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Related books. Found , results for The Widow's Broom Fb List Grid. A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous Notes. Pushed to its limit,the broom gives the boys a thrashing. Minna shows them to the broom closet.

They take out the broom they see and burn it. Life soon returns to normal until one day Minna tells the Spiveys she has seen the ghost of the broom! Browse more videos. Playing next Summary: After a witch leaves her old broom behind with a widow who took care of her after it lost power, the broom uses the magic it still has to help the widow around the house, taking care of chores and providing company for her.

Her broom. Minna is obligated to give up her dear companion. Chris Van Allsburg, master of the mysterious, brings this tale to life with moody and memorable pictures that will haunt readers long after the book's covers are closed—now in a new edition to celebrate this beloved book's twenty-fifth anniversary.

With seats for the witch and the cat and the dog, A nest for the bird and a shower for the frog. The witch tapped the broomstick and whoosh! Before, they have to go through scavenger hunt-like and nerve-wrecking adventures. The book, which was written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, has been translated into 21 different languages so far.

Up to now, she has written books, partly for retail sales and partly for school purposes. At the beginning of his career as illustrator, he worked for magazines and advertising agencies. Secondly, some ideas for integrating the book into the English foreign language education are given. As the language applied in this book is rather challenging these considerations and implications on teaching refer to the proficiency level of a fourth grade in a German primary school.

The text fairly sings with alliteration, rhyming words, onomatopoeia, puns, allusions, and plenty of bold-text bellowing. It begs to be read aloud, at the top of your lungs". Bestselling sequel to the smash-hit picture book, The Gruffalo, in a classic board book format with a fresh cover design!

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Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's brilliant, characterful illustrations combine once more to ensure that the Gruffalo's Child has followed firmly in her father's footsteps and that her story is one that children will ask for again, and again With her magic paintbrush, Shen can paint steaming pots full of fish and oysters to feed the hungry people in her village, but when the evil emperor hears of her gift he commands Shen to paint gold for him instead.

She is determined to keep her promise to paint only for the poor, but how can she match the emperor's mighty power? Julia Donaldson's brilliant verse combines with beautiful illustrations to bring vibrant life to a traditional tale of how a little girl's integrity can withstand the corruption of power and greed.

Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town With a new foreword by Domenico Starnone, this stunning debut collection flawlessly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. A blackout forces a young Indian American couple to make confessions that unravel their tattered domestic peace. An Indian American girl recognizes her cultural identity during a Halloween celebration while the Pakastani civil war rages on television in the background. A latchkey kid with a single working mother finds affinity with a woman from Calcutta.

In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession. Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, these stories speak with passion and wisdom to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Many people are afraid of the broom. Why isn't Minna Shaw afraid as well? Because they don't understand the broom, the Spiveys fear it. Sometimes this happens between people.

Can you think of a situation where people fear someone or something they don't understand? Was the magic broom really burned? How did Minna trick the Spiveys into thinking her broom was a ghost? What You'll Need: A copy of The Widow's Broom Writing paper and pencils for the students Background Knowledge: This lesson works best with students who feel comfortable writing independently about topics of their own choosing.

It fits well within a fiction-writing unit but can be presented independently as well. Introduction: Read The Widow's Broom to your students. Tell them to observe to how Van Allsburg makes the broom come to life and invests it with personality, because they will get to try out a similar idea in their own writing later on. Teaching: As you read the story to your students, you may want to focus on passages and pictures that describe the broom's behavior.

For example: In the morning she led the broom outside and found that it was a very good student. She needed to show it how to do something only once. Soon the broom could chop wood and fetch water, feed the chickens and bring the cow in from the pasture. It could even pick out simple tunes on the piano. Or this: As days went by, the broom seemed as innocent and hardworking as ever. Though it had learned to do many things, sweeping brought it special pleasure.

It was, after all, a broom. Tell the students that Van Allsburg chose to invest an ordinary, everyday object with personality and intelligence, and that he worked hard to describe those attributes in his writing. As they write a story about the adventures this might bring about, encourage them to describe their object carefully, as though it had its own personality.

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