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    Druscilla's Halloween
    Druscilla's Halloween
    Druscilla's Halloween
    Ebook38 pages25 minutes

    Druscilla's Halloween

    By Sally M. Walker and Lee White

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    Did witches always ride brooms? No! In fact, long, long ago, witches crept about on tiptoe. On Halloween, they would scare children and cast spells . . . but always from the ground. No witch ever thought of flying—no witch until Druscilla. Druscilla was an old witch with the loudest, creakiest knees anyone had ever heard. But she was determined not to let anything spoil her element of surprise. One Halloween, after many failed attempts at sneaking up on unsuspecting villagers, Druscilla made a discovery that changed the course of witch history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateNov 1, 2013
    ISBN9781467737791
    Druscilla's Halloween
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    Sally M. Walker

    Sally M. Walker has been a children's book writer for over 20 years. Most of her books are nonfiction and present various science topics to young readers. Fossil Fish Found Alive is the story of the hunt for the elusive fish called the coelacanth. Sally also enjoys combining science investigation with historical topics. Her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which won the 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal, tells about the history, loss, and re-discovery of the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in battle. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland takes readers on archaeological expeditions, where the forensic analysis of colonial settlers' bones helps us to understand their lives. Sally especially enjoys writing narrative nonfiction that captures the reader's attention with a true story. She is also the author of 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut.

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      Druscilla was a witch with a problem! How was she to sneak up on the unsuspecting child, and fulfill her Halloween duty of frightening her (but only as much as she wanted to be frightened), when her creaking joints gave her presence away every time? Without the element of surprise, it seemed that Druscilla's Halloween was ruined! But then the arthritic old witch began to experiment with other ways of getting around, eventually enchanting her broom...An enjoyable little book, perfect as a spooky holiday read, Druscilla's Halloween offers a witchy pourquoi tale, explaining why witches fly around on broomsticks, and is significantly enhanced by the appealing illustrations of Lee White. Slightly bent shapes, fun color contrasts, and a quirky sensibility that is somewhat creepy (but not terribly frightening), all come together in the artwork here, producing pages that young readers will enjoy examining, as they read the text.

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