I'm nearly 40 years old and enjoyed this book when I was a little girl in the early seventies. Not sure what is was from, but overall, I was pleased with the product. There was a slight imperfection on the printing on a coupld of pages. I read this book as a child and was looking for a copy. It's not scarey.instead, it's really cute! It is exactly as I remember it from my childhood. I finally discoverd it and am very pleased to find it is still in print. I couldn't remember the exact title and that really slowed me up. I have been looking for this book for years. I purchased this soft-cover edition to give to my oldest niece for Christmas. My two nieces, ages 5 and 3, know where this book is when they come to my house and have it read to them every time. I was lucky enough to get a decent copy of the original hardcover last year, and it is one of my prized possessions. I was probably just reciting it from memory, but to this day my mother talks about this book. This is the first book I ever 'owned' - I could 'read' it when I was two years old.

There once was a little witch who was a 'frightening-looking, horrible, witchey, WITCH!' She was everything a witch should be, but she just couldn't get her spells and potions to turn out right.

Humbug witch by lorna balian