Sweet Magic
Samantha Sweet Series, Book 13

Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic written by Kara LaReau and illustrated by Ariane Moreira is a children's picture book for kids between the ages of six and nine with an expected publication date of August 5, 2025. The story is about a magical bakery and a kid named Blue who delivers the baked goods to bu......more

This is definitely my favorite layout for chapter books for early readers. Each chapter gets its own theme or purpose that's all nicely wrapped up in the end. Personally, I love things that are a little witchy and think the idea that you can help people even without your magic is something that's im......more

Highly illustrated in full color, large font, plenty of white space and well under 100 pages make this an ideal choice for early readers. Blue and their mom work together not only at their bakery but using and learning magic, too. But in the course of making their deliveries, Blue discovers that usin......more

Sweet Magic is an absolute treat! It is the perfect opener for this brand new early reader series from the ever-clever and funny Kara LaReau. In this first book we meet Blue, their familiar Gully, and many of the residents of Shellville as Blue sets out on their rounds delivering treats from their m......more

I know I'm not the intended audience for this, but this was so cute, and I loved it. It's like Kiki's Delivery Service as a children's chapter book with a nonbinary protagonist, small town vibes, a cozy bakery, and magical hijinks. I think I saw a little drawing of a little girl who looked like Kiki......more