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mariahroze's review
3.0
Thanks to one of my Goodreads' friends, I was suggested the author Faith Ringgold. My class will be reading all her picture books that my library has because they are great for our Black History Month unit.
This book was very entertaining. It had a completely different plot that my students instantly clung to. The only part of the book they didn't like was the beginning and the end. They were both very unclear. There was no ending to this book. It just stopped.
This book was very entertaining. It had a completely different plot that my students instantly clung to. The only part of the book they didn't like was the beginning and the end. They were both very unclear. There was no ending to this book. It just stopped.
lilmatt050's review
4.0
Overall I really enjoyed the story with the lack of details. Every children story tale has this grand introduction, middle, and simple ending. This story is about these three witches who killed this boy and his sister's parents by eating them.
Since they are orphans, the grandmother takes care of them and one day leaves to go do groceries and horrifically the witches appear and wreak havoc on these poor innocent children.
I love the illustrations and felt like I didn't get enough of the story and was left with this emptiness for the lack of facts. Zoe's Neale Hurston writes magnificently but like I said if she had given more story plot or more action in this story it would have been a true 5 stars for me. Overall I was simply entertained.
Since they are orphans, the grandmother takes care of them and one day leaves to go do groceries and horrifically the witches appear and wreak havoc on these poor innocent children.
I love the illustrations and felt like I didn't get enough of the story and was left with this emptiness for the lack of facts. Zoe's Neale Hurston writes magnificently but like I said if she had given more story plot or more action in this story it would have been a true 5 stars for me. Overall I was simply entertained.
blackandbookish's review
3.0
Three witches decided they want to eat two local children. // When I first read this a few years ago, I didn’t care for it. I still don’t but now it’s a bit funnier since my kids are older. These tall tales come off as creepy to younger kids, but my 7-year-ole asked to read it again. Probably because spooky is fun at this age. It’s a nice way to introduce Zora Neale Hurston to younger readers, and it seems like a trend for me now to read it on her birthday. A good book to check from the library but one I wouldn’t buy.
jamie_toomai's review
2.0
Scary and gruesome, but the chants will stick in your head. Anyway, my daughter liked it.
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