![]() Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, who are all keen for a ride on the broom. The ideas just need a little more thinking out sometimes.9781509804771 How the cat purred and how the witch grinned,As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind.A very funny story of quick wits and friendship, Room on the Broom is another smash hit from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch's hat, bow and wand. There are so many great ideas out there these days, but they always seem to fall short on one issue or another - and they always seem so obvious to me. I didn't really want to, but I've just knocked one star off for poor implementation. (which is quite thin too) The problem being I think little kids are easily going to rip them - the pages are HUGE, and because they are sort of `in a well' (because of the raised soundboard next to them) they are VERY difficult to get a hold of and turn, and so expect a few disasters and some tears! Also the sheer size of the book it is VERY big and quite cumbersome, and I should imagine too that some little ones will have problems holding/carrying this.Īpart from these niggles though, it has to be said that the story (which I guess is the main thing here) and illustrations could not be surpassed, and so this will be well worth the money. The buttons don't always respond first time by the way - not even with a good strong adult `press', and so some kids might get a bit irritated with these too.įinally the pages are NOT board - or even card (as someone has claimed in their Review) but ordinary paper. Also as someone else has said the one where they all fall in the bog is more of a `plop' - I really couldn't believe that one. ![]() Like the cat one for instance you'd at least be expecting a `meow' or perhaps even a screech - but what you get is like a little `snoring sound' for a `purr'. The Witch's laugh is by far the best here, and most atmospheric, and I guess they are going to enjoy that one the most - but the others are a bit `naff'. Okay they `are' sounds, but some are not probably what some kids may be expecting. Now these were a little disappointing I thought. ![]() There are ten interactive sounds on the side. Well in my opinion, kids are going to just LOVE this book! (I did! LOL) Well it's a tremendously good and interesting story written in rhyme - which is both different and `quaint', and the pictures are just SO colourful and vibrant! Some of the pictures of the Witch's expressions (like when she's falling off the broom) are really quite hilarious! (I am always losing out to those `something for nothing' lovers who sit by their computer and won't budge until the Vine email has arrived and they've nabbed all the best stuff for nothing.) I also love Reviewing children's books too. The second reason was I'd missed out on this on two occasions from the Amazon Vine Programme where I could have had it to Review for free. But many modern Witches in books look just that - `modern', but some (as in this book) still look like a traditionally old-fashioned looking story-book Witch which I think is important in this modern world of `forever changing things that don't need changing'. Well, I'm not ashamed to say I actually purchased this book for myself for two reasons įirstly I LOVE story book Witches! I had a thing about Witches when I was a child, and loved reading about them and drawing them also, and thought I might start again in my spare time by copying some of these - they're so good to use.
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