Winnie the Witch

Winnie the Witch
	First edition
Author	Valerie Thomas
Illustrator	Korky Paul
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	1987
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	32 pages
ISBN	0-19-272683-8
OCLC	67869241

Winnie the Witch (also known as Winnie and Wilbur since 2016^[1]) is a series of nineteen 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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^[2] 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.^[3]

Bibliography

1987 - Winnie the Witch
1996 - Winnie in Winter
1999 - Winnie Flies Again
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

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, and her black cat Wilbur, debuted on Discovery Kids in Latin America on 17 December 2016,^[4] and on Milkshake! in the United Kingdom on 24 December.^[5] The first season was set for 52 11-minute episodes,^[6] but only two episodes were aired.

Characters

Winnie (voiced by Katy Brand) is an absent-minded witch.
Wilbur (voiced by Bill Bailey) is Winnie's black cat.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Wilbur's Big Clean"	Leo Nielsen	Ema Čulík	24 December 2016 (2016-12-24)^{[nb 1]}
Winnie and Wilbur plan a tea party with cupcakes, but their house needs to be cleaned.
2	"Winnie's Tricky Tights"	Leo Nielsen	Ema Čulík	25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)^{[nb 1]}
Winnie tears a hole in her tights.

Notes

^ ^a ^b This episode first aired on 17 December 2016 in Brazil.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Famous fictional witch Winnie celebrates her 30th birthday". Oxford Mail. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Past winners from 1981-1989 of the Red House Children's Book Award". 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Thomas, Valerie; Korky Paul (1987). Winnie the Witch. Oxford University Press. OCLC 1029761928.
^ ^a ^b ""Programação Discovery Kids 2016-12-17"". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). mi.tv.
^ Winduna Enterprises (19 December 2016). "Happy Christmas from Winnie and Wilbur!". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^ "OUP signs Winnie the Witch animation deal | the Bookseller".

External links

Official website

[aa-7] This episode first aired on 17 December 2016 in Brazil.^[4]

[:0-1] "Famous fictional witch Winnie celebrates her 30th birthday". Oxford Mail. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[2] "Past winners from 1981-1989 of the Red House Children's Book Award". 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

[3] Thomas, Valerie; Korky Paul (1987). Winnie the Witch. Oxford University Press. OCLC 1029761928.

[mitv-4] ""Programação Discovery Kids 2016-12-17"". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). mi.tv.

[5] Winduna Enterprises (19 December 2016). "Happy Christmas from Winnie and Wilbur!". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[6] "OUP signs Winnie the Witch animation deal | the Bookseller".

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