Back to All Events

Halloween Storytime with author/illustrator Jennie Palmer, "The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza"

  • Flintridge Bookstore 858 Foothill Boulevard La Cañada Flintridge, CA, 91011 United States (map)

a silly spooky Halloween storytime

“Draw a Witch” and “Mean Pizza” activities follow Jennie’s reading.

Anita and Winnifred Wompananny are kitchen witches who spend their days whipping up all kinds of delicious treats. Rarely do the Wompananny Witches venture outside, for they have a crippling fear of the wild children in their neighborhood. One day, a run-in with a few particularly rambunctious kids sends the witches into a panic, so they blow off some steam by cooking up their very favorite meal: a good old-fashioned pizza pie. But they’ve unintentionally baked their anxious, fearful, freaked-out feelings right into the crust and created one mean pizza! The pie escapes the kitchen, wreaking havoc across town, until one group of hungry children devises a plan to show the pizza what they’re made of. A deliciously saucy tale of friendship and courage.

Jennie has worked in production design for much of her professional life, most notably as a senior designer and sculptor for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She is a graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in California with her husband and three kids.