Review - Dorrie and the Witch's Imp

Dorrie and the Witch's Imp (Dorrie the Little Witch #12)
by Patricia Coombs
Date: 1975
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 48
Format: e-book
Source: Open Library

When a new group of witches moves into Glumglen, a nearby town, the Big Witch invites them to dinner. As the Big Witch is leaving to pick up her new dress, a visitor, Gloris, arrives to fill in for Cook. While the Big Witch is away, Dorrie helps Gloris prepare dinner. Dorrie quickly becomes suspicious of Gloris, and rightfully so. Gloris does her best to get Dorrie out of the way, and even conjures up an imp to replace Dorrie.

(synopsis from Goodreads)

This is probably one of the weaker Dorrie titles I've read so far, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. In this story, a wicked witch takes Cook's place and tries to affect all the witches of Glumglen (and the Big Witch herself) with a nasty, magical soup. But Dorrie figures out something is wrong. The bad witch (whose name is Gloris) figures that Dorrie's going to get in the way, so she conjures up an imp that looks a lot like Dorrie... except with matching socks and a non-crooked hat! Then she locks the real Dorrie in the bathroom with a silencing spell. Dorrie, clever child that she is, figures out a way to stop Gloris's evil plot and save all the other witches.

There are a few bits of writing in this book that I'm not crazy about, and I'm not satisfied with the explanation for what happened to Cook, so I don't feel right rating this any higher. Still, it's a fun old book, and great for Dorrie fans!

Quotable moment:

Premise: 3/5
Meter: n/a
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 3/5
Originality: 4/5

Enjoyment: 4/5

Overall: 3.5 out of 5