Heckedy Peg

Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood is about a mother with seven children. The mother has to go to town one and leaves her children home without supervision. Before she leaves she asks the children to tell her one thing they want from town. The children tell her, she tells them not to let any strangers in and not to play with fire and then she leaves. After she has left an old witch comes by and convinces the children to let her in. Once she is in she turns the children into food and takes them to her house to eat them. The mother returns to her house but her children are no longer there. A little bird tells her where to go to find her children. When the mother gets to the witch's house the witch won't let her in. Will the mother ever be able to get her children back?
    This was a very interesting book. I think that it is kind of a little dark and gloomy and might scare some kids. I liked the story line of the book and the pictures are done beautifully with pastel colors. I would not read this book to young children because it might scare them but older children (2nd grade and older) will really enjoy this book.
    Since this book is about magic I think this would be a good book to read to older students before a writing lesson on what they would do if they had magic or a lesson on having the students create their own books. Older boys and girls would enjoy reading this book and find the content very interesting.  This book is one that students can relate in the fact that they have all disobeyed their parents before. Children will enjoy the mythical nature of this book and reading this book will increase their motivation to read.