Thank you so much to DK Children’s and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

Anderson house is a retirement home for witches, an array of characters that all live together no longer practising. Then one day Myrtle is called upon by a child named Henry, his Guinea-Pig is missing and needs her to fly to the woods and find him. Setting up a new adventure that the retired witch never expected.

This was so much fun, from start to finish it was fun. It was incredibly wacky as you’d expect from retired witches, it showed kindness, had a fun adventure, miss matched magic and large illustrations throughout.

I really enjoyed learning about all the different witches, each one had a different skill set, but not one of them actively practised their craft anymore. I liked that this book heavily focused on one witch, sharing her story about her being a flying witch, it was so exciting seeing her learning to use her magic again.

Henry and his missing pet and needing their help was funny, I liked that we never actually got the explanation for why he lost his pet. But I loved how Myrtle was so kind and willing to help him regardless of that she’d not being flying for years.

The illustrations were the biggest highlight in the book though, they were large and perfectly captured the story, the characters, the magic. I adored spending lots of time looking at them all, seeing all the different aspects within the pages. From seeing all the witches and their familiars, to the maps of the house and street, to the story pages themselves. The illustrations were so masterfully created and enhanced an already fun story so much more.

I highly recommend this book, it’s going to be a perfect read during the spooky month, but also great anytime of year. It’s got so many fun elements and young ones would definitely enjoy reading this fun and wacky story and looking at all the illustrations.

Anderson House is a retirement home for witches, where Myrtle is struggling with a very particular problem. Luckily, and a little unexpectedly, she has friends ready to help her out...

This is a charming, well-illustrated story that will undoubtedly appeal to readers in the target group.

It gets 3.5 stars.