Advantages: fun book for young children Disadvantages: none
My daughters love all the Winnie the Witch books that are written by Valerie Thomas and illustrated by the brilliant Korky Paul. In all of the stories you meet the wonderful flamboyant witch, Winnie, and her long suffering cat, Wilbur. Winnie loves to dress in bright zany combinations which are definitely clothes to match her colourful character! Although, she is generally a pretty good witch, there are occasions when spells do sometimes go wrong and it is often Wilbur who suffers as a consequence! The latest book we have read is a really lovely story called 'Happy Birthday Winnie!'
The story starts with Winnie looking at the calendar and realising that her birthday is coming up soon on Friday 13th - when else? She decides to have a big party so the week is filled up with sending out invitations, making new clothes, preparing lots ...
Advantages: lovely story and illustrations Disadvantages: none
As I have mentioned in previous reviews both my daughters are big fans of the Winnie the Witch picture books written by Valerie Thomas and illustrated by Korky Paul. They seem to love the quirky storylines and the wonderful illustrations that always have them giggling as we are reading. Winnie Flies again is written in exactly this style, and like all the other books about Winnie, it does not disappoint.
At the start of the story, Winnie is extolling the virtues of travelling by broomstick as there are no traffic lights or traffic jams - just an empty sky! At least that was how it used to be but just recently she has been encountering a few problems such as colliding with tall buildings, and having near misses with hang gliders and helicopters! The result of all this is that Winnie declares that the sky has become too busy and that she ...
Advantages: fun story and pictures Disadvantages: none!
My three year old daughter is a big fan of the Winnie the Witch series of books by Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas - and this book 'Winnie at the Seaside' is a particular favourite. All of the books feature Winnie, a rather funny and sometimes incompetent witch, and her long suffering cat Wilbur. In this story, as it is an extremely hot summer, they take off for the seaside...
Winnie and Wilbur fly off on her broomstick to reach the seaside. When they arrive though, they discover the beach is really packed, and the only space they can find to spread out their towel is very close to the water's edge. Winie has a lot of fun frolicking in the sea but as Wilbur does not like water he remains on the shore. Unfortunately, the tide comes further up the beach and washes all Winne's things out to sea including her broomstick! In order to ...
