The Witch of the Ditch

by Steven Butler, Nigel Baines (Illustrator)

A red Early Reader full of humour and fun, from bestselling author and actor, Steven Butler.

Every town in the world has one witch - only one! So when the Hag of the Crag moves into town next door to the Witch of the Ditch, an all-out Witch War ensues.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.

58 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 2018

About the author

Steven is the award-winning author of the Nothing To See Here Hotel series (winner of the Sainsbury's Fiction Prize; shortlisted for the Laugh-Out-Loud "Lollies" award and Alligator's Mouth award; featured on W.H Smith's Tom Fletcher Bookclub), The Wrong Pong series (shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize), his new adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey for Hachette's Awesomely Austen series, and his comedy collaboration with American author, James Patterson, the Dog Diaries series.

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 2 out of 5]

An OK book, but it just felt like things were missing. I like the idea of that only one witch can be in a town, I love that when another witch appears magic goes chaotic, the pets were cute, the art was fun, and I liked how there was a witch-fight, but I don't know. Why doesn't the first witch just get some kind of deed/protection so no one can live there? Why did the book end so open-ended? Why was nothing resolved? Why is it immediately a fight and not just a chat over a nice cup of tea and some frogspawn cupcakes?

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sad the witches couldn't stop their argument and just lived all together in the same town even though they were jealous and their magic turns bad.

[Eliza Merrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really good the witch's only has a fight.