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Elsie Pickles #2
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After her week living in Magenta Sharp's magical tower, Elsie Pickles is back home and finding normal life a little dull. But when a magical gift leads her back to the Tower, Elsie knows mischief and marvellous magic are about to turn her life upside down again! This time Magenta needs Elsie's help to save her magic licence and deal with a grumpy genie on the loose... ? Kaye Umansky 2018, Oakhill 2019
236 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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September 19, 2018
Wonderful, magical, lovely, and hilarious!
Elsie is back! The witch needs her help again, and of course Elsie is more than happy to help. Though I am sure that she is wishing the witch had asked Elsie in a different way than making her precious shoes abandon the party and hop to the witch. :P
No towersitting for Elsie this time, oh no, she has to help Magenta with her shop. She hasn't been doing it correctly at all, piling up complaint letters, sending stuff late or not even sending them at all, and she is now in danger of losing her magic/license. Of course, who better to ask than Elsie who is topnotch with customer's service so she knows exactly what to do and isn't afraid to help out. I had such a big laugh at when she saw the pile of complaints and the mess surrounding it. Good grief, Magenta.
But that is just step one in fixing things, mail/packages also have to be send, and that means we get new magic lessons... or should we call them lessons when one person is bossing the other one? Oh well, Elsie loved it, and I also wanted to participate (yes, even with the weird dancing and prancing). I loved reading about all the fun ingredients, and seeing what the potions and stuff did.
We also see many of the characters from the previous book, and add a new one to the mix. Meet Frank, a very grumpy mirror genie. No, he doesn't fulfil wishes, he is just brutally (very brutally to the point of death) honest about things. He wasn't always my favourite, but after a while I started to like him, and then especially after Elsie performed her customer service skills on him.
The Bazaar was such a delightful place, it sounds truly magical, and I wish I could visit it. I would probably get lost in the book shops though, and maybe the candy stores. Mmm.
I loved how Elsie managed to talk to her dad about improving some things in the store. Hopefully we will see those changes in the next book.
Oh, and of course Elsie also learned some new things about magic, including the all important vanishing trick. I so want to learn that one, magic me to the library and back! Or maybe I could go to author signings in the UK or the US with that trick! Eeee!
Up to the Bazaar I was definitely going to be rating the book 5 stars. But then Sylphine and Joey ruined tons of things, and sorry I was just unhappy. Sylphine should learn to check signs, and maybe stop being such a dunce. She is an adult for heaven's sake, but instead she steps into a dangerous enclosure to hug with a very unwilling unicorn. There are other things happening as well, and I just was hoping the dragon would eat her. Then there is Joey who decides to act like a 10-year old after eating too much sugar and breaking random stuff left and right when he plays tags with magical baskets.
I mean, it is just stupid that a kid, Elsie, has to correct them and speak to them in a strict tone to get them to realise their mistakes. Come on. :|
But that was truly the only thing I didn't like. The rest of the book was fabulous, hilarious, fun, and I laughed many many times.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Elsie is back! The witch needs her help again, and of course Elsie is more than happy to help. Though I am sure that she is wishing the witch had asked Elsie in a different way than making her precious shoes abandon the party and hop to the witch. :P
No towersitting for Elsie this time, oh no, she has to help Magenta with her shop. She hasn't been doing it correctly at all, piling up complaint letters, sending stuff late or not even sending them at all, and she is now in danger of losing her magic/license. Of course, who better to ask than Elsie who is topnotch with customer's service so she knows exactly what to do and isn't afraid to help out. I had such a big laugh at when she saw the pile of complaints and the mess surrounding it. Good grief, Magenta.
But that is just step one in fixing things, mail/packages also have to be send, and that means we get new magic lessons... or should we call them lessons when one person is bossing the other one? Oh well, Elsie loved it, and I also wanted to participate (yes, even with the weird dancing and prancing). I loved reading about all the fun ingredients, and seeing what the potions and stuff did.
We also see many of the characters from the previous book, and add a new one to the mix. Meet Frank, a very grumpy mirror genie. No, he doesn't fulfil wishes, he is just brutally (very brutally to the point of death) honest about things. He wasn't always my favourite, but after a while I started to like him, and then especially after Elsie performed her customer service skills on him.
The Bazaar was such a delightful place, it sounds truly magical, and I wish I could visit it. I would probably get lost in the book shops though, and maybe the candy stores. Mmm.
I loved how Elsie managed to talk to her dad about improving some things in the store. Hopefully we will see those changes in the next book.
Oh, and of course Elsie also learned some new things about magic, including the all important vanishing trick. I so want to learn that one, magic me to the library and back! Or maybe I could go to author signings in the UK or the US with that trick! Eeee!
Up to the Bazaar I was definitely going to be rating the book 5 stars. But then Sylphine and Joey ruined tons of things, and sorry I was just unhappy. Sylphine should learn to check signs, and maybe stop being such a dunce. She is an adult for heaven's sake, but instead she steps into a dangerous enclosure to hug with a very unwilling unicorn. There are other things happening as well, and I just was hoping the dragon would eat her. Then there is Joey who decides to act like a 10-year old after eating too much sugar and breaking random stuff left and right when he plays tags with magical baskets.
I mean, it is just stupid that a kid, Elsie, has to correct them and speak to them in a strict tone to get them to realise their mistakes. Come on. :|
But that was truly the only thing I didn't like. The rest of the book was fabulous, hilarious, fun, and I laughed many many times.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
January 16, 2019
Love the characters in these books and really enjoying reading them to my daughter. She can't wait for book 3 to come out to find out what Elsie gets up to next.
June 23, 2022
Wat een heerlijk boek weer 🧙🏻♀️🧙🏻♀️🧙🏻♀️🧙🏻♀️🧙🏻♀️
March 18, 2019
Delighted to spot this in my local library as I absolutely adored the first book. This book has more of what made me love the first - magical hi-jinks, a grumpy raven and sentient witch's tower. The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is because most of it takes place in a shop rather than in the tower, the genie storyline didn't interest me as much as the first book had and it was all over too quickly! In a way, these books feel a bit more like a longer book that has been split up into shorter sections so I will need to get my hands on Book 3 as soon as possible!
January 17, 2019
“I’ll give it 5 stars - 100, actually. Yes, 100,” says Violet (5-years-old). Loved reading this one aloud - imaginative and well-written. I enjoyed Elsie’s kindness and resourcefulness, and the magical store in this one.
August 11, 2019
Read- August 2019 for The N.E.W.Ts (My E in Transfiguration) and the Magical All Nighter
- Once again, my sister has made me read a book from one of her favourite series. I have to say that this is my personal favourite so far.
- Once again, my sister has made me read a book from one of her favourite series. I have to say that this is my personal favourite so far.
September 27, 2025
Elsie pickles charms again
Another cute and adorable edition to this series.i really adore these books they teach lessons,they’re quirky and funny.cannot wait to continue with Elsie pickles adventures
Another cute and adorable edition to this series.i really adore these books they teach lessons,they’re quirky and funny.cannot wait to continue with Elsie pickles adventures
June 9, 2020
Warm and fuzzy story.
July 17, 2023
Actual rating: 3.5
October 5, 2023
Heel leuk vervolg op het eerste boek “Heksenweek”. De humor blijft aanwezig ook in dit tweede deel, opnieuw aangevuld met mooie illustraties.
February 18, 2020
A great sequel with an interesting main setting full of imagination and witches.
August 31, 2024
Very imaginative witch story
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