Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Welcome to the most magical bakery -- Witchycakes! Little Blue, a witch-in-training, delivers baked goods all over their town, and helps their neighbors with a touch of magic. Cozy up with this sweet chapter book with irresisitible full-color art on every page!
In a magical bakery called Witchycakes there's a young witch-to-be named Blue. Blue's Mama bakes with magic and Blue makes the deliveries! They ride their bike all over town with their basket filled with magical scones, tartes, and pies to deliver. There's always something going on in Shelville and Blue loves to help their neighbors -- especially if helping them means they get to use a little bit of magic.
Cook up some love with Blue as they use magic and problem-solving to be the best helper they can be in their whimsical little town. And there's a special magical recipe at the end of the book!
Fresh from the oven. . . another WITCHYCAKES book! Don't miss Witchycakes #2: Changing Magic
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Baking, magic, and compassion are the main ingredients of this gentle early chapter book series launch by LaReau (the Infamous Ratsos series). Witch-in-training Blue delivers magic-enhanced pastries from their mother's fantastical bakery, Witchycakes, to customers throughout Shelville. Each seaside community inhabitant, portrayed with varying skin tones, is experiencing a crisis: young Jib's pet guinea pig has escaped, overwhelmed Mrs. Sanderson is too exhausted to make lunch for her hungry children, and grocery store owner Mr. Haddock is mourning his late dog. When Blue's half-baked magic fails to solve the peoples' woes, Blue uses their ingenuity to conjure nonmagical solutions. Alongside Mama Moon's delicious baked goods, the intrepid protagonist serves up ample empathy and wit as they explore Shelville and immerse themselves in their neighbor's daily lives. The large cast's imaginative, seaside-related names (Gully, Pearl, Ms. Crabbe, Barnacle, Skipper, etc.) add cheeky personality to a story that's as sweet as Mama Moon's Beach Crumble. Clean, softly shaded full-color artwork by Moreira depicts the passage of time (individual chapters take place at morning, noon, afternoon, dusk, and evening) and includes bustling page borders showcasing beach, pastry, and witchy paraphernalia. A recipe concludes. Publishing simultaneously: Changing Magic. Ages 6–9. Author's agent: Ammi-Joan Paquette, Aevitas Creative. Illustrator's agent: Alex Gehringer, Bright Agency.
