"I know all too well...the beginning of that diary I never wrote-"Ellen, who has been plagued by sickness her whole life, heavily relies on her mother's care and love. When the bond between them decays in a horrific turn of events, Ellen despairs that she'll never get the love she so desperately craves and thinks she's done for-that is, until she crosses paths with a mysterious black cat. The cat offers her powers and a house to live in, which seems to change Ellen's life for the better. But the new witch soon discovers the gruesome secrets within this ever-changing house...

It?s Halloween night, and as the moon rises, four children set off to find the witch?s house. on their way they encounter a host of silly, spooky characters, from a skittle-skattling skeleton to a shirking, lurking Dracula. Can they make it all the way to the witch?s house? or will their fears get the best of them? this humorous take on a favorite holiday begs to be read aloud again and again.

"To be loved-that was my wish. But what is love, truly?"Whether led by fate or by dark forces, a young girl named Viola finds herself at the witch Ellen's door. This chance encounter bursts open the gates of tragedy as Viola, drawn to the mysterious Ellen, becomes entangled in their friendship-and in Ellen's web of lies. In this final volume of The Witch's House: The Diary of Ellen, what new bloody beginnings will unfold from Ellen's house of horrors?

ary witch's house on Halloween night when the witch is out for a spell. Lifting the flaps on each spread reveals a printed acetate window the exact circumference of a standard flashlight. By shining the light through the windows, children can project the scary image on the wall and step right into the story! Full color. 6 spreads.

A town torn apart by fear...There's an old house up on a hill in the woods that the kids call "Halloween House". They accused the mysterious old woman who lived there of being a witch until the rumors got out of hand and the panicked townspeople burned her house down with her in it one Halloween. She only said one thing before she died: "A curse on all of you!"Now, three years later, the spooky holiday approaches again, and Carmen is left in charge of taking her little brother trick-or-treating.But strange things begin happening around the small town.Children are going missing one by one, and the only clue to their disappearance is a gingerbread man left on their windowsill. Now Carmen has to protect her brother so that he doesn't become the next victim as the townspeople descend into insanity all around them. Riddled with fear, they have no one to pin the kidnappings and strange occurrences on.Because the witch is already dead......isn't she?

Available for the first time in hardcover with the lost prologue, excerpts from letters, several short stories, and an interview.

This story of two girls trying to banish a witch is “full of wonderful fun, excitement, and humor” (Library Journal). Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly around on her broomstick, crying “Heh-heh!” and casting abracadabras. But now she has been sent away . . . by two young girls. Amy and Clarissa have decided that Old Witch is just too mean and wicked. So, drawing a rickety old house upon a barren glass hill, they exile Old Witch there with a warning: She better be good, or else no Halloween! But to give Old Witch some company, they draw her a Little Witch Girl and a Weeny Witch Baby . . . Old Witch tries to be good, but anyone would get up to no good in a place as lonely as the glass hill. And Amy and Clarissa are about to find that out, when Old Witch magics them into her world of make-believe-made-real, in “a very special book that is certain to give boundless pleasure—at any time of the year” (The Horn Book). “A classic for Halloween.” —Library Journal