Genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Voyager Books
Copyright Date: 1987
Number of Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Summary: A poor mother lived with her seven children (named after the days of the week). Everyday the children would help their mother with chores before she went to the market. One day she was going to reward the kids for being good helpers and so she told her children that she would get each of them one thing from the market. They told her what they wanted and she left leaving them with two rules: don't let any strangers in, and don't touch the fire. Not long after she left an old witch named Heckedy Peg came up to their window asking them to let her in. They told her no, so she asked them to light a piece of straw so she could light her pipe. They told her no. But, she told them if they let her in she would give them gold! So they let her in. She then turned them into food, packed them into her cart, and took them far away to her hut in the middle of the woods. When their mom got home she was sad to see that they were not there. A blackbird came to her and told her what happened and led her to the witch's hut. The mom banged on the door and demanded that the witch give her her children. The witch would not let her in because her shoes were dirty, so the mom took off her shoes and demanded her children again. The witch refused because her socks were dirty. So the mom took off her socks and demanded to be let in again. The witch said no because her feet were dirty! So, the mom went into the woods and pretended to cut her feet off. She crawled back to the door and the witch had no more excuses, so she let her in. The witch pointed to the table indicating that her children were there. The only way that she could get her children back is if she could guess which child was which. She had no idea how to guess which food each child had been turned into. Then she realized that each thing that the children asked for from the market corresponded with what they had been turned into. For instance one of her children had asked for butter so she knew that that child had been turned into bread. She guessed all of her children correctly and so she got her children back. She then proceeded to chase the witch out of her hut and all the way past the village until she reached a bridge. Heckedy Peg jumped in the water and no one ever saw her again!
Who would benefit from reading this book/To whom would I recommend this book?
Any child would benefit from reading this book because it has good morals to it. Such as: your mother loves you, don't talk to strangers, don't play with fire, mother knows best. IT would be good for a mother to read this to her children and then they could talk about what the books message was.
Publisher: Voyager Books
Copyright Date: 1987
Number of Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Summary: A poor mother lived with her seven children (named after the days of the week). Everyday the children would help their mother with chores before she went to the market. One day she was going to reward the kids for being good helpers and so she told her children that she would get each of them one thing from the market. They told her what they wanted and she left leaving them with two rules: don't let any strangers in, and don't touch the fire. Not long after she left an old witch named Heckedy Peg came up to their window asking them to let her in. They told her no, so she asked them to light a piece of straw so she could light her pipe. They told her no. But, she told them if they let her in she would give them gold! So they let her in. She then turned them into food, packed them into her cart, and took them far away to her hut in the middle of the woods. When their mom got home she was sad to see that they were not there. A blackbird came to her and told her what happened and led her to the witch's hut. The mom banged on the door and demanded that the witch give her her children. The witch would not let her in because her shoes were dirty, so the mom took off her shoes and demanded her children again. The witch refused because her socks were dirty. So the mom took off her socks and demanded to be let in again. The witch said no because her feet were dirty! So, the mom went into the woods and pretended to cut her feet off. She crawled back to the door and the witch had no more excuses, so she let her in. The witch pointed to the table indicating that her children were there. The only way that she could get her children back is if she could guess which child was which. She had no idea how to guess which food each child had been turned into. Then she realized that each thing that the children asked for from the market corresponded with what they had been turned into. For instance one of her children had asked for butter so she knew that that child had been turned into bread. She guessed all of her children correctly and so she got her children back. She then proceeded to chase the witch out of her hut and all the way past the village until she reached a bridge. Heckedy Peg jumped in the water and no one ever saw her again!
Who would benefit from reading this book/To whom would I recommend this book?
Any child would benefit from reading this book because it has good morals to it. Such as: your mother loves you, don't talk to strangers, don't play with fire, mother knows best. IT would be good for a mother to read this to her children and then they could talk about what the books message was.
What problems/conflicts would this book potentially cause?
I didn't find any problems that this book could cause.
I didn't find any problems that this book could cause.
My reaction:
I Thought this was a beautiful book. The illustrations were beautiful and the story was great. I liked the morals that it taught. It did leave me wondering why the kids were named after the days of the week. It was cool and all, but I don't feel like it explained it.
I Thought this was a beautiful book. The illustrations were beautiful and the story was great. I liked the morals that it taught. It did leave me wondering why the kids were named after the days of the week. It was cool and all, but I don't feel like it explained it.
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