Five cousins - Primo, Emilio, Rosa, Maria Beppina, and Sergio - share adventures and narrow escapes, and discover astonishing secrets as they outwit the witches in each exciting story.
Writer and artist John Bemelmans Marciano is the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans. John has continued his grandfather's legacy of the Madeline books with Madeline and the Old House in Paris, Madeline at the White House, and Madeline and the Cats of Rome. He is the author of Bemelmans: The Life and Art of Madeline's Creator, and of The Nine Lives of Alexander Baddenfield, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. John lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Andromache, and their daughter, Galatea.
Sophie Blackall has illustrated more than thirty books, including Finding Winnie, for which she won the Caldecott medal, and the New York Times Best Illustrated books Big Red Lollipop and The Baby Tree, which she also wrote. Born in Australia, Sophie lives in Brooklyn with her children Olive and Edward.
John and Sophie share studio space in Brooklyn, which makes it easy for them to collaborate.
Praise for The Witches of Benevento series: "Enticing" --Kirkus
Reviews "Blackall's delicate, lovely artwork is bewitching and
Marciano's text is, as the title implies, loaded with molto
mischief. I can't wait to read what the Janara have in store for
the Benevento kids next." --Lane Smith, author of Return to Augie
Hobble
"Not your run-of-the-mill chapter book. What we have here is a
fresh, charming tale about an Italian village afflicted with
witches and the brave, quarrelsome band of friends who try to make
their acquaintance. A frisky, ingenious introduction to an old
world and a new series." --Annie Barrows, author of the Ivy and
Bean series "There is a mystery in Benevento--a mystery of witches
and spirits and magic. Will you go back in time to this charming
town and solve the mystery? And if you do, will you tell me what
the solution is? Really! Please tell me! But watch out for the
spirits. They are mischievous indeed...The Witches is a charming,
intelligent tale, illustrated beautifully and evocatively. --Adam
Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm
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