Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest

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An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, from award-winning author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl. i read all of them back to back and was weeping a bit at how they all folded together, and how dreamy and precious each storyline was paired with the cozy art style. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead we just march through the four seasons doing a whole lot of nothing except walking around a tiny village peopled with all sorts of elves, gnomes, and forest critters.

The writing is lush and lyrical, and the textured, earth-toned illustrations expertly capture Hazel’s world, both cozy and gloriously wild . Little Witch Hazel is a beautiful ode to nature, friendship, wild things and the seasons that only Phoebe Wahl could create: an instant classic and a book that readers will pore over time and time again. The writing is lush and lyrical, and the textured, earth-toned illustrations expertly capture Hazel's world, both cozy and gloriously wild .Anyone who is a fan of Elsa Beskow, Sibylle von Olfers , or David the Gnome will adore Wahl's "Little Witch Hazel" and add it to their shelves. phoebe is a precious little witch living amongst fairies and mice and friends, and each of these four little stories focuses on a new season. The non-scary forest she inhabits is filled with magical folk, making this a sweet and gentle read-aloud for even the smallest humans. The heart of this story is a simplistic, community-oriented life, filled with little adages for everyday life and living.

Highly recommended to young fairy-tale enthusiasts, or picture-book readers who enjoy seasonal stories with some magic in them. I'd recommend it to those who enjoy stories about witches of the non-spooky variety, as well as to those who like picture books with a more classic feel. Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest is the first book I have read from Wahl, but I certainly hope it will not be the last!She hatches a random egg she finds in the woods, learns how to relax and take a break, she investigates an eerie noise, and in the end she gets help from an old friend. In Spring: The Orphaned Egg, Hazel cares for an abandoned egg, raising Otis the owl when he hatches. Finally, in Winter: The Blizzard, Hazel finds herself the one in need of help, after her many good deeds aiding all of her friends.

I bought this on a whim for my 7-month-old (who is admittedly more into eating books rather than reading them) and I'm so glad I did! The illustrations are sooo beautiful and full of tiny gem details (for example, in two page spread of creatures floating on leaves on a pond, one of the tiny elves is breastfeeding a baby). I sought this one out (and had it recommended to me) largely on the strength of my interest in witchy picture-books, but having now read it, I think Hazel is less of a witch, in the traditional sense, and more of an elf or woodland sprite.

Liked the story well enough but when I looked at other books by the author I came across her colour in book. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. in Inglese, non so se uscirà in Italiano, comunque il testo è poco ed è facilmente traducibile con un translator. I am obsessed with this picture book and the adorable chubby main character who is now my life inspiration.