Mostly, though, she tends to the sick, helps with births, and makes good cheese. She invades fairyland to rescue the baron’s son armed only with a frying pan, fights an invisible creature which invades her mind, and brings spring to a never-ending winter. Tiffany is a practical heroine, solving her varied adventures with an analytical approach. Nevertheless, Tiffany learns to become one of the world’s most powerful witches. At first, she worries about her capability she gets sick flying on a broomstick and prefers to wear blue and green instead of black. The series follows her growth from childhood to adulthood as Tiffany learns the art of witchcraft. Tiffany is the heroine of Sir Terry Pratchett’s hilarious Discworld series for children, starring in The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight, and The Shepherd’s Crown. One of these beloved library reads introduced me to the brilliant Tiffany Aching. As children my sister and I would borrow as many books as we could from the library at a time – most of them already read by the time we arrived home.
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