The Word Witch (Book & Cd)

Author: Margaret Mahy

Stock information

General Fields

  • : 7.99 AUD
  • : 9781775540014
  • : HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • : Contains Paperback and CD-Audio
  • : June 2012
  • : New Zealand
  • : 32.99
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  • : July 2019
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  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Margaret Mahy
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  • : Paperback + CD
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  • : David Elliot
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  • : 168
  • : colour illustrations
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Barcode 9781775540014
9781775540014

Description

The Word Witch is a cornucopia of riches, an inspired idea, which will long continue to inspire. A beautiful and essential book. Comes with a CD of poems performed by our beloved Margaret Mahy herself!


She can lasso with a limerick, haunt with a haiku and wrap you tight in a rhyme, quick as lightning. Her cauldron is a dictionary, her wand a mighty pen, and she stirs her words at midnight, making tempting treats for children, to please and tease and tantalise them with imaginary treasures and delectable dreams. She weaves words into adventures, sets verses wildly dancing, makes similes sing and stamp their feet and poems purr like pussycats who've eaten all the cream. Her name is Margaret Mahy. These are her spells.

Table of contents

Bubble Trouble -- Dashing Dog -- Down the Back of the Chair -- Further Adventures of Humpty Dumpty -- Ghosts -- Hiccups -- Hush! Hush! Hush! -- Magic -- Puck's Song -- The Ghastly Nightmare, or The Butcher's Dream -- The Snail -- When I am Old and Wrinkled Like a Raisin.