Category: Aleesah Darlison

Little Witch: Secrets & Spells

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Little Witch: Secrets & Spells is written by Australian author Aleesah Darlison and is published by Big Sky Publishing. Aleesah Darlison has written over 36 books and is an award-winning author. This book was illustrated by Christine Schiedel. Both Aleesah and Christine are both amazing at making stories come to life.

Little Witch: Secrets and Spells is book number 1 in the LITTLE WITCH Series out of 3 written books.

When Courtney’s strange, and so-called scary grandmother dies, her family including her mum, and dad go up to Mixton Bay for the summer holidays, but Courtney could not think of anything more horrific. No TV, no friends, no pizza shop, no internet, no online games, nothing! And what’s worse, of course, her mum and dad want to redo and renovate the house, which means that Courtney and her family will have to stay longer than intended, great!

Courtney hates everything from the very first second, but when she finds one of her grandmother’s old books in the attic, in a box with her name on it, it changes everything! Courtney learns about her and her dads history and why he left home at a young age, she also learns that the females in her family have a long history in doing witchcraft, but will Courtney find out the real truth about why her grandma left her the book? And does it help when Courtney find magic in the house, where least expected? Maybe not!

Join Courtney on fun adventures, disagreements and exciting mysteries until the last page is read. If you would like to find out what happens next, pick up a copy of this amazing book and read to the end.

This book is a great read, exciting and full of adventure! I love this book because of all the action, and adventure, and I couldn’t stop reading till the very end. Aleesah Darlison let her imagination run loose and wrote an AMAZING book, which builds a whole new world in our minds as we read through Courtney’s adventures.

If you would like to see the trailer for the LITTLE WITCH series, you can watch it below:

Little Witch: Hauntings & Hexes

On By LisaIn Aleesah Darlison, Junior Fiction, Kids, Little Witch series3 Comments

Little Witch: Hauntings & Hexes is written by Australian author Aleesah Darlison and is published by Big Sky Publishing. Aleesah Darlison has written over 36 books and is an award-winning author. This book was illustrated by Christine Schiedel and wouldn’t have made it on the shelves if Aleesah or Christine wouldn’t have started on it.

Little Witch: Hauntings & Hexes is book number 2 in the LITTLE WITCH Series.

The summer holidays are ending, and it is time for Courtney to start at her new school in Mixton Bay. But making new friends, doing lessons, working on homework and practising her witchcraft might be a bit too much for her. All Courtney wishes for is that she doesn’t have to go to school and that the summer holidays won’t end! Courtney has been practising her witchcraft during the holidays and has been trying to make her own spells but they don’t work!

Fitting in at school might not be the easiest thing to do for Courtney, as she has way too many things on her mind, as well as trying to make friends and be a normal schoolgirl. On her first day Courtney has too many butterflies in her tummy and tries a spell to get rid of them, but… the spell goes wrong!

As Courtney’s powers increase, she learns more and more, and the challenges that she face are harder and require lots of concentration and the situations start to intensify.  When Courtney accidentally lets a bad, naughty and troublesome spirit into the world, things get out of control. When Courtney goes to the cemetery to visit her grandmother’s grave, she finds an unknown family crypt, while she is trying to get out of the rain. There she meets a ghost and gets scared out of her wits! Desperate to advance in the ways of witchcraft, Courtney pushes herself to her limits, that then lead to lots of mistakes.

Things start to get dangerous for Courtney and the people closest to her. It is up to Courtney, her grandmother’s magical cat, Ink, and her witch friends to save the day. Will things turn out alright after all? If you would like to find out what happens next, pick up a copy of this fantastic book and read to the end.

This book is a great read, exciting and full of adventure! I love this book because I was looking for something new to read, and I stumbled upon it in the school library, and couldn’t stop reading till the very end. Aleesah Darlison let her imagination run loose and wrote an AMAZING book, which builds a whole new world in our minds as we read through Courtney’s adventures.

If you would like to see the trailer for the LITTLE WITCH series, you can watch it below:

Yay! It’s Library Day!

On By LisaIn Aleesah Darlison, Events, Kids1 Comment

Yay! It’s Library Day! is a picture book written by Australian author Aleesah Darlison published by Wombat Books and illustrated by students from all over Australia, who chosen to work on this project after an illustration competition. Aleesah Darlison has written over 36 books and is an award-winning author. She is currently touring Australia to launch Yay! It’s Library Day! and hold creative workshops at various schools and venues.

In this newly launched book, Oliver and Ivy wake up one morning, run into their parents bedroom and wake them with shouts of joy, “Yay! It’s Library Day!” As he promised, their dad takes them to the library and they scour the shelves looking for the perfect books. As they pick up and start reading a book, they get so absorbed in it that they feel it real and their whole world transforms around them. They see dancing elephants in tuxedos, go to fairytale lands, have ocean adventures, and fly across the sky on a magic carpet.

This book is a good read, exciting and easy to relate to. The experiences described in the book are those of every day readers, as we tend to let our imagination loose and build a whole world in our minds as we read.

I enjoyed being part of the launch event, hearing Aleesah talk about the way she writes, and looking at the students’ illustrations in the book. Our school is lucky to have one of our former student’s drawing featured in Yay! It’s Library Day! 

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Little Meerkat

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Little Meerkat is written by Aleesah Darlinson and illustrated by Shannon Melville and it was published by Wombat Books in 2014.

This book is perfect for younger kids as they will learn to listen to parent advice to stay safe.

The story is about a Little Meerkat who is adventurous and who doesn’t want to be a baby anymore. Little Meerkat wants to be a heroic hunter, expert tracker, eagle-eyed lookout, silent stealthy scout, scorpion warrior, superbly powerful swimmer and an intrepid explorer. Little Meerkat takes turns in trying to be each of these and the story beautifully and with humour shows how this works.

The story has rhythm and rhyme that builds up and gets you excited and curious from the beginning all the way to the end. It has lots of funny parts, it is interesting and educational.