{"product_id":"which-witch-eva-ibbotson","title":"Which Witch? (Eva Ibbotson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhich Witch?\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly witty tale of magic and marriage by Eva Ibbotson, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Find me a witch!' cried Arriman the Awful, feared Wizard of the North.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriman has decided to marry. His wife must be a witch of the darkest powers - but which witch will she be? To find the most fiendish, he holds a spell-casting competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlamorous Madame Olympia performs the terrifying Symphony of Death and conjures up a thousand plague-bearing rats. The magic of gentle Belladonna, the white witch, goes hopelessly wrong. She produces perfumed flowers instead of snakes. And bats roost in her golden hair instead of becoming blood-sucking vampires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoor Belladonna longs to be an evil enchantress - but how?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This kind of fun will never fail to delight' - Philip Pullman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEva Ibbotson was born in Vienna in 1925 and moved  to England with her father when the Nazis came into power.   Ibbotson wrote more than twenty books for children and young adults,  many of which garnered nominations for major awards for children's  literature in the UK, including the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the  Whitbread Prize.   Eva's critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eJourney to the River Sea\u003c\/i\u003e won the  Smarties Gold Medal in 2001. Set in the Amazon, it was written in honour  of her deceased husband Alan, a former naturalist.   Imaginative and humorous, Eva's books often convey her love of nature,  in particular the Austrian countryside, which is evident in works such  as \u003ci\u003eThe Star Of Kazan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Song For Summer\u003c\/i\u003e.   Eva passed away at her home in Newcastle on October 20th 2010. Her final book, \u003ci\u003eOne Dog and His Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in May 2011.\n\u003cp\u003eAlex T. Smith has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveller, cake maker, professional rabbit), Alex decided to train to do the job he'd wanted to do since he was five - an illustrator specializing in the world of children's publishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlex graduated with a first-class degree in Illustration in 2006 and also won second place in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in his final year. Since then Alex has gone on to work for a wide variety of clients, not just in the publishing industry, as well as writing and illustrating his own picture books, many of which have won prizes and have been read on TV during the Bedtime Hour on the CBeebies channel. Alex is also the creator of the bestselling Claude series for early readers, now an animated TV series on Disney Junior. His wonderful Christmas adventure \u003ci\u003eHow Winston Delivered Christmas \u003c\/i\u003eis published by Macmillan Children's Books. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen not working, Alex enjoys doodling in his sketchbook, reading, people-watching and eavesdropping. He is also a big fan of cake and a nice cup of tea. He lives with and under the constant 'supervision' of his canine companions in Warwickshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 208 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63410841354589,"sku":"K061060718","price":8.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/222344-6106071800001A.jpg?v=1770960819","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/which-witch-eva-ibbotson","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}