This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1984 by Ruth Chew
Jacket art copyright © 2014 by David Hohn
All rights reserved.
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Originally published in the United States by Scholastic, Inc., New York, in 1984.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chew, Ruth, author, illustrator.
The witch at the window / by Ruth Chew; with illustrations by the author. — First Random House edition.
p. cm.
“A Stepping Stone book.”
Summary: When Nick and Marjorie find a large wooden spoon in the park, they find themselves in an adventure involving a talking starling, a witch, a hollow tree, and a book of magic spells.
ISBN 978-0-449-81563-2 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-449-81566-3 (tr. pbk.) —
ISBN 978-0-449-81565-6 (ebook)
1. Magic—Juvenile fiction. 2. Witches—Juvenile fiction. 3. Brothers and sisters—Juvenile fiction. [1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Witches—Fiction.
3. Brothers and sisters—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C429Whrk 2014 813.54—dc23 2013035054
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