The Witching Hour
Published on 24. June 2025
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-77488-440-9 (ISBN)
Description
A family of witches desperately tries to entertain a cranky baby in this delightful picture book for fans of Little Witch Hazel and The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt.
In the witching hour between dinner and bedtime, anything can happen: laughter, tears, fun screaming, not-fun screaming . . . parents, siblings, pets and neighbors are all familiar with this dreaded time of day.
What happens when that cranky baby is part of a family of witches?
Turns out, it's pretty much the same, except sometimes the toys levitate and the soothing songs sound a little different . . .
The Witching Hour is a spare, slyly funny and deeply familiar slice-of-life story featuring a fussy little witch and their increasingly desperate family.
In the witching hour between dinner and bedtime, anything can happen: laughter, tears, fun screaming, not-fun screaming . . . parents, siblings, pets and neighbors are all familiar with this dreaded time of day.
What happens when that cranky baby is part of a family of witches?
Turns out, it's pretty much the same, except sometimes the toys levitate and the soothing songs sound a little different . . .
The Witching Hour is a spare, slyly funny and deeply familiar slice-of-life story featuring a fussy little witch and their increasingly desperate family.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 3 to 7 years
Illustrations
32 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77488-440-9 (9781774884409)
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JENNIFER HARRIS is the author of three other picture books, including When You Were New, illustrated by Lenny Wen, and She Stitched the Stars, illustrated by Louise Pigott. Her book The Keeper of Stars, illustrated by Dorothy Leung, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. Jennifer lives in a little storybook house with her husband and children in Waterloo, Ontario.
ADELINA LIRIUS is an illustrator based in Stockholm, Sweden. She loves painting imaginary scenes, portraying nature and depicting the different cultures she grew up with. Adelina is the illustrator of a picture book adaptation of The Secret Garden; The Fort by Laura Perdew; Rivka's Presents by Laurie Wallmark and I, Too, Am Mozart by Audrey Ades, which received a starred review from School Library Journal.
ADELINA LIRIUS is an illustrator based in Stockholm, Sweden. She loves painting imaginary scenes, portraying nature and depicting the different cultures she grew up with. Adelina is the illustrator of a picture book adaptation of The Secret Garden; The Fort by Laura Perdew; Rivka's Presents by Laurie Wallmark and I, Too, Am Mozart by Audrey Ades, which received a starred review from School Library Journal.