Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler. Riding a Broomstick

"The witch had a cat,
striped fat man,
red braid
and a high cap..."
A witch is racing across the sky on a broomstick, dropping her cap, wand, and bow from her red braid onto the ground. A dog, a bird, and a frog find them one by one and ask for a ride on the broomstick as a reward for their service, which the witch willingly obliges. But the broomstick breaks: the cat, dog, and frog fall into a swamp, and the witch falls into the clutches of a dragon. Just as he's about to eat the witch for dinner, a terrifying, menacing beast—a swamp monster—appears and demands the witch be handed over to him...
Where did the dog, cat, and frog go? What happened to the bird, and what will happen to the witch now? Read another surprise-filled, colorful, and charming book from the authors of "The Gruffalo."