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Chargement... Hansel and Gretel and the Space Witchpar Laurence Anholt
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Hansel and Gretel's evil stepmother sends them into space - and into the clutches of the even more evil Space Witch! Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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One of six entries in author Laurence Anholt and illustrator Arthur Robins' Seriously Silly Scary Fairy Tales series, which offer up lighthearted retellings of frightening fair-tales, Hansel and Gretel and the Space Witch is a book I tracked down (why else?) because of my interest in highly illustrated children's books featuring witches. More than half of each page here is devoted to Robins' artwork, so although this is more textually advanced than an early reader—I would classify it with beginning chapter books, in terms of level, despite it not having chapters—it fits the parameters of my "witchy witches" project.
In any case, I found the book entertaining, appreciating the humorous tone, and the way in which this familiar story is adapted, with the forest becoming outer space, and the witch's cottage becoming a space dome on a volcano-littered alien planet. As for the witch herself, I appreciated some of the details of her appearance, from her claw-like fingers to her long nose, tied in a knot. I think young readers who are just graduating from leveled early readers to longer fiction will enjoy this one as well, particularly if they like fairy tales, space adventures, and/or frightening stories, all told with tongue-in-cheek humor. ( )