That said, however, Estes is absolutely genius at capturing the little nuances of how young girls (perhaps young children in general, but I can only speak with authority on girls) interact when they play - how they introduce new concepts for games and stories to each other and adapt to each other's additions to their shared world.

I remember reading the book to myself over and over when I was a couple of years older and able to read it on my own - I hadn't outgrown Amy and Clarissa at all. A parent reading to their child, however, will love every single word, understand an additional six dozen ways the book is delightfully funny, and be thrilled at how much their child is learning and how much more curious and engaged he or she is becoming both with books and with his or her own imagination. Christoper Robin is 3-5 in the Pooh books while Amy and Clarissa are 6 in this book, and in both cases there's no way a child of the protagonist's age would actually be able to read the book to him or herself.

It has many of the same qualities as Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner - young children who live out tremendous adventures in their imagination with characters who are typically treated by the author as though they are also real, though every once in a while perspective shifts and you see the drawings of Old Witch, Little Witch Girl, Lurie (the little mermaid), Weeny Witchy, Malechai (The Spelling Bee - yes, he is an enchanted bee who spells everything he says) and the others, the same way the illustrations occasionally show you the animals in Winnie the Pooh as stuffed animals.Īnother similarity is in the witty sophistication of the language.

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The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes