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Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit.
The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!!
Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents!
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
Usborne Sticker Atlas of the world , 15 Jan 2007
My son really enjoyed this book. It captured his imagination and we have had lots of interesting chats about different countries and cultures around the world. Excellent for participation and goes really well with associated books on flags and geography.
Andrew McCulloch and Douglas (5)
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
Usborne Sticker Atlas of the world , 15 Jan 2007
My son really enjoyed this book. It captured his imagination and we have had lots of interesting chats about different countries and cultures around the world. Excellent for participation and goes really well with associated books on flags and geography.
Andrew McCulloch and Douglas (5)
Good book, 11 Oct 2008
This is a very, very, good book. I liked the fact that is written in 'chapters' instead of a picture book. I read most of it myself but mummy read some of it to me as well. My favourite story was 'Whizz-bang Winnie' when she and Wilbur win the race. Mummy's favourite was 'Hot Cross Winnie' because she liked it when the little girls took Wilbur and put hair clips in his fur. I am going to read 'Mini Winnie' next. Tom, age 6.
Perfectly designed for the developing reader. , 19 Jun 2008
Many parents and children will be familiar with Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur from the picture books by Valerie Thomas.
Laura Owen has teamed up with Korky Paul who illustrated the original picture books to provide short chapter books about the zany witch designed for the newly confident reader.
There are four short stories in this book, each complete in itself and at just the right length for a young reader to feel a real sense of achievement when they've read to the end.
The Korky Paul illustrations are the link between the original pictures books and these early readers. Here the illustrations are in black and white but they lose none of their original energy and humour. Even the page numbers are in the form of individual illustrations.
The stories will stand several readings and the illustrations are bound to be favourites, with more details to be found on each reading. The lack of complexity in the stories does mean that they're unlikely to remain in favour much beyond the age of about seven so I would buy for the younger child.
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
Usborne Sticker Atlas of the world , 15 Jan 2007
My son really enjoyed this book. It captured his imagination and we have had lots of interesting chats about different countries and cultures around the world. Excellent for participation and goes really well with associated books on flags and geography.
Andrew McCulloch and Douglas (5)
Good book, 11 Oct 2008
This is a very, very, good book. I liked the fact that is written in 'chapters' instead of a picture book. I read most of it myself but mummy read some of it to me as well. My favourite story was 'Whizz-bang Winnie' when she and Wilbur win the race. Mummy's favourite was 'Hot Cross Winnie' because she liked it when the little girls took Wilbur and put hair clips in his fur. I am going to read 'Mini Winnie' next. Tom, age 6.
Perfectly designed for the developing reader. , 19 Jun 2008
Many parents and children will be familiar with Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur from the picture books by Valerie Thomas.
Laura Owen has teamed up with Korky Paul who illustrated the original picture books to provide short chapter books about the zany witch designed for the newly confident reader.
There are four short stories in this book, each complete in itself and at just the right length for a young reader to feel a real sense of achievement when they've read to the end.
The Korky Paul illustrations are the link between the original pictures books and these early readers. Here the illustrations are in black and white but they lose none of their original energy and humour. Even the page numbers are in the form of individual illustrations.
The stories will stand several readings and the illustrations are bound to be favourites, with more details to be found on each reading. The lack of complexity in the stories does mean that they're unlikely to remain in favour much beyond the age of about seven so I would buy for the younger child.
Only for the pirate obsessed, 08 Mar 2008
The "1001 things to spot" series by Usborne has been a huge hit in our family with both our boys. Each book in the series has a number of pages with things to look for in the pictures. They keep kids entertained for hours and are also great for teaching counting and for building vocabulary. The variation in the pictures sparks lots of discussion about what country this town may be in, or which era this "long ago" image may be from.
Having said that, "1001 Pirate Things" was a disappointment to me. Unlike many of the other books in the series, each page features a very similar illustration (invariably a marginally different pirate ship) and it feels very repetitive. Both my sons got bored with this book and so did I. I know that there are boys out there who totally obsess on pirates and it would be wonderful for them. But unless your child fits that description, I would try one of the other books in the series instead.
Brilliant!, 08 Nov 2007
Like the "1001 bugs to spot" from this series I think this book is superb. It is not a storybook so don't buy it if you're looking for salty sea-dog pirate stories.
Each page has an incredibly detailed picture of some aspect of pirate life that little boys may imagine to be true. It's all highly jolly, friendly and sanitised which seems to be the way pirates are presented these days. For example, there's the pirates having a party on their ship, pirate school, pirate races etc. Around the edge of the picture certain items from the main picture are illustrated with a number next to them indicating how many you are to hunt for within the picture.
These books are a real hit with my little boy. They help no end with practising simple counting (up to 10) but also with the ability to resume counting after you've been distracted by something interesting elsewhere in the picture. My little boy is developing quite successful visual scanning strategies through using these stories too.
He loves them, they're educational. Perfect.
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
Usborne Sticker Atlas of the world , 15 Jan 2007
My son really enjoyed this book. It captured his imagination and we have had lots of interesting chats about different countries and cultures around the world. Excellent for participation and goes really well with associated books on flags and geography.
Andrew McCulloch and Douglas (5)
Good book, 11 Oct 2008
This is a very, very, good book. I liked the fact that is written in 'chapters' instead of a picture book. I read most of it myself but mummy read some of it to me as well. My favourite story was 'Whizz-bang Winnie' when she and Wilbur win the race. Mummy's favourite was 'Hot Cross Winnie' because she liked it when the little girls took Wilbur and put hair clips in his fur. I am going to read 'Mini Winnie' next. Tom, age 6.
Perfectly designed for the developing reader. , 19 Jun 2008
Many parents and children will be familiar with Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur from the picture books by Valerie Thomas.
Laura Owen has teamed up with Korky Paul who illustrated the original picture books to provide short chapter books about the zany witch designed for the newly confident reader.
There are four short stories in this book, each complete in itself and at just the right length for a young reader to feel a real sense of achievement when they've read to the end.
The Korky Paul illustrations are the link between the original pictures books and these early readers. Here the illustrations are in black and white but they lose none of their original energy and humour. Even the page numbers are in the form of individual illustrations.
The stories will stand several readings and the illustrations are bound to be favourites, with more details to be found on each reading. The lack of complexity in the stories does mean that they're unlikely to remain in favour much beyond the age of about seven so I would buy for the younger child.
Only for the pirate obsessed, 08 Mar 2008
The "1001 things to spot" series by Usborne has been a huge hit in our family with both our boys. Each book in the series has a number of pages with things to look for in the pictures. They keep kids entertained for hours and are also great for teaching counting and for building vocabulary. The variation in the pictures sparks lots of discussion about what country this town may be in, or which era this "long ago" image may be from.
Having said that, "1001 Pirate Things" was a disappointment to me. Unlike many of the other books in the series, each page features a very similar illustration (invariably a marginally different pirate ship) and it feels very repetitive. Both my sons got bored with this book and so did I. I know that there are boys out there who totally obsess on pirates and it would be wonderful for them. But unless your child fits that description, I would try one of the other books in the series instead.
Brilliant!, 08 Nov 2007
Like the "1001 bugs to spot" from this series I think this book is superb. It is not a storybook so don't buy it if you're looking for salty sea-dog pirate stories.
Each page has an incredibly detailed picture of some aspect of pirate life that little boys may imagine to be true. It's all highly jolly, friendly and sanitised which seems to be the way pirates are presented these days. For example, there's the pirates having a party on their ship, pirate school, pirate races etc. Around the edge of the picture certain items from the main picture are illustrated with a number next to them indicating how many you are to hunt for within the picture.
These books are a real hit with my little boy. They help no end with practising simple counting (up to 10) but also with the ability to resume counting after you've been distracted by something interesting elsewhere in the picture. My little boy is developing quite successful visual scanning strategies through using these stories too.
He loves them, they're educational. Perfect.
Fantastic my 2 year old loves them and has learnt quickly, 27 Jul 2008
I have a 2 and a half year old bright little girl, I thought about teaching her the alphabet but didnt know where to start, these cards make it easy and in bite sized fun chunks, in 2 months my daughter nearly knows them all and now points to random letters and says their sound, they are a bargain for the use you will get from them, just bought the more phonics flashcards too which are a bit more advanced combining letters to make sounds "au" ai oo ee etc great
Very useful learning tool, 27 Feb 2008
I bought these flashcards for my 4 year old son to complement his school literacy program and I believe they have really aided his learning. The cards are printed both sides, one side with the plain letter and the other with the letter plus appropriate illustration and sound guide. They are very colourful and easy to handle and come complete with several cards explaining how to use the letter cards to the best advantage. I gave my son a new card for every new letter sound he learnt at school which he seemed to regard as a treat! Because the cards are simple but fun and easy to use we've been able to spend a quick ten minutes or so every day practising the individual sounds or blending several together to make words or playing little sound/word games which has made learning a lot more fun in short bursts. My only criticism is that the short phrase used as a guide for writing the letters is not included on the card. This would have been quite useful. Nonetheless, I would recommend these cards to anyone starting on the Read Write Inc. scheme.
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
Usborne Sticker Atlas of the world , 15 Jan 2007
My son really enjoyed this book. It captured his imagination and we have had lots of interesting chats about different countries and cultures around the world. Excellent for participation and goes really well with associated books on flags and geography.
Andrew McCulloch and Douglas (5)
Good book, 11 Oct 2008
This is a very, very, good book. I liked the fact that is written in 'chapters' instead of a picture book. I read most of it myself but mummy read some of it to me as well. My favourite story was 'Whizz-bang Winnie' when she and Wilbur win the race. Mummy's favourite was 'Hot Cross Winnie' because she liked it when the little girls took Wilbur and put hair clips in his fur. I am going to read 'Mini Winnie' next. Tom, age 6.
Perfectly designed for the developing reader. , 19 Jun 2008
Many parents and children will be familiar with Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur from the picture books by Valerie Thomas.
Laura Owen has teamed up with Korky Paul who illustrated the original picture books to provide short chapter books about the zany witch designed for the newly confident reader.
There are four short stories in this book, each complete in itself and at just the right length for a young reader to feel a real sense of achievement when they've read to the end.
The Korky Paul illustrations are the link between the original pictures books and these early readers. Here the illustrations are in black and white but they lose none of their original energy and humour. Even the page numbers are in the form of individual illustrations.
The stories will stand several readings and the illustrations are bound to be favourites, with more details to be found on each reading. The lack of complexity in the stories does mean that they're unlikely to remain in favour much beyond the age of about seven so I would buy for the younger child.
Only for the pirate obsessed, 08 Mar 2008
The "1001 things to spot" series by Usborne has been a huge hit in our family with both our boys. Each book in the series has a number of pages with things to look for in the pictures. They keep kids entertained for hours and are also great for teaching counting and for building vocabulary. The variation in the pictures sparks lots of discussion about what country this town may be in, or which era this "long ago" image may be from.
Having said that, "1001 Pirate Things" was a disappointment to me. Unlike many of the other books in the series, each page features a very similar illustration (invariably a marginally different pirate ship) and it feels very repetitive. Both my sons got bored with this book and so did I. I know that there are boys out there who totally obsess on pirates and it would be wonderful for them. But unless your child fits that description, I would try one of the other books in the series instead.
Brilliant!, 08 Nov 2007
Like the "1001 bugs to spot" from this series I think this book is superb. It is not a storybook so don't buy it if you're looking for salty sea-dog pirate stories.
Each page has an incredibly detailed picture of some aspect of pirate life that little boys may imagine to be true. It's all highly jolly, friendly and sanitised which seems to be the way pirates are presented these days. For example, there's the pirates having a party on their ship, pirate school, pirate races etc. Around the edge of the picture certain items from the main picture are illustrated with a number next to them indicating how many you are to hunt for within the picture.
These books are a real hit with my little boy. They help no end with practising simple counting (up to 10) but also with the ability to resume counting after you've been distracted by something interesting elsewhere in the picture. My little boy is developing quite successful visual scanning strategies through using these stories too.
He loves them, they're educational. Perfect.
Fantastic my 2 year old loves them and has learnt quickly, 27 Jul 2008
I have a 2 and a half year old bright little girl, I thought about teaching her the alphabet but didnt know where to start, these cards make it easy and in bite sized fun chunks, in 2 months my daughter nearly knows them all and now points to random letters and says their sound, they are a bargain for the use you will get from them, just bought the more phonics flashcards too which are a bit more advanced combining letters to make sounds "au" ai oo ee etc great
Very useful learning tool, 27 Feb 2008
I bought these flashcards for my 4 year old son to complement his school literacy program and I believe they have really aided his learning. The cards are printed both sides, one side with the plain letter and the other with the letter plus appropriate illustration and sound guide. They are very colourful and easy to handle and come complete with several cards explaining how to use the letter cards to the best advantage. I gave my son a new card for every new letter sound he learnt at school which he seemed to regard as a treat! Because the cards are simple but fun and easy to use we've been able to spend a quick ten minutes or so every day practising the individual sounds or blending several together to make words or playing little sound/word games which has made learning a lot more fun in short bursts. My only criticism is that the short phrase used as a guide for writing the letters is not included on the card. This would have been quite useful. Nonetheless, I would recommend these cards to anyone starting on the Read Write Inc. scheme.
A simple and colourful book to keep the kids busy., 10 Nov 2001
This book contains many simple Christmas projects to keep children occupied in the run up to Christmas. The instructions are clear and simply written and the illustrations are excellent. There are sheets of stickers included with the book which could have been a bit more comprehensive but these are useful none-the-less.
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Customer Reviews
Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
Usborne Sticker Atlas of the world , 15 Jan 2007
My son really enjoyed this book. It captured his imagination and we have had lots of interesting chats about different countries and cultures around the world. Excellent for participation and goes really well with associated books on flags and geography.
Andrew McCulloch and Douglas (5)
Good book, 11 Oct 2008
This is a very, very, good book. I liked the fact that is written in 'chapters' instead of a picture book. I read most of it myself but mummy read some of it to me as well. My favourite story was 'Whizz-bang Winnie' when she and Wilbur win the race. Mummy's favourite was 'Hot Cross Winnie' because she liked it when the little girls took Wilbur and put hair clips in his fur. I am going to read 'Mini Winnie' next. Tom, age 6.
Perfectly designed for the developing reader. , 19 Jun 2008
Many parents and children will be familiar with Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur from the picture books by Valerie Thomas.
Laura Owen has teamed up with Korky Paul who illustrated the original picture books to provide short chapter books about the zany witch designed for the newly confident reader.
There are four short stories in this book, each complete in itself and at just the right length for a young reader to feel a real sense of achievement when they've read to the end.
The Korky Paul illustrations are the link between the original pictures books and these early readers. Here the illustrations are in black and white but they lose none of their original energy and humour. Even the page numbers are in the form of individual illustrations.
The stories will stand several readings and the illustrations are bound to be favourites, with more details to be found on each reading. The lack of complexity in the stories does mean that they're unlikely to remain in favour much beyond the age of about seven so I would buy for the younger child.
Only for the pirate obsessed, 08 Mar 2008
The "1001 things to spot" series by Usborne has been a huge hit in our family with both our boys. Each book in the series has a number of pages with things to look for in the pictures. They keep kids entertained for hours and are also great for teaching counting and for building vocabulary. The variation in the pictures sparks lots of discussion about what country this town may be in, or which era this "long ago" image may be from.
Having said that, "1001 Pirate Things" was a disappointment to me. Unlike many of the other books in the series, each page features a very similar illustration (invariably a marginally different pirate ship) and it feels very repetitive. Both my sons got bored with this book and so did I. I know that there are boys out there who totally obsess on pirates and it would be wonderful for them. But unless your child fits that description, I would try one of the other books in the series instead.
Brilliant!, 08 Nov 2007
Like the "1001 bugs to spot" from this series I think this book is superb. It is not a storybook so don't buy it if you're looking for salty sea-dog pirate stories.
Each page has an incredibly detailed picture of some aspect of pirate life that little boys may imagine to be true. It's all highly jolly, friendly and sanitised which seems to be the way pirates are presented these days. For example, there's the pirates having a party on their ship, pirate school, pirate races etc. Around the edge of the picture certain items from the main picture are illustrated with a number next to them indicating how many you are to hunt for within the picture.
These books are a real hit with my little boy. They help no end with practising simple counting (up to 10) but also with the ability to resume counting after you've been distracted by something interesting elsewhere in the picture. My little boy is developing quite successful visual scanning strategies through using these stories too.
He loves them, they're educational. Perfect.
Fantastic my 2 year old loves them and has learnt quickly, 27 Jul 2008
I have a 2 and a half year old bright little girl, I thought about teaching her the alphabet but didnt know where to start, these cards make it easy and in bite sized fun chunks, in 2 months my daughter nearly knows them all and now points to random letters and says their sound, they are a bargain for the use you will get from them, just bought the more phonics flashcards too which are a bit more advanced combining letters to make sounds "au" ai oo ee etc great
Very useful learning tool, 27 Feb 2008
I bought these flashcards for my 4 year old son to complement his school literacy program and I believe they have really aided his learning. The cards are printed both sides, one side with the plain letter and the other with the letter plus appropriate illustration and sound guide. They are very colourful and easy to handle and come complete with several cards explaining how to use the letter cards to the best advantage. I gave my son a new card for every new letter sound he learnt at school which he seemed to regard as a treat! Because the cards are simple but fun and easy to use we've been able to spend a quick ten minutes or so every day practising the individual sounds or blending several together to make words or playing little sound/word games which has made learning a lot more fun in short bursts. My only criticism is that the short phrase used as a guide for writing the letters is not included on the card. This would have been quite useful. Nonetheless, I would recommend these cards to anyone starting on the Read Write Inc. scheme.
A simple and colourful book to keep the kids busy., 10 Nov 2001
This book contains many simple Christmas projects to keep children occupied in the run up to Christmas. The instructions are clear and simply written and the illustrations are excellent. There are sheets of stickers included with the book which could have been a bit more comprehensive but these are useful none-the-less.
INFORMATIVE AND ALSO QUICK TO READ, 26 May 2008
I read this book in under an hour. It is very easy to follow and tells you expactly what you need to know so that you can teach your child to read. It is straight to the point and just tells you what you need to know.
I have taught my son the phonics sounds using Jolly & did not know what to do next. This book has given me the confidence to go ahead and teach him how to sound out words & eventually read.
It shows you how to use its reading scheme where it has letters & words at the beginning of each book for your child to practise before they read the book.
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Great simple entertainment, 07 Jul 2008
This got my 3 1/2 year old laughing in delight at the silly results of his page choices. He would not let me put it down, and though I had initialy bought it as a present for someone else, i will have to buy another copy. He was thrilled to know which stories the pages came from, and mixing them up brought him great entertainment. A big hit. The perfect gift, 23 May 2008
I can't think of a more wonderful gift for any child. This book has everything - from lovely illustrations to a link to familiar fairytales, great opportunity for humour, creativity .... what more could one want? My daughter has entertained herself and the whole rest of the family endlessly with this book and it's such a pleasure as a parent, too, to be able to sit down and have some fun with fairy tales from a slightly different perspective.
A brilliant, high quality children's book!, 09 Mar 2008
This is yet another of Hilary Robinson's fabulous children's books and as a Pre-School (Nursery) teacher, it's one that I love sharing with children and a book they relish. The delicious pleasure and the infectious laughter they explode with from the hilarious permutations of the stories is a delight to share.
Well done Hilary and Nick...this is a brilliant book that even the adults get a great giggle from as they read it to their children!
LOVE IT!! Amazing, 29 Oct 2007
My children entertained for more than 30 minutes.
It is a good book then.
They have to make their own story.
Great concept
Hilarious, 26 Jul 2006
A fantastic book that takes well know fairy tales and allows you to mix them up. It has kept my kids, (a boy aged 5 and a girl aged 9) amused for hours - not to mention their parents. It is an excellent book for encouraging beginner or reluctant readers as it allows them to choose what they want to read, and then delivers it in short phases, with good picture clues. An example.. Jack...grew and grew to the size of a house...and dreamt about marrying...Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. I will be buying a stack of these books as they will make excellent birthday presents! Excellent, 19 Sep 2008
In our house it's called the Great Big Book of Everything. My son is five and we have this book for a couple of years. Thoroughly recommended. Feed Their Minds, 23 Mar 2006
It is amazing just how often we under-estimate the young mind's hunger for knowledge and their ability to understand. My 4 year old son is vey curious about the world around him, everything from planets to electricity. We now read the 'stories'in this book on a daily basis and he always insists on 'just one more'. It is easy to read with complementary graphics and is therefore a great way to introduce them to facts. I would strongly recommend it for parents who find themselves providing information to their children.
A joy to read, 07 Oct 2008
I originally bought this book as a 5th birthday present for my friend's little girl. When my 6 year old son saw it, he said I had to keep it for him. What lovely stories, the antics of Winnie, Wilbur and all her family, keep you so entertained. The illustrations are fantastic, we spend hours looking at them as they contain so much detail. They are always top of my list for birthday and Christmas presents.
Well done Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
Wonderful book. Fantastic illustrations, 03 Nov 2003
If you are a parent looking out for great childrens books, (like I am), this is one of them!! Winnie is a good normal whitch, but sometims when she waves her wand she gets things muddled up a bit. Three fun stories told at a childs level; 3 to 7 year olds. Just the right amoung of text for both parent and child. The illustrations are so wonderful and detailed that during every read you and your child will discover something new lurking in these magical pages. I love this book.
Winnie the Witch: a Three-story Treasury, 07 Jul 2002
A wonderful book for children and adults to enjoy reading together. The stories are exciting and remind me of jackanory; a desire to delve in to the author's imagination and join in the fun. The illustrations capture this too, each page could take an age to walk through. This front cover should go down in history, as one which fills the heart with anticipation.
The most pleasurable feeling comes when you reach the end of the book....knowing there will be just as much excitement encaptured when you flip the book over and start again.
An absolute delight, 27 Apr 2001
Winnie has a problem- her whole house is black, from the taps to the walls to the ornaments. So is her cat, and she keeps sitting on him. To remedy the problem, she turns him rainbow coloured, then bright green, before eventually deciding to turn her house rainbow coloured instead! Toddlers will love the rainbow coloured cat and ridiculous pictures of Winnie falling over him!It's a great shame you can't see the pictures on-line, but I promise you could not be disappointed!
A fantastic storybook to read over and over!!!!!, 13 Nov 2000
My mum first bought me a copy of this when she fell in love with it...now it has become the most requested book in my classroom! Winnie has a black house and a black cat called Wilbur. This leads to many accidents when Winnie sits, trips and falls over poor Wilbur when she cannot distinguish him from the furniture. Winnie solves the problem by turning Wilbur into many different colours. Wilbur however, is unhappy and Winnie realises that she should do some redecorating in order to rectify the dilemma. A great story, where any child can join in with the "Acabradabra's". The other books are great in the series and we even have the computer game/story which all the children love to play. Being a teacher I read alot of stories and Winnie the Witch is one that I never mind re-reading once a week when the children ask for it!!!!!
Usborne Sticker Atlas of the world , 15 Jan 2007
My son really enjoyed this book. It captured his imagination and we have had lots of interesting chats about different countries and cultures around the world. Excellent for participation and goes really well with associated books on flags and geography.
Andrew McCulloch and Douglas (5)
Good book, 11 Oct 2008
This is a very, very, good book. I liked the fact that is written in 'chapters' instead of a picture book. I read most of it myself but mummy read some of it to me as well. My favourite story was 'Whizz-bang Winnie' when she and Wilbur win the race. Mummy's favourite was 'Hot Cross Winnie' because she liked it when the little girls took Wilbur and put hair clips in his fur. I am going to read 'Mini Winnie' next. Tom, age 6.
Perfectly designed for the developing reader. , 19 Jun 2008
Many parents and children will be familiar with Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur from the picture books by Valerie Thomas.
Laura Owen has teamed up with Korky Paul who illustrated the original picture books to provide short chapter books about the zany witch designed for the newly confident reader.
There are four short stories in this book, each complete in itself and at just the right length for a young reader to feel a real sense of achievement when they've read to the end.
The Korky Paul illustrations are the link between the original pictures books and these early readers. Here the illustrations are in black and white but they lose none of their original energy and humour. Even the page numbers are in the form of individual illustrations.
The stories will stand several readings and the illustrations are bound to be favourites, with more details to be found on each reading. The lack of complexity in the stories does mean that they're unlikely to remain in favour much beyond the age of about seven so I would buy for the younger child.
Only for the pirate obsessed, 08 Mar 2008
The "1001 things to spot" series by Usborne has been a huge hit in our family with both our boys. Each book in the series has a number of pages with things to look for in the pictures. They keep kids entertained for hours and are also great for teaching counting and for building vocabulary. The variation in the pictures sparks lots of discussion about what country this town may be in, or which era this "long ago" image may be from.
Having said that, "1001 Pirate Things" was a disappointment to me. Unlike many of the other books in the series, each page features a very similar illustration (invariably a marginally different pirate ship) and it feels very repetitive. Both my sons got bored with this book and so did I. I know that there are boys out there who totally obsess on pirates and it would be wonderful for them. But unless your child fits that description, I would try one of the other books in the series instead.
Brilliant!, 08 Nov 2007
Like the "1001 bugs to spot" from this series I think this book is superb. It is not a storybook so don't buy it if you're looking for salty sea-dog pirate stories.
Each page has an incredibly detailed picture of some aspect of pirate life that little boys may imagine to be true. It's all highly jolly, friendly and sanitised which seems to be the way pirates are presented these days. For example, there's the pirates having a party on their ship, pirate school, pirate races etc. Around the edge of the picture certain items from the main picture are illustrated with a number next to them indicating how many you are to hunt for within the picture.
These books are a real hit with my little boy. They help no end with practising simple counting (up to 10) but also with the ability to resume counting after you've been distracted by something interesting elsewhere in the picture. My little boy is developing quite successful visual scanning strategies through using these stories too.
He loves them, they're educational. Perfect.
Fantastic my 2 year old loves them and has learnt quickly, 27 Jul 2008
I have a 2 and a half year old bright little girl, I thought about teaching her the alphabet but didnt know where to start, these cards make it easy and in bite sized fun chunks, in 2 months my daughter nearly knows them all and now points to random letters and says their sound, they are a bargain for the use you will get from them, just bought the more phonics flashcards too which are a bit more advanced combining letters to make sounds "au" ai oo ee etc great
Very useful learning tool, 27 Feb 2008
I bought these flashcards for my 4 year old son to complement his school literacy program and I believe they have really aided his learning. The cards are printed both sides, one side with the plain letter and the other with the letter plus appropriate illustration and sound guide. They are very colourful and easy to handle and come complete with several cards explaining how to use the letter cards to the best advantage. I gave my son a new card for every new letter sound he learnt at school which he seemed to regard as a treat! Because the cards are simple but fun and easy to use we've been able to spend a quick ten minutes or so every day practising the individual sounds or blending several together to make words or playing little sound/word games which has made learning a lot more fun in short bursts. My only criticism is that the short phrase used as a guide for writing the letters is not included on the card. This would have been quite useful. Nonetheless, I would recommend these cards to anyone starting on the Read Write Inc. scheme.
A simple and colourful book to keep the kids busy., 10 Nov 2001
This book contains many simple Christmas projects to keep children occupied in the run up to Christmas. The instructions are clear and simply written and the illustrations are excellent. There are sheets of stickers included with the book which could have been a bit more comprehensive but these are useful none-the-less.
INFORMATIVE AND ALSO QUICK TO READ, 26 May 2008
I read this book in under an hour. It is very easy to follow and tells you expactly what you need to know so that you can teach your child to read. It is straight to the point and just tells you what you need to know.
I have taught my son the phonics sounds using Jolly & did not know what to do next. This book has given me the confidence to g | | |