Die kleine Hexe geht auf Reisen

Lotje/Lizzy #4

by Lieve Baeten

When Trixie comes to visit, Lizzy, the Little Witch, decides to conjure up a magic carpet for them. “Abracadabra, abracaduss, Carpet, oh, carpet, Fly away with us!”she chants, and PRESTO! they’re up and away on an all-night adventure! Fly with Lizzy and Trixie as they visit the Caravan Witch, the Boat Witch, and, most fantastic of all, the Balloon Witch.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fantasy, Halloween, Magic

28 pages, Hardcover

First published November 18, 1998

About the author

Lieve Baeten was a Flemish author and illustrator, best known for her picture-book series about Lotje, the curious little witch. She studied graphic design at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, and married Koen Fossey in 1976.

Baeten's stories about Lotje (Patou in French, Die kleine Hexe in German, and Lizzie in English) have been translated into fourteen languages, and the author/artist has received several important prizes, from the "Boekenpauw" in 1993 for Nieuwsgierige Lotje (The Curious Little Witch), to the "Kinderboekwinkelprijs" in 1995 for Lotje is Jarig (Happy Birthday, Little Witch!).

Baeten was killed in a car accident in 2001.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 4 out of 5]

Each Little Witch I read makes me loves this wonderful series more. These are fantastic and wonderful books. The Little Witch is having a sleep over with Trixie and they decide to have an adventure. Little Witch uses her magic on a carpet so they have a flying carpet and they go sailing out in the night looking for interesting witches. They find them in the Caravan witch and the boat witch to name a few.

I love the story and I love the illustrations. Each page has so much detail and it sets a mood and a tone that's perfect. She like doing the 3/4 length page on some of them that when you turn the page, there is now detail at what was hinted. It's a nice effect. In this one, but it also a fold out that doubles the size of the page and it is impressive.

I would like to own all these books. They are a treasure. Both the niece and nephew love these books. This one got 5 stars from both of them. We discussed where we would ride our magic carpet to if we had one. The niece would go to NYC while the nephew wants to go to Franken Berry's Monster Mansion.

[Kelly (Maybedog) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my least favorite of this series. The fold out pages seem like an after thought: they aren't different depictions of the same scene like in the others. The story is cute and the illustrations are great as always. I liked that, as in other books, the text mentions that witches sleep during the day and are awake at night. The best part is when the two girls have to land because the youngest has to go pee. This is the second book in the series in which urination is mentioned which makes these quite popular with the kids. Of course there was a frog in the potty (a bucket) so the child fell off and overboard. Pretty funny. That moves it from 3.5 to 4 stars.

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lieve Baeten's curious little witch returns in this delightful picture-book, first published in Dutch as Lotje en de Heksenprinses ("Lottie and the Witch Princess"), in which she plays hostess to her cousin Trixie, with whom she embarks upon a magical night-time carpet ride. Flying through the night skies, Lizzy and Trixie, dubbed the "Witch Princess" in an impromptu moment of make-believe, come upon a series of traveling adult witches - a Caravan Witch, a Boat Witch and a Balloon Witch - who each provide them with (temporary) shelter and company, until finally, just as dawn approaches, they arrive back home...

The second of Lizzy's witchy adventures to be published in English by North-South books, Up and Away With the Little Witch has all the magic of the original, with an entertaining adventure story - exciting enough to keep younger readers involved, but not so scary that they might be disturbed or upset - and winsome illustrations. As with the first title, there are half and three-quarter pages which give the book a sort of "lift-the-flap" quality, and a final four-page fold-out that is just magnificent! Highly recommended to anyone who enjoyed The Curious Little Witch , or who likes gentler witchy tales, ala Dorrie the Little Witch !

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tonight I read a string of 2-star picture books and was prepared to not be impressed with this one, too.

But I am CHARMED.

I love the shaggy pencil drawings, I love the pointy little witchy noses, I love that the girls only land among other witches (are they living in a completely witchy world, or are only witches awake at night, or are they just extraordinarily lucky?), I love the detail of the marvelous witchy homes, I love the alternating narrow-cut pages that act as lift-the-flaps. I love that this is JUST A STORY. With NO MESSAGE. (Quite a few of tonight's picture books had Messages.)

Seriously, how can you not love a journey that must be paused because "the little Witch Princess needs to pee!" And how can you not love the Boat Witch who says immediately, "A Witch Princess! What an honor! I have an especially pretty potty for a Witch Princess." I mean, really.

PS. I just now saw the Coke cans tied with string to the floating witchy hammock at Lizzy's house. LOVE.

[Jelka · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story was very simple but the design of the book is really cool.

[Neele · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die Bilder sind so schön. Der ganze Vibe dieser Welt ist so cool.

[Caro Serneels]

5-jarigen: Halloween

[sastrapertala · Rating 4 out of 5]

dapet buku ini pas diskonan. hardcover, tipis, tapi gambarnya bagus. kadang, ada beberapa halaman yang lebarnya cuma 3/4 halaman asli, tapi kalau dibolak-balik gambarnya bisa nyambung dengan halaman sebelum/sesudahnya. ada juga halaman yg kalau dibuka lipatannya, ternyata menyimpan halaman raksasa yang gambarnya juga indah seperti juga halaman lain buku ini.

oia, dari tadi ngomongin fisik buku, belum bicara isinya :) ini kisah anak-anak fantasi, ttg kakak-beradik Trixi dan Lisbet yang pergi bertualang dg karpet ajaibnya melintasi padang rumput, gurun, rawa-rawa, kemudian bertemu dengan wanita tukang sirkus keliling, melihat rumah-kapal (asyik banget..kya rumah portabel yg ditaruh di atas kapal kecil gitu), hingga ikut naik balon udara dan melayang-layang di angkasa.

ceritanya seru, gambarnya indah, sayang pake bahasa jerman, untung ada penerjemah amatiran di rumah, jd nggak "buta2" amat ;)

[Alix Centner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Up and Away was a sweet fantasy book made just for little girls. I really enjoyed how detailed the pictures were and there were a few pages that were half pages, where it mixed up the flow of the book. In the book was a page that opened up to reveal a picture of a hot air balloon. I found this page to be the most interesting because it was different and had an element that most children's books do not have. The one thing that I would say was lacking was the text in the story. I feel that it was short and not too creative, and overall I did not like it.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 7 yr old little man loved the detail in the pictures, and guessing where the light was coming from, and that the girls went to sleep in the daytime. The fold-out page of the balloon-witch was magnificent - washing and all.

A wonderful bedtime read 4-8 yo.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I thought the story was okay, I think the illustrations really make this book. Great details and fun elements (such as different sized pages and a huge fold out page) make this a particularly fun Halloween story.

[Bridgette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was an excellent book to read with my daughter. It had great artwork. Best of all, all the characters in the book are witches and they are all kind, generous people who are shown as human. It's a great book for Pagans to read to their children.

[Kristi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute picture book story about Trixie's visit with Lizzy--the little witch and their adventure one night on a magic carpet. They visit the Caravan Witch, the Boat Witch and the Balloon Witch for food, entertainment and even a potty break with a surprise.

[Mips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nederlandse titel "Lotje en de Heksenprinses"

[Shanshad Whelan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations are the best part!

[Ardis · Rating 2 out of 5]

eh.

[Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loves all the little witch book series!

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful!

[Liselotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lotje BLIJFT een leuke boekenserie. De review van mijn groep 2 volgt nog!

[LadyGwethelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sehr süß und lustige Charaktere.

[Jvermeersch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gelijkaardig aan de andere van Lotje; een goeike dus.

[♡ Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die kleine Hexe Lisbet unternimmt mit Hexenkind Trixie eine Reise auf einem fliegenden Teppich und lernt dabei interessante andere Hexen kennen.
Sehr süß erzählt, eher ruhig, nicht aufregend. Ideal als Gute-Nacht-Geschichte.
Hat mir sehr gut gefallen und Spaß gemacht. Schön auch für Erstleser.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pictures in this book were very intricate and beautifully drawn. A nice quick bedtime story!