Here’s the whole book, originally published in 1965. Also see his “The Witch’s Catalog.” And send him a message on Facebook, he loves hearing from fans – the man was born in 1928 people. Although famous for his Clifford the Big Red Dog series, via email he mentioned “The Witch Next Door” was one of his favorites and that it was once used in a Sunday school class to teach tolerance of others. O how times change.

I couldn’t easily find any info about William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Dante And Virgil In Hell but I’m enjoying it!

I found it on the way back to LA from San Francisco, I took the scenic coastal route (10 hours), and drove by this Halloweeny fantasy while getting lost in Santa Cruz. It’s called the Weeks House and was built in 1886. There’d recently been a fire (links to atricle) in the back and I thought the place was abandoned but I wanted to see the inside so I shot photos through the windows until I got around to the side and realized there was someone still living in part of it. See more of the house, and the trip, on my Flickr pages – including my sporadic, semi-live, phonecam feed.

The 1976 Norman Bridwell classic revisited.