Ethel KesslerRezensionen

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As Halloween approaches in this entertaining early reader/beginning chapter-book, Grandpa Witch finds himself hosting his two grandchildren, Wanda and Willy, who have come to learn some magic tricks in time for the big night. Although he sometimes bungles his spells, Grandpa Witch does manage to teach the pair a thing or two, including how to fly. But when he shows them his magic dooblelator, a marvelous machine that can duplicate anything, the results are most unexpected. Fortunately, everyone is happy with the idea of two of Wanda and two of Willy, and the children head out to enjoy Halloween night...

Published in 1981 by Macmillan, Grandpa Witch and the Magic Doobelator was part of that publisher's Ready-to-Read collection, and is a very basic chapter-book (essentially, an early reader in chapters). I initially sought it out because of my interest in witchy picture-books, early readers and other illustrated texts, but felt that co-author Leonard Kessler's name sounded very familiar, for some reason. Imagine my surprise and delight to discover that he was the author/illustrator of Last One In Is a Rotten Egg, an I Can Read book that I really loved as a girl. That association is a welcome one, but I enjoyed this tale for its own sake, appreciating the mixed-up magic of Grandpa Witch, and the fact that in this magical world, incorrectly done spells result in a cat appearing. Needless to say, our grandfatherly witch had a lot of cats! I also appreciated that Grandpa is a male witch, as this is something I rarely see in witchy tales. Usually, male magical practitioners are called wizards, magicians or sorcerers, but every once in a while you get a male witch, and it is always interesting. I enjoyed the artwork here as much as the story, and particularly liked the depiction of the many cats. All in all, a sweet, engaging early-reader, one I would recommend to beginning readers who enjoy witchy fare with a humorous, rather than a spooky feeling.

It was recommended to me by a 6 year old when they turned in their summer reading card, so I had to read it. Pretty sure I read it as a child too because it seemed familiar.

Stan retires from a bakery. After he retires he becomes a hotdog man. One day a bad snowstorm came and him and a bus could not move. He invites everybody from the bus to come warm up in his hotdog truck. He borrows a girls red scarf to let people know there in there in there. A little later somebody found them and helped them.

I had mixed feelings about this book. I liked the illustrations because they were bright and colorful. This fit the cheerful and happy mood of the story. However, I did not believe that the characters were well developed. All I learned about Stan from the book was that he sold hot dogs. I did not learn much about his personality or his life. Therefore, I felt somewhat disconnected from the book. The main idea of this story is that it is never too late to try something new that makes you happy.

I like this book because this book's main character is so nice, that makes me want to be a person like him. The Stan is a great role model, he cares about people and he takes responsibility when he has to.

This book was about an elderly gentlemen who retired from a bakery and then opened a hot dog truck. He would drive his truck to the same corner and sell hot dogs during lunch and then go fishing with his wife. One day he gets stuck in the snow as well as a school bus.

This was a very touching book in how generous the man was. I liked how he and his wife would go fishing together. This book made me smile.

You could use this book in the classroom to teach children about generosity. You could also use it to talk about helping others. You could bring in hot dogs one day for lunch and bring all of the fixings and have the kids make their own hot dogs.

Grades Preschool-3. "All for Fall" is accurate in its science skills and recalls ideas that are factual. This book could be used to teach a lesson plan concerning migration of birds, seasons, insects, or even seasonal changes. A lot of ideas can be broken down in this book.

"All for Fall" is a wonderful take on the season of autumn. It is a poem in motion. It begins with the last of the summer antics such as the grass changing shades from yellow green to grey green. The creatures and sounds of fall and the disappearance of the Indian summer days to the gloomy, cold, dark November days. This book has great discriptive features from the start of fall the the early winter moments.
This truly is a fabulous book for young readers and I consider it a "must read' if you are discussing the seasons.

First grade reading level. This is a great book to read on the first day of spring or when talking about the different seasons. It tells children about the different things that happen every year in the springtime. Children could read the book or have the book read to them and then draw pictures of what reminds them of spring or springy things. Adorable pictures.

Train travel back in the day when little girls wore hats to go travelling. Charming book.

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