The Witch S Things

Meet Belinda. She’s a witch who loves to count things in her creepy castle. Unfortunately, it’s not always so easy to find the things she’s looking for. In this enchanting new counting book, kids count along with Belinda as they search for spooky items hidden throughout her castle. The “Where’s Waldo” format is sure to delight children as it reinforces their reading and math skills. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The rhyming text, colorful design, and spooky art will excite and engage emergent readers.

A young adult, historical fantasy, time-slip novel about an emotionally wounded, fourteen-year-old foster girl who runs away not knowing she's a witch. She accidentally time travels to the 1645 English Essex Witch Trials, and to 1645 Istanbul/Constantinople. Real English and Turkish historic figures are included. There is a talking cat.

"A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through...absolutely enchanting."--Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boys LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER! In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E. Harrow's spellbinding debut--step inside and discover its magic.

A talking button in the shape of a man leads two young girls into a series of magical adventures.

This is the best known (i.e., the most infamous) of the witch-hunt manuals. Written in Latin, the Malleus was first submitted to the University of Cologne on May 9th, 1487. The title is translated as "The Hammer of Witches". Written by James Sprenger and Henry Kramer (of which little is known), the Malleus remained in use for three hundred years. It had tremendous influence in the witch trials in England and on the continent.