Bony legs book

Cole, Joanna.

Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book. Joanna Cole , Dirk Zimmer Illustrator. The old witch Bony-legs captures Sasha and prepares to eat her, until three unlikely characters--a creaking gate, a skinny dog, and a melancholy cat--come to her rescue.

Bony legs book

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I can still hear the narrator's voice. Kiramke Jun 27, Dispatched by her mother to fetch a needle and thread, Sasha finds her way to the home of Bony-Legs, a terrible child-eating witch whose house in the forest rests on chicken feet. Here her actions in oiling the gate and feeding the dog and cat are repaid, as each aid her when she must escape the witch, intent on cooking her. Fleeing through the now silent gate, Sasha uses the mirror and comb given to her by the cat and dog to create obstacles for the witch - the mirror is transformed into a lake, the comb into a massive barrier - and thereby making it safely home Although author Joanna Cole does not include any author's note to that effect, Bony-Legs is a retelling of the classic Russian folktale of Baba Yaga and the Little Girl , which has many variants. The language is simple - this is as much an early reader as a picture-book - but nevertheless expressive, and Cole manages to spin an engrossing story, despite the limited lexicon necessitated by the early reader format. I was torn in rating this, as I found it quite engaging, but was also genuinely irritated by the fact that Cole didn't include any mention of source material. This robs the child of the knowledge that he or she is reading a story from another culture, and prevents them from seeking other stories about the eponymous figure - the terrifying Baba Yaga. Hopefully adult caregivers will be more knowledgable, and fill in that information. AbigailAdams26 Jun 25, A story similar to Hansel and Gretel, without the breadcrumb trail and the candy house! Bony legs wants to eat Sasha, the protagonist, but because Sasha was so kind to the animals and the gate, they help her escape. This story could be used in a unit on fairy tales, to describe the plot.

Will definitely be reading it to my kids in the future.

The book is about a witch named Bony Legs. She has a house standing on chicken legs. She likes to eat children. The story is about when she is waiting for a child to come through the woods so she could eat the child for supper. She saw a house and she was going to ask for needle and thread. She opened the gate and it squeaked so she put butter on the hinges and went through the gate. She saw a cat so she gave the cat meat.

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Bony legs book

Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book. Joanna Cole , Dirk Zimmer Illustrator. The old witch Bony-legs captures Sasha and prepares to eat her, until three unlikely characters--a creaking gate, a skinny dog, and a melancholy cat--come to her rescue. Loading interface

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Published by Scholastic Inc. And now as an adult, it is much fun to read this book to my nieces. The kindly oiled gate lets her out without a squeak. She greases a creaking gate at the entrance to Bony-Leg's cottage. The kindly oiled gate lets her out without a squeak. Customer Reviews. There are certain books that have stuck with me throughout the years, and this is one of them. He will like this book because I think he likes scary books. View basket. Release Date: January Rereading this book, the moment I looked at it I could see the illustrations from In a Dark, Dark Room original version, not the one with updated illustrations. I read it and re-read it until it fell apart, in fact, but it's still on my bookshelves today! I would definitely recommend this as an alternative fairy tale for students. Google Books — Loading I liked how creative the little girl was to get away from the witch, and I thought that I taught a good lesson of kindness.

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Published by Four Winds Press. An enjoyable, short read filled with color pictures and a kind child's cleverness. Michael Fitzgerald. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. The scenery and background are rich with details, and creepy ones at that -- the chicken feet at the bottom of the house! Become a LibraryThing Author. To Rachel J. This was my favorite book in Kindergarten and it took me forever to remember the name to find it! Book Overview When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb given to her by the witch's cat and dog This description may be from another edition of this product. I thought this book was really creative.