Dahl, Roald.

The witches / Roald Dahl ; pictures by Quentin Blake. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983. - vi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

A note about witches -- My grandmother -- How to recognize a witch -- The grand high witch -- Summer holidays -- The meeting -- Frizzled like a fritter -- Formula 86 delayed-action mouse-maker -- The recipe -- Bruno Jenkins disappears -- The ancient ones -- Metamorphosis -- Bruno -- Hello, grandmamma -- The mouse-burglar -- Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins meet Bruno -- The plan -- In the kitchen -- Mr. Jenkins and his son -- The triumph -- The heart of a mouse -- It's off to work we go!

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.



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Children's stories, English.
Witches--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Reading list--2015 summer--St. Marks--4th grade.
Reading list--2017 Summer--St Marks School of Texas--Entering 6th grade.


Humorous fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Humorous fiction.

JF / .D131 1983