Wizard and Wart

Wizard and Wart #1

by Janice Lee Smith, Paul Meisel (Illustrator)

It is tragic magic when a blundering Wizard and his dog, Wart, help a lovesick snake win over a cute rabbit, but in the end, the correct spell puts everything right, in an easy-to-read fantasy by the author of the Adam Joshua stories.

Genres: Animals

64 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

She lives and plays in Colorado with her husband, Jim, and their dogs Rosie and Bailey.

Honors/Awards:
Bread Loaf Writer's Conference scholarship, 1981, and fellowship, 1982
Named among the Outstanding Young Women of America, 1981
Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts master arts fellowship grant, 1984, for The Show-and-Tell War, and for The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches: Stories about Adam Joshua
The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches was selected an International Reading Association Children's Choice, 1985
Addi Award, 1987, for advertising booklet

Reviews

[Shannon D. Hall]

My 7yro. really enjoys this series of readers. It's a little blah for my liking, but definitely gives Peyton a feeling of accomplishment when completing this chapter book.

[Amanda Schwind]

Whimsical, yes, but the storyline felt so pointless to me. Animals coming to w wizard to be changed into other animals because they're in love with a different species? What???

[Cheryl]

Aptly juvenile humor. Not episodic... your child will have to read the whole thing to get to the climax and best part. You probably don't want to give it to somebody not ready for it, as it's not worth an adult's time. Imo.

(But I'm going to go ahead and read the other one I got with it anyway. :)

[Sarah]

Cute and funny, but a little long for a level two.