The witch's guide to cooking with children
Eleven-year-old inventor Sol must recover his self-confidence if he and his eight-year-old sister, Connie, are to escape the clutches of Hansel and Gretel's witch, to whom they have been led by their new stepmother and the man they believe to be their father.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Co.,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Eleven-year-old inventor Sol must recover his self-confidence if he and his eight-year-old sister, Connie, are to escape the clutches of Hansel and Gretel's witch, to whom they have been led by their new stepmother and the man they believe to be their father. |
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| Item Description: | "A novel"--Jacket. "Christy Ottaviano Books." |
| Physical Description: | 180 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780805086683 0805086684 |
| Author Notes: | KEITH MCGOWAN has worked most of his life as an educator. He helped run an elementary after school program and day camp, taught mathematics and science, volunteered for a year as a teacher in Haiti, and tutored students who were unable to attend school full time. An avid traveler, Keith began writing The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children , in Himachal Pradesh, India, staring at the Himalayan mountains, and continued working on it in Boston, New Orleans, and Chicago, and Vienna, Austria, where he now lives with his wife. The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children is his first novel for children. |
