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But one little girl wants to fly—more than anything. So on Halloween night, with the moon shining bright and her cat by her side, she gathers herself up, she grips her broom tight, and she tries. And she fails. And she’s brave. And she tries again. Until .. . .

Utterly enchanting, #1 New York Times best-selling author Alison McGhee’s lyrical language and Taeeun Yoo’s transcendent woodcut illustrations create a bewitching tale about finding one’s own path that will send your heart soaring. With its timeless and universal message of self-esteem Only a Witch Can Fly is a classic in the making—and not just for Halloween.

 

Alison McGhee is the award-winning author of numerous books for children and adults, including the New York Times best-selling picture books Somebody, illustrated by Peter Reynolds, and A Very Brave Witch, illustrated by Harry Bliss, and the novel, Shadow Baby, a Pulitzer Prize nominee and a Today Show pick. McGhee is a professor of creative writing at Metropolitan State University, and a founding member of Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Minnesota with her family.

Taeeun Yoo received the Founders Award—for the most promising new talent of the year—from the Society of Illustrators for her debut picture book The Little Red Fish, for which Publishers Weekly in a starred review raved, “exhilarating visual images . . . shutting the book feels like awakening from a dream.” She also illustrated stunning new covers for Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time quintet. Born and raised in Korea, Yoo came to New York City to study illustration at The School of Visual Arts where she earned her MFA. She lives in New York City

 

“Like its protagonist, this book soars.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

“The costumed young witch in Alison McGhee's gentle, poetical fable is a trick-or-treater who returns home disappointed: ‘If you were a young witch, who had not yet flown, and the dark night sky held a round yellow moon ... would you begin to cry, because of your longing to fly?’ Taeeun Yoo's lovely woodcut illustrations show that anything is possible when you believe – especially in a book set on a moon-lit Halloween night.”—USA Today

“This sophisticated picture book is rich with imagination… More personal, quiet, and transcendent than most Halloween books, this is not a call to witchcraft, but rather to following one’s heart.”—Booklist

“This gentle, lyrical tale, written in the unusual poetic stanzas of a medieval sestina, recounts a young trick-or-treater’s dogged attempts to make her dreams of flight come true. …This is a quieter, more reflective addition to Halloween collections that offers an enchanting storytime read-aloud.”—School Library Journal

“Beneath the vintage spooky setting lies a subtle message about perseverance and individuality.”—Publishers Weekly