review: witch stories for bedtime

Witch stories for bedtime is a collection of stories where the witches are either bad of good. it's really just a fun book to read. this happened to the stories my brother read to me growing up. it's not say that all witch are bad nor are they saying that magic is bad. some are about witches that misuse there power and the children in the stories have to save themselves using the magic on hand. the book is 60 pages long and the art in it is done by Jane Launchbury.
the story's are
Edward and Anna by Jane Launchbury, this is similar to Hansel and Gretal, but with no evil step mother.

The Magic Island by Elizabeth Waugh, is about a goodly witch that lives on an magic island, where a teddy bear ends up lost and lone, the witch helps find the teddy's way home

Witch Wurzel by Elizabeth Waugh, a witch steals a boy puts a spell on him to forget and makes him her apprentice. the hero in this story is his cousin Sarah and the boys pet kitten

The witches who come to stay by Philip Steele, a fisherman living on a little island gets three ungrateful house guests that happen to be witches, and how he get his house back. this is one of my favorites

Grumblog by Jane Garrett, a witch that hates anything beautiful, and her misadventures of tring and failing to rid her forest of it.

The Witch who didn't have a cat by Sue Seddon, the witch hates cats and is faced with one that she can't get rid of.

Rachel and the magic stone by Deborah Tyler, a little girls who live in a house between two sister witches at are arguing and make life difficult. this is the last story in this book.

review: the magic crystal

the magic crystal by brigitte weninger. this beautiful story is about a hunchback dwarf name pico that hides because he is ugly, and one night helps crystal dwarves, and finds out that just because you are ugly doesn't mean you can't have friends. there is more to the book than this but for that you need to read it. it is a message about what is one the inside. also it has no religious reference, so this is a great story for all families.
the book is done in watercolors the illustrator robert ingpen painted each page's background in one color scheme; like different shades of green on one page then the next purple. on top of that the crystals actual shine, so it will catch the attention of you little ones. my 4th daughter kyra loves to look at this book since she was 7 months old.
i give this book 5/5 stars