A Book of Witches is an anthology, originally published in 1966, of twelve fairy tales that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. The book is illustrated by the award-winning artist, Robin Jacques. The witches in these stories can fly through the air on broomsticks, or on stalks of ragwort, or even in old jars. They can raise tempests and cross the sea in sieves. They can turn themselves and other people into pigs, or geese, or anything they please. Most of them are hook-nosed and humpbacked; some are very beautiful; and almost all of them are scary and dangerous.