  | Little Witch Hazel : a year in the forest Author: Wahl, Phoebe | |
| Price: $23.98 | ||
Summary:
Little Witch Hazel is a tiny witch who lives in the forest, helping creatures big and small. She's a midwife, an intrepid explorer, a hard worker and a kind friend. She rescues an orphaned egg, goes sailing on a raft, solves the mystery of a haunted stump and makes house calls to fellow forest dwellers. But when Little Witch Hazel needs help herself, will she get it in time?
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 4.60 Points: .5 Quiz: 515839 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (07/15/21)
The Hornbook (00/01/22)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 12/15/2021 *Starred Review* Four gentle, warm-hearted stories follow tiny Witch Hazel through the seasons in her village of Mosswood as she befriends a baby owl, learns to set chores aside on a gorgeous summer day, investigates an eerie wail, and gets caught in a snowstorm. Wahl (The Blue House, 2020) brings a distinctly vintage feel to these tales, using enchanting, spare language to evoke rich sensations (“It was the kind of noise that sent prickles through your whiskers and chilled you right down to your boots”). Her earthy, dense artwork beautifully depicts the forest setting—plants and tree stumps towering over the miniscule fairies and gnomes—with deep greens and browns scattered with bright mushrooms, wild flowers, and fallen leaves. For all the old-fashioned sensibilities, however, Wahl’s story is refreshingly modern: her inclusive illustrations feature forest denizens of all shapes, sizes, abilities, and skin tones. “Frazzled Mousepapa” cradles a mouseling while wearing a floral apron; one fairy nurses her infant at an evening concert; and Little Witch Hazel herself is matter-of-factly fat, with her soft belly visible in her colorful clothes. The quiet but insistent rejection of conventional norms is both cheerworthy and effortlessly integrated, and the result is a story that can sit happily next to any classic fairy story as well as contemporary picture books directly addressing physical differences. - Copyright 2021 Booklist.
