The Witches (novel)

Roald Dahl wrote a super spooky book called 'The Witches'. It's about a boy who discovers that witches are real! But these aren't the kind you see in fairy tales.

They hate children and wear disguises to hide their scary secrets. They look like normal ladies, but they have special gloves to hide their claws and special shoes to hide their square feet. They even have no toes!

Their biggest secret is that they want to turn all the children in the world into mice!

The story starts with a young boy visiting his grandma in Norway. His grandma knows all about witches because she grew up in a country where they are very real. She tells him that witches have purple eyes that can see without pupils and that they smell children like dogs smell bones.

She warns him to be very careful, especially when he goes to England, because that's where the most dangerous witches gather. It’s like a secret mission to keep kids safe!

The most powerful witch of all is the Grand High Witch. She's super evil and has a wicked plan! She travels to England to meet all the other witches.

Their mission is to use a magic potion to turn all the children into mice. Imagine going to school and suddenly becoming a tiny mouse! The Grand High Witch is so powerful, she can even make her followers do anything she wants.

It’s a race against time to stop her!

Roald Dahl wrote 'The Witches' a long time ago, in 1983. It was illustrated by Quentin Blake, who made the pictures look just as exciting as the story. This book is so popular that it has been made into movies and even a play! People loved it so much that the Grand High Witch even appeared on a special postage stamp. It shows how much this story has captured people's imaginations.