Little Witch

Little Witch by Anna Elizabeth Bennett, 1953. Little Minx isn’t happy living with her mother, the witch Madam Snickasnee. Minx hates it that Madam Snickasnee enchants the human children of the town, turning them into flowers. She’s lonely and has no one to play with, and everyone around is afraid her because of Madam Snickasnee. Madam Snickasnee is also critical of her, telling her that she had better improve or she’ll never make a good witch because she would rather sleep at night than ride around on a broom or brew evil potions. Whenever Madam Snickasnee leaves her home alone, Minx has a secret experiment. More than anything, she wants to see a fairy, so she keeps brewing potions to try to summon one. Unfortunately, it never seems to work. Whenever she tries, instead of a fairy, she gets balloons, toads, or a different type of mythological creature, like a centaur. Minx also has another secret. Whenever she looks in a mirror, she sees the image of a beautiful lady, even when no one…