Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A witch is anxious to get the perfect pet but learns to have patience when she brings home a mystery egg in this laugh-out-loud picture book from New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry. Perfect for adorable little witches all year round!
Evelyn Witch has everything a witch needs. Messy hair, bubbling potions, and perfectly carved pumpkins.
But there’s something missing… A pet!
Perhaps she’ll get a bat or a griffin, or— Oh. She can only afford the mystery pet: a plain white egg.
She watches and waits for it to hatch.
Sniveling snails, something has to be done! Evelyn rolls up her sleeves and heads to the library, where they keep all the best spells. It’s time to get serious.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A "mystery pet" provides a plucky, green-haired sorceress with an embodied experience of patience in this polished picture book. Purchasing a single white egg from the pet store, Evelyn Witch impatiently awaits the being's emergence, but when the creature fails to materialize, the proactive protagonist springs into action ("Sniveling snails! Something had to be done!"). She treks up a snowy mountain in an attempt to transform the egg into a unicorn, then rows out to sea in the hopes of hatching a narwhal. Ferry's wry tone makes for a lively read, and handmade textures soften Santoso's digital renderings, which add a dollop of humor with their characterizations of the heroine's impatience. When Evelyn discovers that giving the egg time may be more powerful than magic, the epiphany feels suitably transformational, foregrounding an approach that elevates care over force. Ages 3–6.
