Dorrie the wonderful! Dorrie the winsome! Dorrie the adorable! Dorrie - the little witch with mismatched socks and hat permanently askew - returns in this, her eleventh adventure, facing off against an evil Green Wizard. When the Big Witch, in the process of brewing a Magic Elixir - something which will make whoever drinks it indestructible: hex-proof, spell-proof, and potion-proof - must run out for some more moon herbs, she briefly leaves Dorrie in charge. (Sometimes, I really do wonder what the Big Witch can be thinking, but that's another story!) Neither Dorrie nor her mother realize that a nasty Green Wizard, determined to revenge himself upon the Big Witch, in repayment of the spell she once used to turn him into a hat-rack, is lurking nearby. Naturally, when the Green Wizard attempts to steal the elixir, it falls to Dorrie to foil his dastardly plan...

I adored every Dorrie book I read, as a girl, taking them out of the library again and again, but Dorrie and the Amazing Magic Elixir was a particular favorite! It was so exciting, so nervewracking! to follow along, as Dorrie attempted to defeat yet another magical adversary with greater years and experience than she! Would she ever regain her human form, once turned into a toad? The visuals here, with the swirling, misty magic, complete with starry explosions, are particularly satisfying! Yes, it's another deeply satisfying Dorrie tale from Patricia Coombs! But then... is there any other kind? ( )