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By Flavia Z. Drago
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2022. Picture Book.

Leila Wayward is a little witch who excels at everything she does. She's the fastest flier, the most cunning conjuror, and the most superb shape-shifter. She has won trophies for potions, herbology, and alchemy--and now she dreams of winning the Magnificent Witchy Cake-off! As the youngest in a long line of masters of the Dark Arts of Patisserie, Leila wants her entry to be perfect. But even with the most bewitching of recipes, she realizes a terrible truth: she's a disaster in the kitchen. Luckily, Leila has three magical sisters who are happy to share their culinary secrets with her. What's more, Leila discovers that baking with them is fun! Win or lose, she has already tasted the sweetest thing of all: acceptance--with a pinch of nightshade and a bit of mandrake. -Publisher

By Lu Fraser
Illustrated by Sarah Massini
New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022. Picture Book.

Little Witchling learns what it means to be a friend. - Publisher

By Tom Fletcher
Illustrated by Greg Abbott
New York: Random House Children's Books, 2021. Picture Book.

Encourages the reader to capture the magic of a witch found in the book, then use spells while poking, wiping, and looking through the book to try to set things right. - Publisher

By Molly Idle
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Picture Book.

A girl is transformed by the magical power of stories through the shared memories of a kind "witch" named Hazel. - Publisher

By David Crosby
Illustrated by Carolina Coroa
Minneapolis, MN: Maverick Arts Publishing Limited, 2021. Picture Book.

When young witches come of age they get to choose their grown-up witch nose! But no new nose seems quite right for the young witch, Grizelda. Will she ever find the perfect one? - Publisher 

By Mariasole Brusa
Illustrated by Marta Sevilla
Madrid, Spain: nubeOCHO, 2020. Picture Book.

The witch is in a bad mood, so she's decided to snatch a little kid. Why? Well, because it's a very witchy thing to do. - Publisher

By Muon Van
Illustrated by Hyewon Yum
New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2019. Picture Book.

Little Linh, the cleverest witch on Măi Măi Island, has everything she needs plus an impossible little brother, Baby Phu, and she will do anything to get rid of him. - Publisher

By Diana Murray
Illustrated by Heather Ross
New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2016. Picture Book.

Grimelda likes pickle pie. Problem is, she can't find the pickle root to make the pickle pie! What is a very messy witch to do? - Publisher




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