The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Clickard, Carrie

Magic for Sale

32 pp. | Holiday | July, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-3559-3 $16.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-8234-3910-2

(3) K-3 Illustrated by John Shelley. In a story told in sometimes tongue-tripping but often funny limericks and other rhyming text, Georgie braves the elusive Miss Pustula Night's one-stop magic shop and helps a ghost find all the items on his gross-ery list, from spiderwebs to dragon drool. Muted tones in the pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations, as well as creative design elements, heighten the crowded store's mysterious feel.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax