them the get-up-and-go to move mountains with the unrivaled exuberance and charm that have made Dr. Seuss's books favorites for years.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
One of the best known and loved children's stories is the story of naughty Peter Rabbit and his misadventures as he is chased around a garden.
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Strega Nona Takes a Vacation
Strega Nona sends home gifts of candy and bubble bath while on vacation, but when Bambolona grabs the candy, Big Anthony is left with a lot of bubbles.
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Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona.
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The Witches of Worm
A lonely twelve-year-old is convinced that the cat she finds is possessed by a witch and is responsible for her own strange behavior.
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A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch (The Worst Witch #3)
Although her second year at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches starts off better than her first, Mildred Hubble soon regains her reputation as the worst witch in the school when she and Ethel Hallow resume feuding.
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The Worst Witch Strikes Again (The Worst Witch #2)
Disaster-prone Mildred Hubble finds that despite her best efforts she still manages to get into trouble at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, especially after she is put in charge of the new girl, the seemingly placid Enid Nightshade.
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The Magic Bed-Knob (Bedknobs and Broomsticks #1)
With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three English children have a series of exciting and perilous adventures traveling on a flying bed that takes them to a London police station, a tropical island, and back in time to the seventeenth century.
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Strega Nona
Strega Nona is a childrens picture book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. It concerns Strega Nona and her helper, Big Anthony. The book, which is likely dePaolas best-known work, was published in 1975 and won a Caldecott honor in 1976. It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. Strega Nona has been challenged or banned in some childrens…
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Heckedy Peg
A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth
Two fifth-grade girls, one of whom is the first black child in a middle-income suburb, play at being apprentice witches.
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Lizzie Dripping
A sumptuous collection of favourite tales by renowned author Helen Cresswell, with exquisite illustrations by Siân Bailey.Open this book and enter the magical world of fairy tales, a land of mystery and enchantment, alive with handsome princes, wicked queens and beautiful heroines.This classically beautiful collection brings together twelve popular fairy tales, retold by well-known author Helen…
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Summer of fear
A teen suspects her orphaned cousin may be a witch in this YA horror classic by the bestselling author of I Know What You Did Last Summer.The basis for the 1978 Wes Craven film."Filled with suspense and questions about the nature of evil in the world around us, Summer of Fear will cast a spell over both teens and adults." —School Library JournalFrom the moment Rachel's family takes in her…
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The Worst Witch (The Worst Witch #1)
Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch?
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The boy with two shadows
When a witch decides to go on holiday she looks for someone to look after her shadow. But having two shadows to look after, especially when one belongs to a witch, is a big job, as a little boy is about to find out."
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Winnie in winter
Tired of the cold and snow, Winnie the Witch casts a spell that changes winter into summer.
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Dark Magick
Evil forces are after Morgan, forces connected with a dark wave of magick. And she knows something is wrong with the way Cal is acting, although she can't put her finger on it. Cal is definitely hiding something, but is he out to hurt her, as Hunter says?
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Blue Moon
Ancient moon, O ageless traveler,
sailing on the sea of stars,
as once more you come to fullness,
turn your shining face to ours.
The second full moon of the month—the blue moon—is a time when powers are heightened, with unpredictable results. When Annie attempts the channeling practice called aspecting, she changes into someone Cooper and Kate hardly recognize. Can their combined strength…
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