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Which Way to Witch School? Hardcover – July 27, 2010

by Scott Santoro (Author, Illustrator)
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Miss Thornapple's school is not like most other schools—it's a school for little witches! Little witches must learn how magic broomsticks fly and how to whip up their own potions. Sometimes they swim in swamps, and other times they explore the haunted old forest. And what's served for dinner in the dining hall? Gooey eyeballs! There's no telling what might happen at Miss Thornapple's school. But one thing is for sure: Even young witches have lessons to learn.

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  1. Reading age
    4 - 8 years
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 2
  5. Lexile measure
    AD940L
  6. Dimensions
    8.78 x 0.43 x 11.16 inches
  7. Publisher
    HarperCollins
  8. Publication date
    July 27, 2010
  9. ISBN-10
    0060781815
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0060781811
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K-Gr 2–In rhyming couplets, Santoro presents Miss Thornapple's School for Witches. The girls are seen as they prepare for the journey (“Packing is simple,/it's done just like that./The trick is to get all your things in your hat”), travel by flying bus, and then engage in such activities as dining on eyeballs and tentacles, being able to swim in a swamp, and learning the physics behind flying broomsticks. The rhymes often seem forced (“Miss Zorch is their teacher in chemistry class,/which for a witch is important to pass”), making this an awkward read-aloud. Santoro's background as an animator is evident in both the perspectives and in the rather flat quality of the art, which resembles still shots from cartoons. Better stories about witches and about school abound.Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ
© Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About the Author

Scott Santoro isn't sure where he gets the ideas for his books; they usually come out of the blue. But if little witches are casting spells of inspiration, he's decided that's as good an explanation as any. He is the author and illustrator of Farm-Fresh Cats, Isaac the Ice-Cream Truck, and The Little Skyscraper. He also works as a story artist in animated feature films, most recently Flushed Away, Bee Movie, and the upcoming Gnomeo and Juliet.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; 1st edition (July 27, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060781815
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060781811
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD940L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.78 x 0.43 x 11.16 inches
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Scott Santoro was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania in 1953 and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. After college, he moved to Hollywood where he began a long career in feature animation. In the 1980s and 1990s he was an effects animator and was head of 2D (hand drawn) effects on "The Lion King" and "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron." The second half of his career in animation has been as a story artist. His first picture book was published in 1999. Visit his blog at: www.scottsantoro.blogspot.com

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Peg
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book probably best read our loud with large illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020
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Great story, fun illustrations. Story held my attention, but in a hot summer day my grand girls were all about the pool. They will probably like it better in the fall. The girl going into 2nd grade could probably read it in her own; I read it too the kindergartener. I enjoyed the story and the illustrations. The bus driver is a ghost; that's not mentioned. All the witches except one and all the teachers and other adults depicted in the book are caucasians, as are all the portraits on the walls. The ghostly bus driver is the only make in the entire book. Two to four sentences ( rhyming) on each page; there's a nice cadance-the book is probably meant to be read aloud. Fast delivery, perfect new paperback condition.
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Mary Concetta
5.0 out of 5 stars Learning Experience
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Purchased for my grandsons to keep the tradition going! I have been buying books for every major and some minor holidays for Zachary and Nicholas since they were born. We read them when I babysit and then they become favorites to be read before and during the holidays and beyond. They look forward to it and so do I. They loved hearing how witches go to school and the tasks they must master and comparing it to what they are taught at their school.
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M. Ross
4.0 out of 5 stars Charming Story for Young Aspiring Witches
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2012
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My wife and I bought this book for our daughter, age 4.75, to coincide with the event of Halloween 2012. Parents and daughter all really love this book and it's been read over and over and over again.

It is the story of young witches of varying ages and stripes going off to witch school where, along with learning to become better witches, they also do things common to any children's camp: make friends, go hiking (in the haunted forest), put on plays, sing, etc. The story follows the young witches along as they do their activities and attend class, and it's all in rhyme. Easy to read (again and again) and easy to listen to, it also serves as a decent early reader for our daughter to explore and find words that she knows as well as ask us about ones she doesn't.

I appreciate the school-theme that reinforces our own family's emphasis on education: After all, witches need to learn to. I especially like that in flying-broom class the budding witches (all girls) are learning mathematics and physics, a helpful reference to hard science that I've found lacking in so many children's readers. There are also references to potion-making (chemistry?) and the arts. I also like that something that is otherwise commonly portrayed as frightening - hiking in a dark and haunted forest - is shown to be rather fun and adventuresome. Indeed, all the better if the hike is accompanied by thunder and lightning. As a father trying to bring up his daughter to be appropriately fearless, smart, and sensible, I feel this book sends decent messages.

It's all in fun, of course, and the witch theme is carried throughout. Potentially scary themes and locales are treated softly and with humor and shown to be unthreatening. The story matches well with the art, which is colorful, interesting, and attractive.

We continue to enjoy it and can recommend it.
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Shawna Who
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Halloween Gift!
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2018
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This adorable book was a gift for my 5-year-old last Halloween. She absolutely loves it and wants me to read it to her all the time. The story is very entertaining (makes us giggle) and the illustrations are so cute. Great book!
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J. Broadley
5.0 out of 5 stars Daughter loves it; that's all that matters
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2014
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My daughter loves this book; when it arrived she had me read it to her for four nights in a row! It's well drawn and well written, though the story seems to cover an extended period of time (a school year) in a flash. It bothers me, but my daughter doesn't seem to mind, despite her questioning it.
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MartinGayle
5.0 out of 5 stars fun well written
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013
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Love this book. Makes me wish I had gone to boarding school.
Fun to read. Good messages, and illustrations. Would buy again.
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Vicki McCurry
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute book
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017
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Granddaughter loved it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars My eightye
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2018
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My eight year old granddaughter loved it. But I .
needed a magnifying glass to read the words. Terrific illustrations.
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Kaitlin
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun!
Reviewed in Canada on April 22, 2019
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My daughter loves this book!
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Paula
5.0 out of 5 stars witch school
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2013
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Bought this to send to my granddaughter - she is convinced I am a witch and that her mum is a witch in training - so I told her quite a while ago she needed to go to witch school before she can become one so this gave her a nice start! She loves it (age 6)
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