Mary Calhoun
Wobble, the witch cat
Hardcover
(Morrow March 15, 1958)
What could be worse than a witch cat who couldn't ride on a broomstick? Wobble had been a very nice witch cat until Maggie, his fat chuckling witch, got a new broomstick. It had a thin, slippery handle, and when Wobble found he couldn't ride it, his perosonality suddenly changed. now he was as cross as he was block. Finally Wobble, that unhappy cat, actually pulled the broomstick out to the trash barrel and thought his problems were solved. But Maggie found that her old vacuum cleaner also had flying magic, so she made her annual Halloween flight with her cat after all. What Wobble discovered and what the children saw in the sky that night combine to make a surprising climax. Roger Duvoisin is just the right illustrator for this hilarious tale, and his pictures of cross black Wobble and motherly Maggie make them come alive in a delightfully fantastic fashion. Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980) was a Swiss-born American writer and illustrator, best known for children's picture books. He won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for picture books and in 1968 he was a highly commended runner-up for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustrators. Beloved children's author, Mary Calhoun's, first children's book, Making the Mississippi Shout, was published in 1957. Since then, she has become the award-winning author of more than fifty children's books, including A Shepherd's Gift, Flood, Cross-Country Cat, Hot-Air Henry, and all lthe other Henry the Cat books.
- Weight
- 12.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 10.2 x 7.6 in.
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