The Witch's Table (a Funny, Magical Picture Book for Kids) - by Melinda Beatty (Hardcover)

About the Book

After inheriting a troublesome table, a young witch realizes compassion can be more effective than cleverness in their shared home.

Book Synopsis

When a young witch inherits a rather cantankerous family heirloom; she has to figure out how to outwit her cursed companion.

The Table had been in the Witch's family for a very long time.
No one remembered who had cursed it to stay with them forever, but none of them liked it much.

The young witch initially tries to thwart the Table's shenanigans. But after some time living with the Table, she begins to notice how cold the kitchen floor is on a brisk winter's day, how many nicks and scratches the Table has endured, and how hard it is to stand on all four legs for so many hours, and she comes to realize compassion will get her further than cleverness. This charming and hilarious picture book is about empathy and trying to find common ground with the people--or furniture--around you.

Review Quotes

The cartoon illustrations reflect the warm message of this comical, thought-provoking tale, while the clever wordplay will have readers chuckling. . . . A witty charmer.-- "Kirkus Reviews"

About the Author

Melinda Beatty has had years of practice trying to explain to others why she was just having an imaginary conversation between two people that don't exist, so becoming a writer seemed like the best way to stop everyone from looking at her funny. After years of narrowboat living on the English canals, she and her British husband are now back on dry land in Maryland, where by day, she's a mild-mannered indie bookseller, and by night, she wrangles words, crafts projects, and raises a Labrador and two fierce mini-women.

Stefano Tambellini was born in a small town in Tuscany, Italy. He studied traditional animation at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and then moved to London, where he worked as a freelance illustrator for animation and publishing. He lives with a gray cat named Mandragola, and he's also a stop-motion puppet maker and filmmaker. See more of Stefano's work at ste-tambellini.format.com.