Winnie the Witch (also known as Winnie and Wilbur since 2016) is a series of twenty nine picture books, written by Valerie Thomas and illustrated by Korky Paul. More than seven million books have been sold of the series, and it has been translated into more than 10 languages.
Following on from the success of the picture books, a series of 'young fiction' Winnie the Witch books were written by Laura Owen, also illustrated by Korky Paul. An animated series based on the books was initially produced for Milkshake!, but only two episodes aired as specials.
Book series
The original book Winnie the Witch was first published in 1987. It was reprinted nine times up until 1997 and re-issued with a new cover in 2006. In 2016, the book series was rebranded from Winnie The Witch to Winnie and Wilbur.
Valerie Thomas has worked for many years in education, teaching in schools in Australia and the UK. Korky Paul is an illustrator of children's books. In 1986, he illustrated his first book for Oxford University Press, Winnie the Witch, which won the Red House Children's Book Award in 1988.
Winnie The Witch (1987) Winnie can't find her cat Wilbur in her house, because both her house and Wilbur are black. So she uses magic to turn Wilbur into a variety of colours, each one of which leads to a variety of mishaps and makes Wilbur miserable. In the end, Winnie turns Wilbur back to his original colour and changes the colour of her house instead.
Bibliography
1987 - Winnie the Witch 1996 - Winnie in Winter 1999 - Winnie Flies Again (The Broomstick Ride) 2002 - Winnie's Magic Wand 2003 - Winnie's New Computer 2005 - Winnie at the Seaside 2006 - Winnie's Midnight Dragon 2007 - Happy Birthday, Winnie 2008 - Winnie's Flying Carpet 2009 - Winnie's Amazing Pumpkin 2010 - Winnie in Space 2011 - Winnie Under the Sea 2012 - Winnie's Dinosaur Day 2013 - Winnie's Pirate Adventure 2014 - Winnie's Big Bad Robot 2015 - Winnie's Haunted House 2016 - Winnie And Wilbur: Meet Santa 2017 - Winnie And Wilbur: The Naughty Knight 2018 - Winnie And Wilbur: The Monster Mystery 2019 - Winnie And Wilbur: The Bug Safari 2020 - Winnie And Wilbur: At Chinese New Year 2020 - Winnie And Wilbur: Stay at Home (eBook only) 2020 - Winnie And Wilbur: Around The World 2021 - Winnie And Wilbur: Winnie's Best Friend 2022 - Winnie And Wilbur: The Festival Of Witches 2023 - Winnie And Wilbur: The Witches' Sports Day 2024 - Winnie And Wilbur: Winnie's Witchy Bedtime 2025 - Winnie And Wilbur: Looking for Wilbur 2026 - Winnie And Wilbur: The Big Storm
Television series Winnie the Witch was adopted into a British animated children's television series titled "Winnie and Wilbur". The first two episodes of the series, following the adventures of witch Winnie (voiced by Katy Brand), and her black cat Wilbur (voiced by Bill Bailey), debuted on Discovery Kids in Latin America on 17 December 2016,. mi.tv. and on Milkshake! in the United Kingdom on 24 December. The first season was set for 52 11-minute episodes, but only two episodes were aired before its cancellation.
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