Dorrie and the Haunted Schoolhouse

When the teacher fails to show up for their class on potions and spells, little witches Dorrie and Dither begin the class on their own and turn their class into a hair-raising adventure.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4-- Little witch Dorrie's first day at ghoul school does not get off to a good start, for she can't find her lucky sock. Then, when she and her friends proceed with their first lesson, they make the whole schoolhouse fly up over Witchville. In the end, the students save both the schoolhouse and Professor Zucchini, who had been turned into a blackboard by a mischievous ghost. Coombs's text is great fun for adults as well as children. "A teacher is someone who doesn't get headaches," declares Dorrie's exasperated Big Witch mother. Witch youngsters are frightened by the dark, spooky woods; Professor Zucchini is tranformed by the ghost that flunked; and Lesson One is a modern "Quick Start Broomstick Mix." Coombs further delights readers with the contrast of the brightly colored socks and spell-making chemicals against warm neutral backgrounds. A pink and yellow good-luck spell swirls out of the cauldron, bubble-bath style, inviting readers to discover all the pictures hidden in its shapes. Another winner from this popular author/illustrator. --Claudia Cooper, Ft. Stockton Independent School District, TXCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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