Bound To Stay Bound

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 Witchling's wish
 Author: Fraser, Lu

 Publisher:  Bloomsbury Children's Books (2022)

 Classification: Easy
 Physical Description: [31] p., col. ill., 30 cm

 BTSB No: 352170 ISBN: 9781547609062
 Ages: 3-6 Grades: K-1

 Subjects:
 Stories in rhyme
 Witches -- Fiction
 Friendship -- Fiction

Price: $22.58

Summary:
Little Witchling learns what it means to be a friend.

 Illustrator: Massini, Sarah

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (04/15/22)

Full Text Reviews:

School Library Journal - 08/01/2022 PreS-Gr 1—Little Witchling, pale-skinned and peachy-cheeked with straight black hair, lives all alone in her cave "above the misty mountains, below the glowing moon," and has only one wish: for a friend. But when she tries to "magic" a friend, her spell needs one more ingredient—the hair from a bear! Little does she know the perfect last hair is waiting not on a fierce bear, but on a little girl's favorite teddy. Can she bring herself to take it from a small girl, Lola (who has brown skin with curly black hair)? Fraser's (The Littlest Yak) rhyming text has enough surprises to make readers chuckle and just enough poignancy to make them sigh. The simple plot allows Massini's illustrations, done in watercolor, pencil, printed pattern collage, and Photoshop, to shine. The pages swirl with magical details—a bat, an owl, a cauldron, a boot—while readers follow Little Witch's oversized glowing green hat through the story. The book design itself is outstanding. The text reads like poetry that's all but tangible as words drip, drip, drip down the page, whirl around the cauldron, and whoosh off into the night. VERDICT Delightful, poignant, sweet, and funny, this deceptively simple book will have readers spellbound. Recommended.—Hillary Perelyubskiy - Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 07/01/2022 Outfitted in a lime-green dress and “a not-so-pointy hat,” Witchling tidies her cave home, which she amiably shares with bats, beetles, a lizard, a plump blue owl, and a smattering of red-capped toadstools. Despite these creature comforts, she longs for a friend of the human variety and sets about crafting a spell for this purpose. Missing only “some furriness from a . . . one-eyed teddy bear,” the little witch mounts her broom to procure the final ingredient for her spell. She streaks across a star-flecked sky until she is unexpectedly bucked through an open bedroom window, toppling onto another girl (Lily) asleep with the very bear Witchling needs. After some momentary confusion and a generous offer from Lily, Witchling realizes she’s made a friend without even casting her spell. Unfolding in metered rhyme, this darling tale shines brightest in its detailed, whimsical illustrations. Massini uses watercolor washes, pencil, and printed-pattern collage to conjure an imaginative fairy-tale setting, and fruity colors in blueberry, strawberry pink, and cantaloupe provide uplift. Making friends was never sweeter. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

Booklist - 07/01/2022 Outfitted in a lime-green dress and “a not-so-pointy hat,” Witchling tidies her cave home, which she amiably shares with bats, beetles, a lizard, a plump blue owl, and a smattering of red-capped toadstools. Despite these creature comforts, she longs for a friend of the human variety and sets about crafting a spell for this purpose. Missing only “some furriness from a . . . one-eyed teddy bear,” the little witch mounts her broom to procure the final ingredient for her spell. She streaks across a star-flecked sky until she is unexpectedly bucked through an open bedroom window, toppling onto another girl (Lily) asleep with the very bear Witchling needs. After some momentary confusion and a generous offer from Lily, Witchling realizes she’s made a friend without even casting her spell. Unfolding in metered rhyme, this darling tale shines brightest in its detailed, whimsical illustrations. Massini uses watercolor washes, pencil, and printed-pattern collage to conjure an imaginative fairy-tale setting, and fruity colors in blueberry, strawberry pink, and cantaloupe provide uplift. Making friends was never sweeter. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

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