Aunt Amarga, the last witch on earth, is afraid that some of the secrets of the lives of witches will be lost if she does not hand over the Witches Handbook to to her niece and nephew.  “What is a witch or a warlock?  begins the handbook, but then  the flow quickly shifts from a question format to a rather large section (most of the book) on describing famous witches and warlocks from fairytales  (Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel and Merlin) in “tongue in cheek” fashion.  Twice as many Unknown Witches and Warlocks are described using sophisticated humor.   Switch back to question format for “When were there more witches?”  Shift again to a discussion of brooms and flying styles, witches and animals, potions and spells, Halloween and the witches’ sabbat.  Back matter includes a a word search, riddles, spot the seven differences, and spell-removing pancakes.  I think this book misses its intended audience with it’s more adult word choice, and pages and pages describing unknown witches and warlocks.  The lack of flow and odd mixture of content reminds me of what might be thrown into a witches caldron…a little this…”eye of newt”…and a little of that…”toe of frog.”  Whimsical and colorful illustrations are charming and kid appealing.