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The witches / Roald Dahl ; pictures by Quentin Blake.

Dahl, Roald (Author). Blake, Quentin, (ill.).

Summary:

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Item details

ISBN: 0374384584 :
ISBN: 9780374384586
ISBN: 0374384576
ISBN: 9780374384579
Physical Description: vi, 201 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

A note about witches -- My grandmother -- How to recognize a witch -- The grand high witch -- Summer holidays -- The meeting -- Frizzled like a fritter -- Formula 86 delayed-action mouse-maker -- The recipe -- Bruno Jenkins disappears -- The ancient ones -- Metamorphosis -- Bruno -- Hello, grandmamma -- The mouse-burglar -- Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins meet Bruno -- The plan -- In the kitchen -- Mr. Jenkins and his son -- The triumph -- The heart of a mouse -- It's off to work we go!

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Witches > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, English

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