December OSCAR - Old Ottawa South

Page 22 The th OSCAR - OUR 38 YEAR
DEC 2011
Sips from the Poetry Café
“You Better Watch Out The Little Witches Are Coming To Town”
By Susan J. Atkinson
You better watch out.
You better not cry.
You better not pout I’m telling you why.
The Little Witches from Little Witch Press
are coming to town.
What’s that you say? The Witches are
coming to town? That’s right you heard
right. The Witches are back with their
latest tale of adventure and excitement. Witches
Don’t Do Winter is the new title of the local trio’s
fourth book and they are very excited to share its
release with the neighbourhood. The Little Witches
will be holding a launch party filled with afternoon
fun and frivolity on Saturday December 3 at the
Firehall Community Center (Sunnyside Avenue)
between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Don’t pack away
your costumes just yet: you’ll want to dress up
to experience the full fun of what will be a great
afternoon of surprises.
Witches Don’t Do Winter is a charming story
set against the backdrop of Canadian winters and
the joys they can bring. The story begins when
Pansy Witch, the little witch who usually hibernates
through out the winter is woken unexpectedly
during the height of the snowy months. Unable
to fall back to sleep and with some pushing and
prodding from her friends to embrace the wonders
of winter, Pansy finds herself trying all kinds of new
and adventurous pastimes.
Despite her friends’ best efforts Pansy remains
unconvinced of the merits of this ‘somewhat
controversial’ season. The story however, does not
end with Pansy’s passionate outburst that “winter
is not for me” and ultimately the story is one of
friendship and an unexpected change of heart.
This new book comes by its inspiration honestly.
As those of you who read my small offerings each
month know, I am not a huge fan of winter so the
idea of hibernating through what I feel are cold
undesirable months is very appealing. As it turns
out through the sharing of this book from concept
to publication it appears quite a few people feel this
way.
The ‘real’ Little Witches, author Susan J.
Atkinson, illustrator, Elizabeth Todd Doyle and
designer Kim Dalrymple are very excited about
this new release which takes their little witches
beyond Halloween night and somewhat answers the
questions posed by their first two books, Where Do
Witches Go? and What Do Witches Do?
Fresh from an incredibly busy and successful
‘haunting’ season the trio are thrilled to be able to
extend their book readings and appearances. They
are particularly excited about sharing the reading of
this new title with their audience and promise some
new surprises. Mark it on the calendar to join the
trio as they entertain in what is guaranteed to be a
spell-binding performance! The Little Witches are
cooking up something special for this event and
promise there will be lots to amuse both young
and old. You can also follow the witches at www.
littlewitchpress.com and on the witches’ blogspot
to find out where else they will be flying to during
December and the Holiday season. See you on
December 3!
Just to whet the appetite of our young readers,
here’s a little excerpt from the forthcoming story,
Witches Don’t Do Winter
“Wasn’t that awesome!” shouted Bella.
“That was not awesome.” Pansy scowled. “That
was awful. My dress is wet. My hair is a mess. I was
scared out of my mind and I’m cold. If this is winter
it’s definitely not for me.”
And with that Pansy stomped towards home.
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