Very sad that she has no home, Little Witch continually says "boo-hoo" in this early reader from author Janet Criag and illustrator Pat Schories. A series of animals - Oscar the owl, Benny the Bat, Freddy the frog - offer to share their own homes with her, but none of them is just right. Then Kate the black cat appears, in need of a little witch of her own, and possessing a cozy home that is perfect in every way...

The second witchy early-reader from Troll Associates that I have read today, following upon Sharon Gordon's Three Little Witches, The Boo-Hoo Witch was created using a vocabulary of fifty words, and is part of the Giant First Start Reader collection, intended to help beginning readers develop their skills. Although the text here is, not unexpectedly, given the nature of the book, simple and fairly formulaic, the accompanying artwork from Schories, who would go on to illustrate the popular I Can Read series about Biscuit the dog, was colorful and cute. Recommended to beginning readers who enjoy witchy fare. ( )