![]() ![]() ![]() Accompanying the text of Earwig and the Witch are atmospheric illustrations from the pen of Marion Lindsay - cute and eerie, all at once. ![]() Using her own cleverness-with a lot of help from a talking cat-she decides to show the witch whos boss.Ī young middle grade novel by World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement-winner Diana Wynne Jones, beautifully and humorously illustrated in black and white by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. I equate Diana Wynne Jones with Roald Dahl - someone who knew how to entertain children, not talk down to them, and introduced both darkness and humour to their tales. Most children would run in terror from a house like that. Morwalds, disguised as foster parents.Įarwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and its been that way since she was dropped on the orphanages doorstep as a baby. ![]() Morwalds Home for Children, but Earwig does. Not every orphan would love living at St. Read the book that inspired the full-length animated feature produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli and directed by Goro Miyazaki. ![]()
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