Weeny Witch by Ida DeLage

Weeny Witch Reviews

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  Abigail

  Ida DeLage, a picture-book author who created the fourteen-volume
  Old Witch series, published from 1966 through 1983, spins an enchanting stand-alone fairy-tale in this 1968 story of Weeny Witch. Small and not particularly fierce, Weeny Witch stands out from her peers, and provokes the ire of the Queen of the Witches, when she is late for a midnight meeting. When the witches plot to capture and destroy the Night Fairies, who light the stars each night, Weeny Witch ends up foiling their plans, helping the fairies to escape. Taken with them to Fairyland, she discovers that she is no witch, but a stolen fairy-child, who is welcomed back by the Fairy Queen, and renamed Silverwing...
  
  Having read all fourteen of DeLage's
  Old Witch picture-books, as well as her
  ABC Halloween Witch, but never having managed to track down Weeny Witch, which I have always understood to be one of the author's best stories, I was quite happy when my local library was able to obtain a copy through inter-library loan. Huzzah for librarians! I enjoyed the story here a great deal, probably the best of any witchy tale I have read from DeLage, and I found Kelly Oeschli's accompanying illustrations charming. The witches are depicted in a truly creepy way, while the fairies are delightfully cute. This is a difficult book to track down, but if one can find a copy, I believe readers who enjoy witchy tales (as I do) will find it quite entertaining.
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  Stephanie

  This was my favorite Halloween Book!!! I read it hundreds of times. I am sad I can't find a copy (affordable). The story and art work were exceptional!!!
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  Tabitha

  Totally adorable.
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  Shobs

  I still remember obsessively taking this book out of the library as a 3 year old when I was first learning to read. It was eras old by that time and it took me till this year to finally track down that it was THIS story that had always imprinted a concept of a kidnapped princess in a ring of witches. I partially think this story is why I've always loved magical stories.
  
  For that lasting effect, it deserves 5 stars.
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  Jen Hill

  my favorite kids' book, along with the george and martha series
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  Chrissy

  I had a copy of this book when I was little, and I loved it.
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  Andrea

  Love it!!!! This was one of my favorite books as a little girl!!!! So cute! A definite must-read!
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  Eran

  This is the first book I became obsessed with! And all the years later it is one of my most favorite memories.....I love this book.
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  Tracy Guetthoff

  Remember reading as a child. Found and bought an old, beat up copy off of eBay. Memories!!!! Loved this book.
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  Kimberly Souza

  Cute story and fun illustrations.
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  Jamie O

  I grew up with this book, and to date, it is still one of my absolute favorites.