The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster

By: Sally Rippin

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Hardcover | 1 June 2017 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

Age
7+

Dimensions(cm)
18.9 x 14.2

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Written and illustrated by the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, comes Polly and Buster – a junior fiction series about the magic of friendship.

Who ever heard of a witch and a monster being friends?
Everyone knows that witches don’t mix with monsters. Witches are educated, clever, sophisticated. But monsters? Monsters are just uncouth. Some are even dangerous.

But Polly the witch and Buster the feelings monster have been best friends forever.
It’s the sort of friendship that makes your heart squeeze with happiness.
Somehow, they've managed to keep their friendship a secret.
Until one day, when everything changes ...

Shortlisted for the 2020 YABBA Awards, 2018 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children, 2018 Indie Book Awards: Children's, 2018 Reading and Enjoying Australian Literature Awards: Fiction for Younger Readers, 2018 ABA Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award, 2018 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year
A 2018 CBCA Notable Book of the Year for Younger Readers

The Polly and Buster trilogy includes:

The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster
The Mystery of the Magic Stones
The Seach for the Silver Witch

For more wonderful series by Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters series.

Industry Reviews

"What struck me most was the depth of the story. On one level it's as simple as the Billie B Brown stories that Sally is well known for, but beneath the surface, Polly and Buster bubbles with issues that our children, and society as a whole, are (unfortunately) still dealing with ... It really was more of an emotional rollercoaster than I'd expected from both Sally and a book aimed at this age group. But part of Sally's talent is being able to write for an 8-year-old mind whilst managing to beautifully and subtlety explore much larger and darker issues. Magnificent." –L-J Lacey, Three Four Knock on the Door, Independent Children's Bookshop

"I adored this book. I felt my own heart shrink and swell with Buster's as I read this wonderful tale of friendship, peer pressure, hope and doing what's right (even if it feels scary or too big for you)... The kind of book I want everyone I know to read, adult and child!" –Dani Solomon, Readings.

"This book contains all the big themes - friendship, family, empathising with others, holding on to what is right in the face of peer pressure - (and) promises to be the start of a series that middle-primary readers will want to follow." –Books + Publishing.

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