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Ruth Chew (1920–2010)

Author of The Wednesday Witch

35+ Works 3,367 Members 63 Reviews 6 Favorited

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Works by Ruth Chew

The Wednesday Witch (1969) 320 copies
What the Witch Left (1973) 272 copies
The Wishing Tree (1980) 222 copies
No Such Thing as a Witch (1971) 202 copies
The Trouble with Magic (1976) 178 copies
The Witch's Buttons (1871) 164 copies
Magic in the Park (1972) 162 copies
Summer Magic (1977) 147 copies
Witch In the House (1976) — Author — 130 copies
Second-hand Magic (1981) 114 copies
Baked Beans for Breakfast (1970) 104 copies
Do It Yourself Magic (1987) 99 copies
Witch's Broom (1977) 99 copies
Trapped in Time (1825) 94 copies
The Witch at the Window (1984) 92 copies

Associated Works

Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark (1978) — Illustrator — 1,085 copies

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Children Tree Underground in Name that Book (March 2012)
YA book with some fantasy elements in Name that Book (December 2011)
Childrens fun book- Boy and a modern witch in Name that Book (September 2010)

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BooksInMirror | 1 other review | Feb 19, 2024 |
I had only vague but happy memories of reading this book as a little girl, remembering the slightly incompetent witch who rode a vacuum cleaner instead of a broom and her talking black cat who helped a little girl with her homework. Rereading this as an adult was a pleasure, though the story is certainly dated now. But the humor and delightfully sensible nonsense is still there. Most of all, I was thrilled to uncover the origin story of one of our family quirks: Whenever we pile in the car after a long day’s activities, we all say, “Home, James!” I had forgotten why, except that it was just one of those silly things that families do. And now I remember how it started: In this book, the flying vacuum cleaner is named James, and when the witch is done making mischief on Wednesdays, she mounts the vacuum and shouts, “Home, James!”… (more)
 
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Doodlebug34 | 5 other reviews | Jan 1, 2024 |
You know how great a book must be when you still remember how it fired your little girl imagination. Probably Ruth Chew is singlehandedly responsible for my lifelong love of fantasy and horror stories.
 
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Doodlebug34 | 5 other reviews | Jan 1, 2024 |
Many of Ruth Chew's books have been gathered together in an umbrella series called "Matter-of-Fact Magic" and that is an appropriate description of her style. The fourth graders of this book encounter a magic tree, just accept it for what it is, have a few mild adventures because of it, and then just shrug when things come to an end. And the book does just end instead of coming to a conclusion or having a point.

Meh.
 
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villemezbrown | 3 other reviews | Sep 24, 2023 |

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