The Witch's Egg by Madeleine Edmondson Vintage Paperback Children's Book
This wonderful little read is vintage A Dell Yearling Book.
Back reads in part:
"Agatha, a bad-tempered old witch, wanted nothing to do with the abandoned egg she had found ... But ... if a stupid bird can hatch an egg, she thought, a witch most certainly can. And she did. ... Agatha spent her nights catching bugs to feed the tiny cuckoo and she taught him how to fly. Then she taught him to be a Witchbird. But autumn came and Witchbird had to fly south ..."
Published by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., Fourth Dell Printing, April, 1979.
42 Pages.
Good condition. There is a dedication handwritten in ink on the inside cover page (see photo).
~ Printed in the USA ~
This wonderful little read is vintage A Dell Yearling Book.
Back reads in part:
"Agatha, a bad-tempered old witch, wanted nothing to do with the abandoned egg she had found ... But ... if a stupid bird can hatch an egg, she thought, a witch most certainly can. And she did. ... Agatha spent her nights catching bugs to feed the tiny cuckoo and she taught him how to fly. Then she taught him to be a Witchbird. But autumn came and Witchbird had to fly south ..."
Published by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., Fourth Dell Printing, April, 1979.
42 Pages.
Good condition. There is a dedication handwritten in ink on the inside cover page (see photo).
~ Printed in the USA ~
