Little Witch Goes to School (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

This is a great book to read during Halloween. It also teaches children about being an individual, since Little Witch is different from other characters.

Deborah Hautzig's Little Witch, that endearing young magical practitioner whose good behavior always seems to land her in trouble with her disappointed mother, who expects less niceness from a witch, returns in this third early reader devoted to her adventures. Hoping to be allowed to go to school

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with her friends, Little Witch makes a bargain with her mother, promising to be bad. But there's only so much a good little witch can do, and her first day in Ms. Brooks' class is both productive and happy. Will Mother Witch forgive her for breaking her promise...?

After first appearing in 1984, in the early reader Little Witch's Big Night, and then again in 1985, in Happy Birthday, Little Witch, Little Witch disappeared for more than a decade before popping up again in this title, which was first published in 1998. She's still the same good little girl though, and the conclusion of the story, in which Mother Witch is pleased, because her daughter has broken her promise (thereby doing something bad!), continues the storytelling technique of the first two books, in which common childhood realities - the importance placed on being good, on keeping promises, even on limiting sweets! - is reversed in our witchy heroine's family. Sweet and entertaining, Little Witch Goes to School is an appealing addition to Hautzig's series, and an excellent selection for beginning readers who enjoy witchy tales.

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A wonderful little book with cute, child-like illustrations that are fun and very enjoyable. The Little Witch celebrates the positive aspects of difference and promotes the exploration of new experiences as the Little Witch finally get to go to school with normal kids.

I really enjoyed this book and

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I loved that fantasy and imagination put into it. The Little Witch is good when all the other witches in her family are wicked. She is allowed to go to school only if she promises to be "bad" but she just can't help it. The turn at the end was great and I thought it shows how difference can be an adventure.

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