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When the sandwiches were all gone and the last drop of lemonade drunk, they put their litter in a trash basket. Then they went to the lake. Barbara saw a flock of mallard ducks swimming toward the shore. She stood on the stone wall at the edge of the lake. “Look at that funny duck!” One of the ducks had a much longer neck than the others. It was a different color too. Instead of being brown or ha…
About this book
He's short and tubby. He wears a funny hat and carries a magic umbrella. He pals around with a sea serpent named George. He can make the most wonderful magic—sometimes. When the wizard sets up housekeeping in their attic, Barbara and her brother Rick discover that magic can also be a very tricky thing. Ruth Chew has a special talent for blending magical events with realistic settings and characters. Her numerous books about slightly offbeat witches have earned her a large and loyal following. Like most Ruth Chew fantasies, this story takes place in Brooklyn, New York, in the neighborhood where the author herself lives.
Themes & subjects
WizardsMagicFictionChildren's fictionMagic, fictionPicture books
Setting
BrooklynNY
About the author
Ruth Chew
April 8, 1920 – May 13, 2010
Ruth Chew was born on April 8, 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated Western High School in 1936 and attended the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC for 4 years. Even as a child, Ruth was determined to at first be a artist. (Which she illustrated most of her books.) She also believed that the only reason why she passed biology in High School was because of her incredible drawings she drew of the specimens she was studying. Many of her books, many of which are fantasy usually including witches, were inspired by her belief in magic. She believed in magic, saying she would trust magic's intuition before she trusted that 2+2=4. Growing up she hated science and math. She married…
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