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I remember reading this in 2nd grade and having very fond memories of a talking black cat.
A friend loaned me this book. She remembered it from childhood and of course I had never read it. So it's a short quick read for an adult. It's a cute little story and what trouble it is to invite a cat and witch into your dollhouse. This poor girl got blamed for all the mischief. Cute read.
I read all the Ruth Chew 'magic' and 'witches' books when I was a little kid. I checked them all out of the library and read them in a day or two. Recently, I remembered how much I'd loved them as a child and so I started hunting them down and buying them one-by-one. 'The Wednesday Witch' is the first of many and is a perfect little domestic magic fantasy chapter book about a little girl who befriends a witch that flies around on a vacuum cleaner. Right there, author Chew was inverting the tropes, and many other clever uses of pun, and spells, and domestic life in the late 60s are present in this book. There are many feministic metaphors in this that of course, I had no clue about when I was like 8 years old reading these ebooks, but these many years on, you can really see how Ruth Chew was subtly winking at the moms and aunts who probably read these books to their young girls....
Very funny story about a girl who encounters a witch and the witches cat. A good fun read. I'll look around to see if I can find more of Ruth Chew.
This book was an unexpected joy to read! I loved the story and the characters, but my favorite of course was the magic!! What an adorable book I think I might have to hunt down more by this author
A memorable classic from my childhood that has stood the test of time. I look forward to sharing this with my daughter.
The idea of magical scissors that cut things smaller is so entrancing that it makes up for a lot. Think of how easily I could clean out my basement and attic!
And a one inch high cat that can talk...
As an entertaining bonus, this book was written well before the invention of safety. Examples: to fly high in the sky, you must wrap the vacuum cleaner hose around your neck; it's great fun to swim at the deserted beach with only your best friend, bury each other in sand, and fall asleep in the sun below the high tide mark; and yes, it's quite all right to fly to the witch's cave at midnight to light fires and boil cauldrons with a threatening stranger. After all, your parents have left you alone with a TV dinner and no babysitter, so no one need worry about you.
And a one inch high cat that can talk...
As an entertaining bonus, this book was written well before the invention of safety. Examples: to fly high in the sky, you must wrap the vacuum cleaner hose around your neck; it's great fun to swim at the deserted beach with only your best friend, bury each other in sand, and fall asleep in the sun below the high tide mark; and yes, it's quite all right to fly to the witch's cave at midnight to light fires and boil cauldrons with a threatening stranger. After all, your parents have left you alone with a TV dinner and no babysitter, so no one need worry about you.