Twitchy Witchy Itch
By (Author) Priscilla Tey
Illustrated by Priscilla Tey
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
7th July 2021
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance a
Childrens / Teenage: Poetry
Hardback
40
Width 197mm, Height 297mm, Spine 10mm
386g
Visual hijinks abound as a nervous witch gets swept away with trying to tidy up before company comesonly to discover that being with friends is what really matters.
Tick, tock! Three cups.
Tick, tock! Three saucers.
With nine minutes left, everything was ready.
Or was it
Itch the witch is having company over for tea. As the clock counts down to tea oclock, Itchs mind is in a tizzy: is her house too twitchy Is her home too itchy Zipping and zooming, dusting and brooming, Itch sweeps and bewitches the mess away (just in the nick of time). But as soon as her two guests walk in, Itchs housekeeping comes unraveled. How will Itch tame such an itchy, glitchy, fidgety mess Rising star Priscilla Tey uses computer-aided design (and evokes familiar computer glitches) to present a delightfully meta, intricately illustrated story that dazzles as it amuses.
In an effort to clean her house, a young witch goes too far. . . . Cleverly rendered lesson in the perils of witchy housekeeping.
Kirkus Reviews
Throughout, the digital and gouache illustrations offer myriad patterns and colors to explore.
Publishers Weekly
Priscilla Tey is the author-illustrator of In-Between Things, her first book for children. A native of Singapore, she returned home after completing her degree at Rhode Island School of Design and splits her time between illustrating and teaching.