Witches (and a ghost!)

Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, by Marianne Mayer. Morrow Junior Books, 1994
A retelling of the old Russian fairy tale in which beautiful Vasilisa uses the help of her doll to escape from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga, who sets in motion the events that lead to the marriage of Vasilisa to the tzar.
Reading Level: 5.9; Accelerated Reader: 5.3
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Bake Shop Ghost, by Jacqueline K.Ogburn
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Miss Cora Lee Meriweather haunts her bake shop after her death, until the new shop owner makes a deal with her. Reading Level: 3.6; Accelerated Reader: 4.7
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Bony Legs, by Joanna Cole
Simon & Schuster, 1983
When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb
given to her by the witch's cat and dog.
Reading Level: 2.4; Accelerated Reader: 2.5
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Hoodwinked, by Arthur Howard
Harcourt, 2001
A young witch searches for a creepy pet.
Reading Level: 2.9
Accelerated Reader: 2.9

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Lulu Goes to Witch School, by Jane O'Connor
HarperYtophy, 1990
Lulu starts witch school and meets a classmate who is best at everything. Reading Level: 3.0; Accelerated Reader: 2.9
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O'Sullivan Stew, by Hudson Talbott
Putnam's, 1999
When the witch of Crookhaven, a village on the zigzagging coast of Ireland, has her horse stolen by the King and strikes back with famine and disaster, Kate decides to save the day by getting the horse back for her. Reading Level: 3.5; Accelerated Reader: 4.1
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Precious and the Boo Hag, by Pat McKissack
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005
"An Anne Schwartz book." Home alone with a stomachache while the family works in the fields, a young girl faces up to the horrifying Boo Hag that her brother warned her about. Reading Level: 3.2; Accelerated Reader: 3.7
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Three Little Witches, by Gerogie Adams
Hyperion Books, 2002
Map on endpapers.;Originally published: London : Orion Children's Books, 2001. Zoe, Zara, and Ziggy have a series of adventures while arranging a midnight Halloween party, featuring acro-bats, beetleburgers, and a few surprises, for all of their friends in the Magic Wood.Reading Level:4.4; Accelerated Reader: 3.3

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Witches, by Roald Dahl
Puffin, 1998
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Reading Level: 5.0; Accelerated Reader: 4.7
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