Earwig and the Witch Movie Tie-In Edition by Diana Wynne Jones

Earwig and the Witch Movie Tie-In Edition by Diana Wynne Jones

Read the book that inspired the full-length animated feature produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli and directed by Goro Miyazaki.

Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage's doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents.

Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness--with a lot of help from a talking cat--she decides to show the witch who's boss.

A young middle grade novel by World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement-winner Diana Wynne Jones, beautifully and humorously illustrated in black and white by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky.

What happens when a girl who always gets her way meets a witch who won't be bossed around?

• A Headstrong Heroine: Earwig has always been in charge. When she's adopted by the witch Bella Yaga, she decides that's not going to change.
• A Talking Cat: Her only ally in the mysterious house is Thomas, a grumpy black cat who can talk--and knows a thing or two about Bella Yaga's spell books.
• Witches and Spells: From a workroom full of rats' bones and slimy potions to a spell that gives people extra hands, Earwig is determined to make magic work for her.
• A Found Family (of sorts): Between a chaotic witch, a terrifying Mandrake who hates to be disturbed, and a talking cat, Earwig has to figure out how to build a new--and very strange--home for herself.

Diana Jones is a trusted and experienced leadership coach working with senior leaders and their leadership teams within federal agencies, local government, small to medium enterprises, non-government organizations and not-for-profits. Has worked across several sectors including health, business and innovation, primary industries, security, education, and social services.

She has travelled through more than 30 countries, and brings both a professional and personal experiential base that supports the wisdom in the book.

She specializes in real work environments where she observes the dynamics and interrelationships in work interconnections, the flow-on behaviors and implications for business results. She coaches groups of experienced executives from different organizations exploring live scenarios with not-so-sure responses, then integrating learning from their peers.

A trainer, educator and practitioner with the Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association, she is one a handful of sociometrists in the world with strong international links with other practitioners who work in behavioral change as consultants, trainers, coaches and therapists.

She has a master's degree from Victoria University of Wellington, and is a past treasurer and executive member of an international professional association and former chair of the Wellington Homeless Women's Trust. She was inducted into the Alan Weiss Million Dollar Consulting Hall of Fame in 2020.

Please visit www.diana-jones.com