Leila, the Perfect Witch

Leila is spellbindingly good at everything ... until she discovers that baking is no piece of cake!

From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Gustavo, the Shy Ghost - a brilliantly original Halloween story perfect for children aged 3-5 who love witches, baking and stories about sisters and family. Set in Mexico, this Halloween picture book is about overcoming self-doubt, finding your confidence and the importance of perseverance. Plus ... CAKE! Lots of cake.

Leila Wayward is an extraordinary little witch who excels at everything she does. She's the fastest flier, the most cunning conjurer and the sneakiest shape-shifter. She is also the youngest in a long line of master bakers, so Leila's big dream is to win the most infamous culinary competition around: The Magnificent Witchy Cake-Off! But even with the most bewitching of recipes, Leila realizes a terrible truth: she's a disaster in the kitchen! Luckily, Leila has three magical sisters who are always there for her. Can they remind her to have some fun along the way?

"A fun and colourful reminder that no one can be the best at everything, even powerful little witches." Bookseller

"Leila Wayward is a brilliant little witch who seems good at everything [...] the counter to Jill Murphy's clumsy if charismatic Worst Witch and the ever accident-prone Meg in Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski's Meg and Mog classics." Times

Have you met Leila's friends?
- Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
- Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire

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Flavia Z. Drago was born and raised in Mexico City. Her debut, Gustavo, the Shy Ghost, was a #1 NYT bestseller and was published into over 15 languages. Flavia is also the author-illustrator of Leila, the Perfect Witch, Vlad the Fabulous Vampire and two monster-themed board books, Monsters Play... Counting! and Monsters Play... Peekaboo!. She has an MA in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art, was shortlisted for the 2018 Sebastian Walker Award and won the 2021 Klaus Flugge Prize. She loves colours, textures and shapes and enjoys creating them with different materials and a bit of digital sorcery. She lives in the UK. Find her online at flaviazdrago.com, on Twitter as @Diafla and on Instagram as @flavia_zdrago. Flavia Z. Drago was born and raised in Mexico City. Her debut, Gustavo, the Shy Ghost, was a #1 NYT bestseller and was published into over 15 languages. Flavia is also the author-illustrator of Leila, the Perfect Witch, Vlad the Fabulous Vampire and two monster-themed board books, Monsters Play... Counting! and Monsters Play... Peekaboo!. She has an MA in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art, was shortlisted for the 2018 Sebastian Walker Award and won the 2021 Klaus Flugge Prize. She loves colours, textures and shapes and enjoys creating them with different materials and a bit of digital sorcery. She lives in the UK. Find her online at flaviazdrago.com, on Twitter as @Diafla and on Instagram as @flavia_zdrago.

If you loved Elizabeth Day's self-help bible and podcast How to Fail, especially aimed at helping those girls paralysed by perfectionism, well, this is its pre-school fictional equivalent, with added magic spells and pointy hats. [...] Leila Wayward is a brilliant little witch who seems good at everything [...] the counter to Jill Murphy's clumsy if charismatic Worst Witch and the ever accident-prone Meg in Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski's Meg and Mog classics. Alex O'Connell Times