Hocus Pocus: The Illustrated Novelization

Read a little every night of October to my boys leading up to Halloween. They really enjoyed it and loved the pictures. Great memories and cute to sit on a shelf for Halloween.

Beautiful book with a great cover and hard back! Amazing illustration inside! Just haven’t read it yet, it’s in my kids bookshelf with the other 214 books!

The media could not be loaded. We absolutely loved the “Hocus Pocus” illustrated book by A.W. Jantha, illustrated by Gris Grimly! Our kids really enjoyed reading it this October, and it was the perfect lead-up to watching the movie together afterward. The illustrations are fantastic—so unique and really capture the spooky vibe of the story. We especially liked how the pages are made to look weathered; my kids thought it added to the creepy atmosphere! It was a fun and engaging read that we’ll definitely revisit every Halloween. Highly recommend for any “Hocus Pocus” fan!

The media could not be loaded. This book is amazing! I bought it for my 7 year old who is obsessed with Hocus Pocus. The book is thick, it will take a few days to get through. My 7 year olds could read some of the words, but I ended up reading it so she could get the full effect. She said while listening to me read, she could see the movie playing in her head.What we loved:The pictures are awesome, fantastic art work!It follows the movie exactly, and it also adds a few things that were not in the movie.The pages are laid out nicely. Some are just words, some just pictures and some a mixture of both.There is nothing negative I can say about this book. It is a nice book to have and pull out every Halloween! BUY IT!

I bought this book for the artwork which is fabulous. Great Halloween gift or keep sake.

WOW! This book is way more beautiful than I could have anticipated. I did not realize the cover displayed with this purchase was just simply the dust cover. The book itself beneath the jacket is red in color and on the front cover, you have a very similar resemblence to the cover of the book in the intro of the movie. Then on the back of the book, you have a gorgeous illustration of the trio. There are countless illustrations throughout the pages- the full-paged one's are pure magic. The pages of the book themselves have also not been ignored in detail. They show a worn look to them and the beginnings of the chapters start with detailed calligraphy lettering. It is very reminiscent of the Sisters' spell book. This in itself can purely be a collectors item. I am shook seeing how low the pricing is, as there is so much detail within it's illustrations, exterior and overall feel of the book. I literally almost got teary eyed as I had my first skim through. The nostalgia will overtake you and you'll be guarding this amazing book at all costs as a Hocus Pocus fan.

The book arrived- it is a very solid hard cover, beautiful book. However buyer beware and pay closer attention than I did to the item description…. It is initially advertised as being appropriate for ages 7+, I realized after it arrived and was much lengthier than I was picturing that it states further down in the product description it is grade level 7-11. I bought this for my seven year old to add to our seasonal book collection, and I definitely think the grade level 7-11 is accurate, not the ages 7+. 240 pages, which I wish I had paid closer attention to. The illustrations are beautiful, but not as many as I expected. The “illustrated novel” description of the book made me think it was for younger kids and would contain more pictures than what it does. We will keep it, and save it until she is old enough to read and appreciate it. Giving it 4 stars due to the inaccurate/misleading product description

Me and my sister grew up watching Hocus Pocus, so when her birthday was coming up I decided to get her something related to the movie for her. Luckily Amazon marketplace came through again with this illustrated novelization of Hocus Pocus that I'd think she'd enjoy. The book itself turned out to be quite bigger than I expected it to be. I didn't get to read the entire book, but from what I've skimmed through its seems pretty faithful to the movie. The art for the illustrations is cartoonishly spooky and imaginative, although I don't really like how they made the Sandersons look ugly, because even though the movie kept insisting that they are, we all know that Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy are not ugly. If you're a fan of Hocus Pocus or know a fan, then you should definitely get this book.