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The Little Witch
The Little Witch | Otfried Preussler
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"Once upon a time there was a little witch who was only a hundred and twenty-seven years old." And so begins the delightful story of the Little Witch and her talking pet raven, Abraxas. It's Walpurgis Night, when all the witches of the land meet to dance on Brocken mountain. The Little Witch, who is too small, isn't invited, but she decides to go anyway and is discovered by her evil aunt Rumpumpel. As punishment, the Little Witch's broomstick is burned and she must make the three-day journey back home on foot. Before she leaves, the Head Witch tells her that she may attend Walpurgis Night next year if she promises to become a "good" witch. Unfortunately, Abraxas misunderstands and advises the Little Witch to do good deeds, not realizing that in order to be a "good" witch she must do the opposite. During the year the Little Witch does truly good deeds. When she returns to Brocken Mountain at the next Walpurgis Night, to stand before the Witches's Council, there is a showdown. But it's the Little Witch who has the last laugh.
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Jari-chan
Die kleine Hexe | Otfried Preussler
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Thank you for the tag @The_Penniless_Author and @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm

1. Tagged. I remember my mother reading The Little Witch to me. Me lying in bed, she sitting next to me. It's a beautiful memory, which I treasure dearly.

2. I love travelling via books, since travelling in real life isn't possible right now, but I also think it's great to discover your own country from a different point of view.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 4y
Deifio My daughter loves that book! The new movie is fun too. 4y
Jari-chan @TheSpineView Thank you for hosting ❤ 4y
Jari-chan @Deifio Great to hear that the story lives on! 😍 4y
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Jari-chan
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This book was a Christmas gift from my mum when I just got 6 years old. And how delightful to reread this lovely story after so many years ❤️

I hope that the Little Witch will accompany many more kids through many more years and generations.

ju.ca.no Oooh I LOVED it when I was a child😍😍😍😍😍 5y
Buechersuechtling @AnneCecilie @ju.ca.no As a child I didn‘t know the whole story because we were only read one chapter aloud at the Kindergarden and therefore I couldn‘t relate to all the hype everybody else around me suddenly was in. 🤷🏽‍♀️ But just recently (🤔 maybe about a year ago) I listened to the audio play they made of it. And what shall I say❓ This I loved. (edited) 5y
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Buechersuechtling
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Downloaded this 1-hour-40 audio play yesterday. It‘s a well known children‘s book in Germany (Maybe in English speaking countries, too.) and I thought I refresh my knowledge. I feel like I only was read aloud some chapters of it in kindergarten but never the whole coming-of-age-story. 🤷🏽‍♀️

What shall I say❓🤔
🥰 The audio play is made, read and played so affectionately. 🥰
Listening made me feel warm all over❣️

So. Cute.‼️😍

PickwickPlockPlock Is that the audio play for the movie? Because I remember watching it with m son. 🤔 5y
Buechersuechtling @PickwickPlockPlock That‘s a good question. I was puzzled by the cover, too. I did a bit of research and assume that the audio play made by „Der Hörbuch Verlag“ in March 2017 uses the film poster of the film that as far as I know was made 2016/2017. 5y
Buechersuechtling @PickwickPlockPlock Oh I‘m sorry, I misread your question. I read “Is that the audio play _or_ the movie?” instead of “Is that the audio play _for_ the movie?” So, yes, I think, you‘re quite right, this seems to be the audio play for the movie. 5y
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vkois88
The Little Witch | Otfried Preussler
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1.) My daughter, taken tonight after going to Trunk or Treat ?
2.) Pasta
3.) Harry Potter, Practical Magic to name a couple...
4.) A wooden witch hat with a little plaque on it that says "Not every witch lives in Salem"
5.) My plaid shirt

@MinDea

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julesG
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#SorryNotSorry have to share this. Reading is so super exciting, she can't eat the honey-toast.

#RaisingReaders
#ProudMum

Bookworm83 Love this! 7y
Maike Das war damals eins meiner Lieblingsbücher, eine sehr gute Wahl ??? 7y
julesG @Maike Sie mag es auch total. Wir haben es nur als Taschenbuch und Hoerbuch, das kann man so oft lesen. 7y
Lmstraubie 💛💚💙 7y
scripturient 😍 7y
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julesG
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My daughter is reading her second book and wanted to share a quote with you. It's about the house of the little witch.

"Ein Hexenhaus ohne Backofen waere kein richtiges Hexenhaus."

A witch's house without an oven wouldn't be a real witch's house.
#raisingreaders

Beckys_Books So true! 7y
Jinjer That is a VERY good point! And it wouldn't be just a regular oven like we have in our own kitchens would it?🤔😬😳😱 7y
julesG @Jinjer Of course not. It's certainly a woodfire oven made of bricks. Very old-fashioned. 7y
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Sarah83
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Da ich das Ende nicht vorweg nehmen will, eine Zeichnung von der Prüfung. Wird die kleine Hexe die bestehen? Kleiner Tipp, selber lesen. 😉

As I don't want to spoil around, here is one drawing at the test. Will the little witch make it up? Little hint, read it yourself. 😉

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Sarah83
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I guess you like some more illustrations? 😍

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Sarah83
The Little Witch | Otfried Preussler
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Just another lovely one 😍

RealBooks4ever I love these illustrations! 💜💜💜 8y
Sarah83 @RealBooks4ever Me to. 😍 I often search for these 'special editions'. 😙 8y
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Sarah83
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Ich liebe diese Zeichnungen. 😍

I love these drawings. 😍

scripturient One of my childhood favorites. :) 8y
Sarah83 @scripturient which others did you love? 8y
scripturient @Sarah83 Mein absolutes Lieblingsbuch war 'Sabinchen Nimmersatt'. Dann noch Swimmy und Der Wassermann und später Ronja Räubertochter und Fünf Freunde. Noch später Die unendliche Geschichte und die Hohlbein Bücher. Ach ja, und Bille und Zottel. ? 8y
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scripturient Bei dir? :) 8y
Sarah83 @scripturient Soviele? 😂 Warst schon immer ein Bücherwurm. 😉 Ich hab Hanni und Nanni geliebt. Pippi Langstrumpf, Kommissar Kugelblitz und alle historischen Kinderbücher. 😎 8y
Tasau @Sarah83 Das war mein absolutes Lieblingsbuch. Ich weiß gar nicht, wir oft ich das als Kind gelesen habe❤ 8y
Sarah83 @Tasau Ich kann auch nicht sagen, wie oft meine Mama es mir vorgelesen hat. 😉 8y
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Sarah83
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Habt ihr auch ein Lieblingskinderbuch? Meins ist dieses. Nun,nicht genau das,weil meins war,irgendwann als ich älter wurde,in den Kindergarten gegeben worden.Somit musste ich über Jahre suchen,bis ich es endlich wiedergefunden habe.Das Problem war die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung & die 'Diskriminierung' die in der Ursprungsfassung auftreten soll.Ich wollte aber 'mein' Kinderbuch 😂 So sitz ich nun in der Sonne auf der Couch und freue mich. 😍

Sarah83 Do you have a favourite child book? Mine is this one. Not exactly this one, because my edition went to my kindergarten, when I was 'too old' for it. So I had to search for years for this edition. In Germany there was a new orthography published and within the text there should be discriminated phrases. But this was my childhood edition. So I sit now on my sofa in the sun and I'm happy with my book. 😎 8y
LeahBergen I love to hunt down the same editions of lost childhood favourites. This one looks awesome! 8y
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Maike Die kleine Hexe war auch eins meiner Kindheitslieblinge ? ich habe da die alte Edition meines Vaters geerbt, samt Kritzeleien in den Illustrationen von ihm und seinen Brüdern ? 8y
Sarah83 @LeahBergen Yes it is really beautiful 😄 8y
Sarah83 @Maike Schön, dass du deine alte Ausgabe hast. 😉 Meine ist jetzt zumindest aus den 90er Jahren. 😉 8y
Redwritinghood My German is rusty so sorry if I'm way off topic, but I didn't realize until you asked that I honestly can't immediately recall a favorite childhood book. Very weird. If I had to say maybe Little House on the Prairie or Boxcar Children because our teacher read them to us in 1st grade. I notice that with Boxcar Children, the covers do change depending on the era - I have copies where they're wearing these horrible 80s clothes. 8y
Sarah83 I also loved books teachers read to us. 😍 8y
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MarticaMustRead
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Good night fellow Littens....😴

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Maike
The Little Witch | Otfried Preussler
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Most of my #usedbooks are from the Random Book Club, where they send you a random used book each month. I also love browsing second hand stores!

I will have to leave out the next two days of #augustofpages #augustphotochallenge because I'm at a festival 😅

Lindy The Random Book Club sounds too random for me. I have eclectic tastes, but I'm fussy too, if that makes sense. 8y
Maike @Lindy I wanted to try it at least once but I don't think I'll do it again. Like you said, it is really too random 😅 8y
rockpools I love the idea of this! I'm sure it would drive me crackers, but I'm SO tempted! 8y
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