Book Review - 'My Mummy is a Witch' by Helena Garcia (Writer), Jess Rose (Illustrator)

'My Mummy is a Witch' - like 'Witch in Training', it is a nice mother-and-daughter witch picture book.

(Also like 'Dorrie's Magic' and 'I Am a Witch's Cat', and 'Witch Hazel', except that is a grandmother-and-granddaughter story.)

Written by the Great British Baker and witch Helena Garcia, 'My Mummy is a Witch' is full of Halloween whimsy. It is brimming to the cauldron-full of witchery, bats, pumpkins, candles, tea sets, skulls, moving green vines, forests, foxgloves, mushrooms, owls, frogs, the full moon in the night sky, and a broom, a goblin, a fairy, a tree sprite, a dragon, a couple of ghosts, and a wolf (the witch's familiar, it seems; different to a cat). And baking (naturally!). I love the purple, lilac (my favourite colours!), white, black, grey and orange aesthetic. There's green and blue in here, too.

And it is told in rhyme.

It is all so cute and heartfelt! Any witch mother would love to tell it to her child, and any little witchling would delight in it being read to them.

'My Mummy is a Witch' - a wonderful, enchanting, charming little family witch picture book, and witch accessory, containing cool witch accessories. The witch mum always looks amazing!

I recommend it to everyone, but especially fans of 'Witch in Training', and 'Sunday the Sea Witch', which was also written by a witch/wiccan. Though I seem to be the only person on earth who's heard of that picture book - now there's another thing it shares in common with 'My Mummy is a Witch'!

It turns out I wasn't done with my Halloween reads in 2024, after all. This one might truly be my last, but you never know. I seem to be on a roll, towards the end of the year.

Final Score: 4/5