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[thornsofvelvet]

“It’s fitting that your name is Bella”

-Loki @thefxrgxttensxn

“Hi to you, too.” She flashes him a soft smile, smoothing out her skirt. “It is? How so?”

[sharpenings]

[thornsofvelvet]

Sweetheart, Im picking you up at 7 to go dancing. Be ready.

Wear that dress you told me about.

@professor-james-buchanan-barnes

The short black one? With the lace? I can do that. See you soon, James. ♡

[thornsofvelvet]

“Bella, I couldn’t stop thinking about you since we bumped into each other the other day. I had to see you again.”

Bucky trots up to Bella on his trusty steed, Alpine.

- @sheriffbuckybarnes

//SQUEEAAALLLINGGGG this is rlly all it takes to make a girl happy guys it’s that simple

“I was wondering when you’d show up.” Bella says, voice light with affection as she flashes him a shy smile. She steps forward, eyes flicking up to meet his before drifting to the beautiful horse. Reaching out, her fingers gently brush against her soft, pale coat.

“I’m guessing this beauty here is yours?”

[beeslibrarylist]

Early Reader in Brief: Lulu and the Witch Baby

Lulu and the Witch Baby Written by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Emily McCully

Publishing Information:

Published by HarperCollins, 1986. Hardback dimensions measure 6.25 x 0.38 x 8

Awards Won:

None found.

Story or Concept Theme:

Lulu is jealous that her baby sibling is getting all the attention, so she casts a magic spell to make the baby disappear, and immediately regrets it.

Target Audience/Age:

I Can Read! Level 2: Reading with Help. Ages 4-8.

Narrative Plot

Beginning: Lulu jealously reflects on how much presents and attention Witch Baby gets. Middle: Lulu’s mother goes to the store and tells Lulu to babysit Witch Baby, but not to go into the magic room. After Witch Baby rips up her drawing, Lulu goes into the magic room and casts a spell, but one of the ingredients is missing. She finds that it worked anyway. End: Lulu gets nervous about how their mother will respond to Witch Baby’s disappearance. She wonders if Witch Baby is safe, and feels guilty. She cannot find a way to reverse the spell, but when she looks again, Witch Baby is back. Their mother comes into the room and says that she had taken Witch Baby to wash her at the time when Lulu thought she was missing. They eat a pie together.

Coherence/relation between text + visual pictures:

The illustrations have a definite “snake and spider” aesthetic to them that complements the story well. Overall, the color pallet is very dark. The illustrations clearly represent the actions described in the text.

Storytelling techniques used:

This book has complex, detailed sentences. It uses rhymes in key moments, and repeats the phrase “After all, she was just a baby,” at first at moments where Lulu disparages the baby, and again in the end when she understands that sometimes babies can’t do things that older children can.

Physical structure/design:

Physical copy has 64 pages. The text is set in a large, serif font. Lines are well spaced. The distribution of the text is varied throughout the book, but it never overlaps with the images or needs to be outlined.

Brief assessment of the book's quality:

This book is good for this age group because it uses a stock plot (child is jealous, child acts rashly, child regrets it, the situation resolves itself), but adds a gimmick to engage readers (they’re witches). This means that readers can devote more attention to the text than the narrative.

Brief assessment of potential use of book with young readers, if applicable:

I can see this being used as a morality tale, especially for children who recently became big siblings. I don’t really see it in an education setting, but I can imagine it being recommended for parents whose children are having difficulty adjusting to a change in dynamic due to a new baby.

Brief assessment of the book's appeal to potential readers:

The witchy aesthetic of this book would definitely appeal to kids, especially around Halloween time. Jane O’Connor is also a big draw because she wrote the Fancy Nancy books. The illustrations are a bit dark in color, with clear pencil lines that distract rather than add texture. It was republished in 2014 with new illustrations by Bella Sinclair (not pictured), which look brighter and cleaner.

Edited 4/10/21 to change “Easy Reader” to “Early Reader”

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Flashback Friday: "Lulu Goes to Witch School"

Flashback Friday: “Lulu Goes to Witch School”

Jailene Adorno ‘16 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer

Jane O’Connor’s 1987 classic Lulu Goes to Witch Schoolis an endearing story about a little witch’s first day of school. O’Connor does an excellent job of showing what could happen on a child’s first day of school while also adding the element of the supernatural with witches and broom flying. The book was originally intended to teach children…

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