By Jennifer Harris Adelina Lirius

Tundra/Penguin Random House

July 24, 2025

Fiction

Picture Book

ThemesFamily & FriendshipHumour

Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten-Grade 1

A family of witches desperately tries to entertain a cranky baby in this delightful picture book for fans of Little Witch Hazel and Go the F**k to Sleep. In the witching hour between dinner and bedtime, anything can happen: laughter, tears, fun screaming, not-fun screaming . . . parents, siblings, pets and neighbors are all familiar with this dreaded time of day. What happens when that cranky baby is part of a family of witches? The Witching Hour is a spare, slyly funny and deeply familiar slice-of-life story featuring a fussy little witch and their increasingly desperate family.