No Such Thing as a Witch
10 best books like No Such Thing as a Witch (Ruth Chew): Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, Pinky Pye, Saturday, the Twelfth of October, The Golden Name Day, The Last Catholic in America, Magic Elizabeth, No Flying in the House, Little Witch, Georgie, She Was Nice To Mice: The Other Side of Elizabeth I's Character Never Before Revealed by Previous Historians
| Author | Louise Fitzhugh |
| ISBN | 0374455236 |
In the world of children's literature, Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy and The Long Secret are widely recognized as epoch-making. They have been received by young readers, year after year, with excitement and love. The new Fitzhugh novel shares the vigorous sense of comedy and the unflinching fidelity...
| Author | Eleanor Estes |
| ISBN | 0152025650 |
No matter how many times I read this book, I come away renewed and re-charmed. It's an almost 60 year old book, but it's still crisp and enchanting, with its small mystery and chatty yet wry narrative; reading Pinky Pye - really, reading Estes period - arouses an overwhelming sense of nostalgia for a another...
| Author | Norma Fox Mazer |
| ISBN | 0440995922 |
This was one of my favorite books as a kid. Was thrilled to discover it is still a good book when I read it as an adult. Zan, the protagonist, is transported back in time to a (presumed) prehistoric tribe. Zan's time with these people is a well written comming of age story. We never do learn who exactly the tribe...
| Author | Jennie D. Lindquist |
| ISBN | 0064400247 |
I loved this book! It was such a delight to read; happiness exudes from each chapter! I never read this as a child, but I know I would have enjoyed it then too. This is definitely one that appeals to girls and the feminine side with its flowers, dolls, parties, animals, and of course, the name days.
There’s...
| Author | John R. Powers |
| ISBN | 0829421300 |
“It is fast-moving and often downright funny.”—New York Times
“He has recaptured childish innocence and presented it with adult enlightenment—plus a touch of cynicism—yet never with irreverence.”
—Book-of-the-Month Club News
First confession...
| Author | Norma Kassirer |
| ISBN | 0064407489 |
Eight-year-old Sally faces an entire summer trapped in a creepy old house with no one for company but her spooky Aunt Sarah and a black cat named Shadow. But soon Sally uncovers a mystery about a beautiful old doll in a portrait -- and a little girl who looks just like Sally herself! In search of clues, Sally...
| Author | Betty Brock |
| ISBN | 0439866650 |
Most little girls have parents to take care of them, but not Annabel Tippens.She has Gloria, a tiny white dog who talks and wears a gold collar. Annabel never thought it was strange that she had Gloria instead of real parents. Until one day a wicked, wicked cat named Belinda comes to tell her the truth --...
| Author | Anna Elizabeth Bennett |
| ISBN | 0440842786 |
Minikin Snickasnee - called Minx for short - was nine years old and wished with all her heart that she was not a witch's child. ...
It may sound like fun to be the daughter of Madam Snickasnee and be forbidden to go to school, to wash behind your ears, or go to bed at night. You might even like to see certain...
| Author | Robert Bright |
| ISBN | 1890008133 |
Full of old-fashioned, cozy, Halloween-y wonderfulness! The illustrations remind me so much of Shepherd's for "Whinnie the Pooh" (I think the kitty is a relative of Tigger!) This is a story of sweet ghosts who have a happy and gentle purpose in houses; and of one ghost in particular who is temporarily...
| Author | Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy |
| ISBN | 0070565155 |
Written by the actress Ally Sheedy (well, Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy) when she only twelve years old. It's been on my shelf for a zillion years, and I finally cracked it open.
It tells the story of a mouse who resides in the court of Elizabeth I and keeps a diary of her observations. There is a framing...
| Author | Florence Laughlin |
| ISBN | 0027545601 |
Sweet little old-fashioned chapter book about a family who takes in a little lost witch. Yes, at times it slips toward the saccharine, and the story is definitely dated. But for the most part, this is just a nice story about the power of love.
Some readers seem to take issue with how Felina is changed,...
| Author | Jill Thompson |
| ISBN | 1595825894 |
It's Halloween night, and it's up to Scary Godmother to show one little girl just how much fun spooky can be! Meet Hannah Marie, who, with the help of Scary Godmother, stands up to her mean-spirited cousin Jimmy and her fear of monsters on her first Halloween adventure with the big kids. Later, Hannah joins...
Reading this book hot on the tail of Tolstoy and the Purple Chair was just a confirmation of the magical pleasure that can be found in books. One minute, I can be sitting with Nina Sankovitch in her smelly purple chair, thinking deep thoughts about the meaning of life and the things that give it substance,...
| Author | Patricia Coombs |
| ISBN | 0440422108 |
What a beautiful book! Reading this book brought back wonderful memories of reading this as a child. I love the illustrations, absolutely beautiful, I really like the black, white and blue used in this one and all the details in the pictures. I'm very impressed this author/illustrator was equally as...
| Author | Norman Bridwell |
| ISBN | 0590003429 |
Norman Bridwell, creator of the popular
Clifford the Big Red Dog
series, also wrote and illustrated a number of picture-books featuring a friendly neighborhood witch, beginning with this 1969 title. With simple text, The Witch Next Door unfolds the tale of two (unnamed) children, who come to be...
| Author | Rumer Godden |
| ISBN | 0333344847 |
Day in and day out the dutiful mousewife works alongside her mousehusband. The house of Miss Barbara Wilkinson, where the Mouses make their home, is a nice house and the mousewife is for the most part happy with her lot—and yet she yearns for something more. But what? Her husband, for one, can’t imagine....
| Author | Edward Eager |
| ISBN | 0439325471 |
Have been reading this set to little kids all year (2013/2014). They have loved them. Quite long chapters, we read approx. one chp. per day, and even the smallest one makes sure he stays within earshot.
Stars reflect how much my kids love love love them, not necessarily how wonderful I think they...
| Author | Donald J. Sobol |
| ISBN | 0590447882 |
More of what we enjoyed / hated from the first book. One of the stories was about our Doctor Haledjian knowing what side of the skirt is on. Well good for him!
The good ones are a lot of fun but the bad ones are worse than groan-worthy. You're just left wondering where Doctor Haledjian lives that there...
| Author | Ruth Christoffer Carlsen |
| ISBN | 1477849424 |
You’ve never met a babysitter like Mr. Pudgins!
When Mr. Pudgins comes to watch John, Pete, and Janey, all kinds of crazy things happen. Faucets run soda pop instead of water, the bathtub takes them for a ride, a case of the hiccups releases birds into the house, and friends step out of the mirror!...
| Author | Frances Browne |
| ISBN | 1599150697 |
Seven fairy tales, set in an interesting framework which relates the adventures of the little girl Snowflower and her magical chair at the court of King Winwealth. When Snow-flower, from her nook in the kitchen, said, "Chair of my grandmother, take me to the highest banquet hall," "instantly the chair...
| Author | Jean Stafford |
| ISBN | 0486814262 |
"A lighthearted concoction of extraordinary events, told with affection and humor." ― The New York Times.
"Oh, what an admirable cat is Elephi! (And what an admirable writer is Jean Stafford!) … Don't you miss knowing Elephi. (Or Erik Blegvad's apt illustrations.)" ― Publishers Weekly.
Elephi...
| Author | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| ISBN | 0689853157 |
When the darkness,
tolls the hour,
I shall have you
in my power...
Lynn and her best friend, Mouse, are positive their neighbor, Mrs. Tuggle, is a witch. And they suspect the old woman is forcing Lynn's sister, Judith, to join her coven to witches. But Lynn and Mouse can't prove anything...
| Author | Cleveland Amory |
| ISBN | 0965027384 |
Cleveland Amory's three classic cat stories have been compiled for the first time into one edition, The Compleat Cat, an enchanting, moving, and humorous collection. A self-confessed curmudgeon and dog lover firmly established in his ways, Cleveland Amory never anticipated how one dirty and scrawny...
