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Ages 5 to 8, Grades K to 3
When Pocus doesn’t feel like playing, Hocus casts a spell. Now there are two Pocuses! Wait—FOUR Pocuses? Eight? Oh, dear. A delightfully wild afternoon awaits in the latest book in this enchanted and affirming series.
Magical puppy Hocus wants to play, but her brother Pocus wants to nap. Before long, there’s a barking, tumbling puppy scrumble! When Jinx the witch sends the grumpy pups into the garden, Hocus gets an idea—she snatches a blooming wandflower and, with a burp of sparks, makes a second Pocus. But this Pocus doesn’t want to play, either. To make matters worse, when the two Pocuses start barking at each other, they multiply again (and again)! One of the Pocuses even puts Hocus in a magical time-out for being pushy. Warlock Tam uses their animal magic to calm the Pocuses so they won’t keep multiplying while Hocus and wizard Ofelia set about rounding them up to try to fix everything before Ofelia’s family arrives for her new wand celebration. But Jinx explains there’s no changing big magic without facing the big feelings inside it. Will the puppies be able to unspell each other before the party? Another lively adventure in this charming world where enchantment and empathy abound.
About the Author
A. R. Capetta (they/them) is the author of numerous young adult novels, including Echo After Echo, The Lost Coast, and Lambda Literary Award winner The Heartbreak Bakery. The Hocus and Pocus series is their first foray into writing for younger readers. A. R. Capetta lives in a small town in the mountains with their family, including two dogs who make almost as much mischief as Hocus and Pocus.
Charlene Chua (she/they) is the author-illustrator of Hug? and the illustrator of numerous books for young readers, including the Stonewall Book Award winner and Lambda Literary Award finalist Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild; Bye Bye, Binary by Eric Geron; and the Amy Wu series by Kat Zhang. Charlene Chua lives near Toronto.
Illustrator Residence:Toronto, ON