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November 1, 2002/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
BfK Rating:
BfK 137 November 2002
Reviewer: George Hunt
ISBN: 978-1841211145
Price: Price not available
Publisher: Orchard
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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The Witch's Children

Author: Ursula JonesIllustrator: Russell Ayto

When the witch’s troublesome children arrive at the park, all the animals run for cover, but a child playing by the lakeside is not so prescient and is changed into a frog. In an attempt to undo the damage, the children work their half-learned magic and soon every inhabitant of the park is caught up in a shape-shifting muddle. This is a short, schematic story in which the bright, anarchic, page-filling, cartoon-like pictures do as much work as the bold and simple text set into them. A very pleasing variant on the themes of mischief and magic.

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