It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, ages category 0–5 years.

[1] This is the second of three Witch's Children books created by Jones, perhaps better known as an actress, and Ayto.

Ayto made the Greenaway Medal longlist as illustrator of the first one, The Witch's Children (Orchard, 2001).

As of July 2013, it alone has a U.S. edition catalogued by the Library of Congress.

[3] The Witch's Children Go to School (Orchard, November 2008) won the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize, ages six and under.