Ruth Chew

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You have reached the official online home of Ruth Chew, the author and illustrator of a number of chapter books, including The Wednesday Witch.

If you love adventure, wonder, and magic; witches, wizards, black cats and pointed hats; flying, shrinking, and time travel; magic coins, buttons, hammers, and glue; history and mystery; broomsticks, bathmats, and vacuum cleaners; brothers, sisters, and friends; mushrooms and potions; birds, squirrels and lizards; New York, Brooklyn, and Prospect Park; Halloween and Harry Potter; reading, dreaming, and using your imagination… this site is for you!

Here you will find a list of her works with pictures and descriptions, some biographical information, answers to questions you may have, and information for book collectors as well as tips on shopping for used books.

Find out how you can help us and be sure to let us know if you have ideas for how to adapt or republish Ruth Chew's stories.

Works

As Author and Illustrator

Baked Beans for Breakfast (aka The Secret Summer) Do-It-Yourself Magic Earthstar Magic The Enchanted Book The Hidden Cave (aka The Magic Cave) Last Chance for Magic The Magic Coin Magic in the Park Magic of the Black Mirror Mostly Magic No Such Thing as a Witch Royal Magic Second Hand Magic The Secret Tree-House

Summer Magic Trapped in Time The Trouble with Magic The Wednesday Witch What the Witch Left The Wishing Tree The Witch and the Ring The Witch at the Window Witch in the House Witch's Broom The Witch's Buttons Witch's Cat The Witch's Garden The Would-Be Witch Wrong Way Around Magic

As Illustrator

• The Mystery of the Ghost Bell
• The Questers
• Shark Lady
• Three Cheers for Polly

Book News

As of August 13, 2010, Scholastic has relinquished the rights to The Wednesday Witch, Witch in the House, and The Witch and the Ring, so the family of Ruth Chew now has rights to all 29 of her stories.

The Library of Congress has made six of Ruth Chew's stories into audio books in a format called DAISY. These audio books are availble to people who have a key from the NLS (the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped). If you have a key, the audio books are available online from the Open Library, a project associated with the Internet Archive.The Ruth Chew titles offered by the Open Library are Royal Magic, Baked Beans for Breakfast, The Wednesday Witch, Summer Magic, What the Witch Left, and The Witch at the Window.

The ninth volume of the Japanese translation series is now available!