By Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Penelope Bagieu
New York: Graphix, 2020. Graphic novel.
Witches are real, and they are all around us. They wear ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs, and look ordinary enough -- because they're in disguise. You can tell if you encounter a witch the following ways: they will wear gloves all year round to hide their long crooked fingers; they will wear wigs to conceal their scaly bald heads; they wear pointy-toed shoes because witches don't have toes; and, most importantly, you can tell if you spot a witch because there is nothing they despise more than children. In this graphic novel adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic, an eight-year-old boy travels to a seaside resort with his grandmama when he encounters all of the witches in England and goes head-to-head with the Grand High Witch.
This full-color graphic novel is a fun and lively way to introduce a new generation to this classic spooky story. Eisner-winning artist Penelope Bagieu brings a lot of quirky child-like fun to a book that maintains all of the dark-humor of Roald Dahl's original.
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