{"id":42280,"date":"2023-04-26T21:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T01:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42280"},"modified":"2023-04-26T21:43:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T01:43:35","slug":"review-of-garlic-and-the-witch-by-bree-paulsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42280","title":{"rendered":"Review of Garlic and the Witch, by Bree Paulsen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Garlic and the Witch<\/em><\/p>\n

by Bree Paulsen<\/p>\n

Quill Tree Books, 2022. 152 pages.
\nReview written March 3, 2023, from a library book.<\/p>\n

Garlic and the Witch<\/em> is a follow-up to the delightful Garlic and the Vampire<\/a><\/em>. In both, we see sentient vegetables created by Witch Agnes to be her helpers.<\/p>\n

In the first book, sweet, small, and timid Garlic confronts a vampire who has moved into the nearby castle. In this book, Garlic turns to her friend and neighbor Count as she is startled by changes happening to her. They go on an adventure together to the Magic Market to get ingredients for Count’s blood substitute.<\/p>\n

It’s another sweet story about a timid and small young person confronting her fears. In this case, I got to thinking a little too much about sentient vegetables becoming human — but if you don’t do that, it’s another lovely story. (And I’m pretty confident most kids won’t be freaked out by that.)<\/p>\n

It remains a wonderful graphic novel for early elementary. There’s no talking down to the reader and visually the panels present much of the story in a sophisticated graphic novel set-up. But it also doesn’t have a high word count and does have an emotionally comforting story.<\/p>\n

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