The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children - Hardcover

McGowan, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805086684 ISBN 13: 9780805086683

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2009

Synopsis

I love children. Eating them, that is. So begins this laugh-out-loud adventure in which a misunderstood genius brother and a tricky younger sister--Sol and Connie--go up against a brilliant witch who dines on children--sometimes with candles lit and fine wine, other times snacking from a plate in the glow of primetime TV. Called "funny and subversive" by USA Today and "a literary treat" by The New Yorker, this story blends humor and adventure, adds sibling arguments while mixing well, seasons with riddles, and goes down in a single, surprising gulp. Afterward, for dessert, READ THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF SOL AND CONNIE, The Witch's Curse.

About this title

From the Author:

KEITH MCGOWAN has worked most of his life as an educator. He helped run an elementary afterschool program, volunteered for a year as a teacher in Haiti, and tutored students who were unable to attend school full time. An avid traveler, Keith began writing The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children, in Himachal Pradesh, India, staring at the Himalayan mountains, and continued working on it in Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, and Vienna, Austria, where he now lives with his wife. In 2010, he received the James Thurber Residency, offered to one children's book author each year in honor of American author and humorist James Thurber. The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children was also named a 2010 ALA Notable Children's Recording.

About the Author:

Keith McGowan worked in education and for non-profits before turning towriting fiction for children.  His website isKeithbooks.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0805086684
• ISBN 13: 9780805086683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Illustrator: Tanaka Yoko