I'd like to welcome two very special guests to The Storyteller's Scroll, today--
I'm interviewing Little Delia Witch and her creator, Rebecca Colby.
Hi! My name is Rebecca Colby and this is
Delia.”
Delia nods. “Hi.
It’s nice to be here and you were lucky to catch me as October is a very busy
month for me. It’s when the annual Witch Parade takes place and I fly in it every
year.”
“So, Delia, I’m sure the readers would
like to know more about you and IT’S RAINING BATS AND FROGS.
Could you tell us something about yourself?”
Delia: I’m the youngest witch I know
and I don’t like rain. Or at least I didn’t until recently. So I changed the
rain. You see, I have a magic wand which I use to change the weather.
“So the weather wouldn’t cooperate for
your Witch Parade. And the witches kept finding things wrong with the weather.
Could you comment on that for us?”
Delia shakes her head and sighs. I’ve never heard so much complaining. The
rain made the other witches wet and miserable so I changed the rain to cats and
dogs. Everyone was thrilled, at first. But it didn’t last long. So I changed
the rain again--this time to hats and clogs. But they didn’t like that any
better. They just kept fighting over the hats and shoes.
Several witches defend themselves about
fighting over shoes and hats.
Witch 1: That’s
because it was MY hat!
Witch 2: No,
it was MY hat!
Witch 1:
Well, they were MY shoes!
Witch 2: I
saw them first!
Delia answers. See what I mean? So I kept changing the rain
to something new but none of these things made the other witches happy. In
the end, I realized there was only one thing I could do to save the day. But
you’ll have to read the book to find out more.
So, Delia how do you come up with the
different creatures for the weather?
Delia grins and answers. Sometimes it pours so
hard that people say it’s raining cats and dogs, and I thought it would be fun
it if really did rain cats and dogs. After all, who doesn’t like animals? But
as a witch, I quickly realized bats and frogs would be far more appropriate—not
to mention tastier!
“Rebecca, what do you have to say?
You’re seated next to Delia. Did she make those changes on purpose or did the
idea to change the weather just come to you on a whim?”
Ha! Delia certainly
didn’t like getting wet in the rain, but I love it. In fact, I was out walking
in the rain with my waterproof notebook when I came up with the idea for this
story. So I did give Delia a bit of help with the idea, but being a witch, she brought
her own magic touch to the book!
“Delia, can you tell The Storyteller’s
Scroll readers where they can find IT’S RAINING BATS AND FROGS to
read for themselves?”
If you have a
magic wand like me, wave it and say:
It’s raining, it’s
pouring,
hear me imploring:
Quickly, magic up
with speed
a copy of this
book to read!
If not, simply say
“ABRACADABRA!” and click on one of these links:
or
And now for the winner of the Annual Storyteller's Scroll Halloween Poetry Contest. We had wonderful WITCHY entries… mischievous witches, chef witches, scary witches, powerful witches and one who's curses were reverses.
Delia congratulates every author, but has a fondness for Spookadilly Stew. Angie Calabrese could your please contact me at krausehousebooks@yahoo.com with you address, so Rebecca may send you a personally signed copy of IT’S RAINING BATS AND FROGS. Congratulations!
