Spells to Cast on Your Parents by Pete Holmes - ESSENTIAL

Spells to Cast on Your Parents by Pete Holmes. PICTURE BOOK. Doubleday Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2026. $19. 9798217119035.

BUYING ADVISORY: PreK, EL (K-2) – ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: MANY

This is a book of spells, guarded by a little black dragon named Jesse. However, only a wizard is allowed to read it! Young readers will cast spells on their parents and crazy things will happen with each turn of the page. Be careful!

I loved this book and I think young readers will especially love having this book read to them. There is silliness and joy and magic in this story that celebrates the very act of reading aloud.

Kiera, ELA teacher, #bookswithbeddes