So ensues an entertaining trip to the North Pole to redeem herself with Santa that sees her put a spell on the unwell elves in order to get all the presents ready for the big day. You get two seasonal celebrations for the price of one in this charming tale about little witch Trixie, whose favourite holiday isn’t Halloween – it’s Christmas! Her friends think she is as batty as a vampire so she writes to Father Christmas for help, only to find her kind are automatically on the naughty list. Available from Amazonġ5 spooky stories for little devils at Halloweenģ. Helen Nicoll’s fuss-free text, paired with Jan Pienkowski’s cartoon-style drawings in bold primary colours, give these books a pleasing simplicity perfect for babies and upwards. She’s been one of our favourite literary witches for more than 45 years but even after all that practice, poor Meg’s spells still go wrong.įrom this first story where she mistakenly turns her four pals into mice at a Halloween party, to new time-travelling tale Meg and the Romans, our pointy-hatted heroine is accompanied on her adventures by loyal cat Mog, their pal Owl and plenty of mayhem. Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski. Julia Donaldson reveals which of her best-selling books is her favouriteĢ. This modern classic from the magical pairing of Donaldson and Scheffler has catchy rhyming text that children will love to chant along with, while a sound book version is available for younger readers. Cue a farcical, funny adventure of friendship and quick-thinking as she and her passengers find themselves in the path of a greedy dragon who craves witch and chips for his tea… When a kind-hearted witch returns a favour to the animals that have helped her during a storm, her trusty broom ends up rather cramped and snaps in two.
Room On The Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, £6.99 (board book), Macmillan We’ve picked nine tales that will cast a spell on your child without being too scary.
Halloween is almost here so treat yourselves to a story about one of the season’s most iconic characters – the witch.
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