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We Love This Book interview

Sibéal chatted to We Love This Book about discovering libraries, growing up, "Teddy Repair Services" in Scotland, and kettles called Agnes. 

Click the image below to be taken to the interview and We Love This Book's awesome site:


1 week until WITCH SWITCH launches!

It's exactly 1 WEEK until Witch Switch launches! Or seven days. Or – if you prefer – 168 hours. THAT'S ALMOST NOTHING.

To celebrate, we have a little competition below... Winners will receive signed books and vintage star charm necklaces! 

So, the competition...

In Witch Switch we'll meet the one and only witchy band, the Silver Rats!

All you have to do to win is click the Contact Ritzy City page and send us your best made up band name.

Good luck! 

Kirkus review

Thanks Kirkus!

"Pounder’s comic romp froths with eccentric characters and whimsical worldbuilding, while Anderson contributes abundant charming drawings."

Click the image below to be whisked away to the full review on their site: 

Dutch edition!

The Dutch edition of Witch Wars is launching soon, published by the wonderful people at Memphis Belle! 

Get ready for adventures in Ritzburg...  

School Library Journal Review (and Fran bursting)

Lovely review of Witch Wars in the School Library Journal (see below) – our first US review!

Witch Wars is launching in the US in January, 2016, and we are all very excited. Especially Fran... who pretty much burst when we told her it's where the above-the-pipes version of Brollywood is. 

Thank you so very much to Mandy Laferriere from Fowler Middle School.

School Library Journal

POUNDER, Sibéal. Witch Wars. illus. by Laura Ellen Anderson. 272p. Bloomsbury. Jan. 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781619639256.

Gr 3-6–Tiga Whicabim doesn’t know she’s a witch until Fran the fairy shows up in her tiny shed of a home, shows her that her name is an anagram for I AM A BIG WITCH, and takes her down the sink pipes to Ritzy City. There she discovers that witches’ hats are only pointy due to the journey up the pipes to our world, that witches love jam, and that she is one of nine girls slated to battle it out in the Witch Wars. The winner of Witch Wars gets to rule Ritzy City as Top Witch, but the stakes are higher for Tiga. If she loses, she’ll have to go back to her shed with her horrible caretaker, who feeds her only cheese water. Not to mention the fact that she doesn’t know a single spell. She’ll have to work hard to outsmart mean girl witches Felicity Bat and Aggie Hoof, but luckily her new friend Peggy vows to help. The young witches, along with the sassy little fairies, make for a colorful and unpredictable cast of characters. Whimsical black-and-white illustrations throughout help readers envision this fantastical locale. VERDICT Silliness, riddles, puns, and many magical mishaps make this a great choice to help fill the elusive “funny book” hole that exists in many collections.–Mandy Laferriere, Fowler Middle School, Frisco, TX

 

Sneak Peek...

Not long until the second book in the series, Witch Switch, launches!

We'll be finding out a lot more about some of Sinkville's other weird and wonderful cities...

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Book Trust's Best Book Guide 2015

The lovely people at Book Trust have selected Witch Wars as one of their best books of 2015! To see the full list of books (there are some great ones you must check out!), click the image below. 

This is especially exciting for all of us here as the Book Trust is a very special organisation – it's the largest reading charity in the UK and has some wonderful programmes, including the Letterbox Club, which sends cool monthly book parcels to children living in care. 

For more information about their work, and how you can help, check out their website: www.booktrust.org.uk.