Overview
Meet Hex. She's a fairy-tale witch! Hex has magic powers. She likes to fly around and play tricks on people. But don't worry. Hex is not real. She's one of the monsters you meet in stories. She just wants to tell you about fairy-tale witches. Learn how a witch scares villagers. Meet different kinds of witches around the world. And find out where witch tales come from. You'll have a creepy time with this monster buddy!
Full Product Details
Author: Lisa Bullard ,
Diego Diaz
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint: Lerner Publishing Group
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 0.50cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.113kg
ISBN: 9781467749978
ISBN 10: 1467749974
Pages: 24
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Recommended Age: From 7 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
This wonderfully inventive series introduces young readers to scary creatures who pop up regularly in children's literature. Humorous cartoon-like illustrations and engaging first-person narratives offer vivid details about physical characteristics, nasty habits, and overall evil proclivities. The text weaves in historical and cultural perspectives to help children build background knowledge and context. Each volume includes an invitation for readers to write their own scary stories. The multicultural approach creates opportunities for students to make connections and gain deeper understandings, whether considering traditional or contemporary tales. Media specialists and teachers can use these to introduce genre units, and they are sure to attract browsers. starred, School Library Connection --Journal
"""This wonderfully inventive series introduces young readers to scary creatures who pop up regularly in children's literature. Humorous cartoon-like illustrations and engaging first-person narratives offer vivid details about physical characteristics, nasty habits, and overall evil proclivities. The text weaves in historical and cultural perspectives to help children build background knowledge and context. Each volume includes an invitation for readers to write their own scary stories. The multicultural approach creates opportunities for students to make connections and gain deeper understandings, whether considering traditional or contemporary tales. Media specialists and teachers can use these to introduce genre units, and they are sure to attract browsers.""―starred, School Library Connection --Journal"
Author Information
Lisa Bullard is the award-winning author of more than 60 books for children, including You Can Write a Story: A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids. She teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center and regularly visits schools to talk with students about story-writing.
