Two Little Witches: A Counting Story - Hardcover

Ziefert, Harriet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763618942 ISBN 13: 9780763618940

Publisher: Candlewick, 2002

Synopsis

If one little witch meets one little witch . . .
what happens on a spooky Halloween night?

Kids love to be scared - just a little - and Halloween is the perfect time for them to explore the bright, bold artwork of Caldecott Medal-winner Simms Taback and the comforting rhythms of Harriet Ziefert’s story in this lively, cumulative counting book.

About this title

About the Author:

Harriet Ziefert has written dozens of books for the very young, including Scare the Moon for Walker, illustrated by Brian G. Karas. She worked for many years as an elementary school teacher and more recently has done graduate work in child development at the Psychoanalytic Institute of the NYU Medical Centre. She divides her time between New Jersey and Massachusetts.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1-A simple counting story for group sharing and beginning readers. One little witch plus another little witch add (one at a time) a clown, skeleton, striped cat, and so forth, to their retinue until there are "ten trick-or-treaters going trick-or-treating in the dark on Halloween night." Encountering a monster at a spooky old house, all scatter until only the two little witches remain. One rides off on her broomstick and the other walks home and counts her treats, leaving none. The text is simple and the addition predictable, ideal for novice mathematicians. The phrases "going trick-or-treating" and "in the dark on Halloween night" are used repeatedly, but do not build a strong rhythm or invite children to join in the oral reading, as does Sue Alexander's Who Goes Out on Halloween? (Bantam, 1990). Taback's large, primitive, watercolor-and-ink cartoons are especially delightful, though, both spooky with bold uses of black backgrounds and reassuringly familiar with the obviously homemade costumes. And Ziefert's surprise ending is a nice bonus.
Claudia Cooper, Ft. Stockton Independent School District, TX
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0763618942
• ISBN 13: 9780763618940
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 20
• Illustrator: Taback Simms