the witch's buttons [Paperback]

ruth chew (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic; First Edition edition (1974)
• ISBN-10: 0590419072
• ISBN-13: 978-0590419079
• ASIN: B000RZBB3I
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #714,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars witch's buttons, November 9, 2004

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This review is from: The Witch's Buttons (Paperback)

I absolutely loved Ruth Chew books as a child and wish they would reprint them. Harry Potter is great, but with several hundred pages and some violence they're not appropriate for young grade schoolers. I read this book in the second grade and I still remember it. I wish my little girl who is 6 had everyone of these wonderful books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical Adventure!, February 17, 2006

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Alex Honda "onyx575" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I remembered reading this book in the fifth grade and it set my imagination soaring!

The story revolved around a witch who cast a spell on these buttons, one was actually a man/wizard who she shrank down to button size and another was a flying saucer. From what I can recall, the two friends (along with the reader) find these things out as they go along, and the story twists and turns with surprises every step of the way.

One scene has the two friends shrinking down in size, so they can fit into the flying saucer button and then take it for a ride, to spy on the witch.

I've read two other of Ruth Chew's books, Witch's Broom and Wednesday Witch, and both were equally delightful. It's a shame that all of Ms. Chew's books are no longer in print.

It would be amazing to see one of her stories adapted into a motion picture.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A witchy adventure!, June 2, 2005

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Isabelle Mader (North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Witch's Buttons (Paperback)

I read this book back when I was back in early grade school and I thought it had a very original storyline. It is not a scary book, but has more of an updated, Nancy Drew Witchy-feeling adventure kind of theme to it. I definitely recommend it for the kids!