TITLE: Alice and Greta: A Tale of Two Witches
AUTHOR: Cyd Moore
GENRE: Fantasy
THEMES; Opposites, Wtiches
AWARDS: None
PUBLISHING
DATE AND COMPANY: Scholastic, 1997
SUMMARY:
This book is about two sisters, Alice and Greta, who are witches. They
learned all the same tricks and spells while going to school, but this
story is a classic good versus evil plot. Alice uses her magic for good
(like saving sandcastles from the waves), and Greta uses her magic for
bad (or evil, depending on your stance) and gives people warts. At the
end of the story Greta sticks all the children with marshmallows, but
Alice ends up saving the day! This would be a great book to read to a
young class, because it has lots of bright pictures, and is perfect for
Halloween when witches are the topic of a lot of discussion. This would
be a great story to have the children write alternate endings, in which
both characters end of being good, and what would have happened if Greta
realized she was being bad.
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