Twitchy Witchy Itch

Visual hijinks abound as a nervous witch gets swept away with trying to tidy up before company comes—only to discover that being with friends is what really matters.

Tick, tock! Three cups.
Tick, tock! Three saucers.
With nine minutes left, everything was ready.
Or was it?

Itch the witch is having company over for tea. As the clock counts down to tea o’clock, Itch’s mind is in a tizzy: is her house too twitchy? Is her home too itchy? Zipping and zooming, dusting and brooming, Itch sweeps and bewitches the mess away (just in the nick of time). But as soon as her two guests walk in, Itch’s housekeeping comes unraveled. How will Itch tame such an itchy, glitchy, fidgety mess? Rising star Priscilla Tey uses computer-aided design (and evokes familiar computer glitches) to present a delightfully meta, intricately illustrated story that dazzles as it amuses.In an effort to clean her house, a young witch goes too far. . . . Cleverly rendered lesson in the perils of witchy housekeeping.
—Kirkus Reviews

Throughout, the digital and gouache illustrations offer myriad patterns and colors to explore.
—Publishers WeeklyPriscilla Tey is the author-illustrator of In-Between Things, her first book for children. A native of Singapore, she returned home after completing her degree at Rhode Island School of Design and splits her time between illustrating and teaching.