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Summary: Is your teacher a witch?
Review: This is a really funny book that elementary students are certain to enjoy! THE WITCHES involves much storytelling between a grandmother and her grandson, who remains nameless, and her vivid descriptions of the characteristics of witches. Children will most certainly love the idea that the kind lady next door, or even their classroom teacher, could possibly be a witch! Witches don't like children, so you better watch out! You don't want to know what they might do if they catch you.....
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Summary: One of the best from the world's most magical storyteller!
Review: What do kids like, according to Roald Dahl? They love being spooked, he once said. They love suspense. They love action. They love ghosts. They love chocolates and toys and money. They love magic. They love being made to giggle. That's very much true, and this Dahl classic has a little bit of everything that makes a good story. You know that just from reading the first paragraph, which reads:"In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they are so hard to catch." As with many of Dahl's best books, the main character must stop evil beings from doing something awfel to children! (For example: Matilda must use her powers to stop The Trenchbull from doing horrid things to her pupils in MATILDA, his last work. In THE BFG, Sophie must help The Big Friendly Giant rid the world of evil kid-eating giants.) And here, an English/Norweigen boy and his all-knowlegeable grandmother must stop all the witches in England from turning all the children into mice, even at their own personal expense. There were only four minor things wrong with this book, and here I will describe them for you: 1. SMOKING--Grandmama smokes cigars regularly, especially when she is telling her grandson about the witches. While it does describe the cigars as discusting, this is not enough. There should not be smoking in a children's book, especially a Roald Dahl. 2. THE END--The end of this book sets up the plot for a sequel. (If you've read it, you know what I mean.) But, strangly enough, there is NO SEQUEL. This may enrage kids (and adults!) who, upon reading the ending, were anticapating finding the other book and reading about Grandmama and her grandson's further dealings with witches (or "vitches", as The Grand High Witch says in this book.) 3. NAMELESSNESS--The main character has no name! He is either refured to as "you", "I", or "grandson". Now that is disturbing! 4. BONDING--Grandmama and Grandson are bonded here like no grandmother and son could ever really bond (I think so, anyway). In this way it's a bit unrealistic. But then again, if you want realisim, you're thinking about the wrong book. Dahl's masterworks are always so zany and weird--that's what you come to expct from him if you're a loyal Dahl fan. Well, there you have it. Except for those three things--great! This book is "a fast-moving, well-paced adventure that children will undoubtably love." (School Library Journal). While foes of magic (and any real witches who must keep their secrets secret) will surely despise this books exsistance, ALL US ROALD DAHL FANS SHOUT HOORAY! (adapted from the last line on page 87).
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Summary: A Breathtaking Story!
Review: This is an awesome story about a young boy facing an unforgetable adventure to destory every single gruesome witches before they turn every single child into mice! I've seen the film but it was not good as the book. I like the story very much because there were many adventures and magics in it. I always think that this was the best book Roald Dahl had ever created!
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Summary: Wonderful storytelling
Review: Do you know how to sopt a witch? She always wears gloves(even during the summer) to hid her claws, she has large nostrils(to smell children), the pupils in her eyes change color, she is bald(and always scratching her head because her wig is scratching her) and her teeth are blue in color(to match her blue spittle). One child spots a witch...actually he discovers that the Royal Scoiety for Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a group of witches planning on turning all children into mice... What happens when the witches smell him hiding behind the curtain? Will they change him into a mouse? And who owns the local candy-store? All these questions will be answered as you laugh your way through this magical, supernatural, and survival story.
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Summary: AWSOME!
Review: If you like wierd things you'll love this thrilling book!Its kind of scary in some parts.Its about a boy and his Grandma who go to England and see a witch meeting.I can't tell you anymore or else I'll spoil the book!
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Summary: Cool Book
Review: It is a fun and interesting book about a grandmamma with a missing thumb and a grandson that gets turned into a mouse by witches. Witches are everywhere you know. I could not wait to read this book. I am in second grade.
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Summary: The quintessential children's novel
Review: This has to be one of the greatest novels i read as a child. The wonderful Roald Dahl (we miss you!) exhibits his fantastical imagination and we never for a second believe that any of it is make believe. Roald Dahl ropes us in to his story and we are spellbounded every step of the way. Roald Dahl nearly always creates a central character that his readers instantly loathe such as Mrs T in Matilda and the head witch here.This increases the suspense as the reader waits for the eventual demise of this "evil" character. He also incorporates irony and satire magnificently that adult readers can appreciate. Dahl is undoubtedly the greatest children's writer that ever was. His books leave lasting memories and are a legacy that will last for centuries. We honour your memory
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Summary: Roald Dahl at his best in this exiting story.
Review: This book is undoubtedly Roald Dahl's best. It shines above the rest. It is so great i read it again and again. It gives you the real facts about witches and what they are really like. It follows a boy who has an encounter with witches. It is a story which will be used again and again. If you buy this you will never stop reading because you want to know what happens next. It is exiting as the boy tries to save every child in England into a mouse. To have a laugh and need something to settle the Kids down buy it!!!
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Summary: Read This!
Review: Did you know that witches have purple eyes? Well, I really like this book because it's adventerous and it was exciting. If you like exciting and adventerous books, this is the book to read. I loved this book and I think that you will too.
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Summary: A little disappointing.
Review: I finished reading this book for about the 3rd time in my life and I thought it was really disappointing - I suppose I was younger when I first read it and so that's why I didn't enjoy so much this time. Like most of the other reviewers say, this book has some problems - it is veryyyyyyyy unrealistic and too scary for children under the age of 7.
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