I feel bad I waited so long to finally read this. Clueless is one of my favorite movies. I did go into this book knowing a bit about it thanks to Clueless and just it having been a part of pop culture for so long.

I listen to the audiobook for this and finished it in about a week, which given that it's a 16 hour book and I listen in 1.25x is on the fast side for me. But I really liked it and wanted to keep reading. I can't wait for the Pemberly Digital Emma Approved series to start up! ( )

I first read this book in high school and hadn't touched it again until now. My star rating has been bumped up by 2; I'm sure it was more difficult for me to find the humor in this book when I was much younger. I really love listening to Jane Austen's books performed by an excellent narrator like Juliet Stevenson. It sometimes feels like I'm listening to an episode of Downton Abbey. I'm looking forward to making my way through the rest of her books this year. 2 down, 4 to go, 1 of them being a re-re-read (Pride and Prejudice). ( )

When Emma sees fellow witches Dolores and Lavinia flying, she is seized with a desire to soar through the air as well, and asks to borrow Dolores' broom. Tricked into doing what Delores wants, as a result, Emma finds herself sweeping, rather than flying, while enduring the other two witches' ridicule to boot. Turning to Roland and Botsford, her owl and cat companions, Emma attempts to make her own broom, and to teach herself to fly, only to find herself once again enduring Dolores and Lavinia's taunts. Will Emma, with the help of her feline and strigine pals, ever become airborne? Can she turn the tables on those mean witches, and teach Dolores and Lavinia a lesson...?

Of course she can, and watching her get there is lots of fun, in this humorously witchy tale from James Stevenson! One of a number of stories devoted to the doings of Emma - see also: Happy Valentine's Day, Emma!, Un-Happy New Year, Emma!, and Emma at the Beach - it is arranged in a comic-book style, with a series of panels on each page. The artwork has a cartoon-like style, and while not really a personal favorite, aesthetically speaking, ably conveys the feeling of each scene. Recommended to young readers who enjoy witchy tales with a more humorous bent, and to fans of James Stevenson and his prickly-penned tales. ( )

A book about a young witch, Emma, her friends and the two mean older witches who are always teasing her. The story is told in comic strip form and describes how her friends help Emma when Delores and Lavinia are particularly mean. I've read this book with several groups of six and seven year olds and each group enjoyed it.