Roald Dahl - The Witches

Pros: Adventure & intrigue, wonderful vocal interpretation by Lynn Redgrave
Cons: Scary - but no worse than Lion, Witch, & Wardrobe or Wizard of Oz

Members of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children are delightful and kind women. Until you strip away their disguises to reveal their true motivations. Then you see their bald heads hidden by scratchy wigs. You see the extra ...

Pros: Descriptions of witches, the annual meeting, Grandmamma's storytelling, Everything
Cons: Not recommended for really young children or those unable to separate fantasy from reality

When someone you trust claims that witches are real and then continues to describe "real" witches they somehow become scarier.  Road Dahl's book The Witches opens on an ominous note, "In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly ...

Pros: Crazy take on witches; great story; mice are awesome!
Cons: Never.

I’ve had this book…oh, forever. Actually the one I have now used to be my sister’s. Of course, if look at the picture above, that’s what is coming out now (and the one I’m sending to a child in need of a good book – not my ...

Pros: Witty, entertaining story
Cons: not politically correct

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. (Exodus 22:17) King James Version. Depending on the translation you select, you may substitute wizard or sorceress for witch, but the message is consistent. All witches must die! Dahl clearly takes this to heart in...

Pros: Intriguing story, fun, funny, nice illustrations
Cons: May frighten young children

Introduction Witches have been part of our every day lives for years and years now ever since the book The Wizard of Oz came out in the 1940s with the Wicked Witch Of The West and now the mainstream audiences have been loving witch ...

Pros: A wonderful and dazzling example of children's literature
Cons: It's wonderfully scary!!!

 I don't care that most of Roald Dahl's books are suppossedly children's books I still love to read them even though I'm not reading them to children anymore. I would find it very hard to pick a favourite - think that the BFG must be near ...

Pros: Provocative, funny, crazy, everything you'd want in a book
Cons: um, none!

Roald Dahl's done it again, folks! His spectacular "THE WITCHES", old as it may seem, is truly bewitching and mind-boggling. Though this book was released during 1989, it's a timeless classic. Dahl's ingenious works never...

Pros: Great plot and characters
Cons: None

I first heard about this book when I became a teacher 1 1/2 years ago. I was teaching a 4th and 5th grade combination class and needed a book to read aloud to them. My father, who was also a teacher, recommended "The Witches" to me. Since he...

Pros: Wickedly entertaining! Darkly humorous!
Cons: Sad in parts - not for the overly sensitive child. The movie is also.

Read this book aloud for guaranteed story time hysterics - the Witches - complete with German accent and fantasy appearances, are an absolute hit with kids, and there's nothing like a child as central character that overcomes adversity and saves the day!...

Pros: the author
Cons: nothing

Witches: Even the name is interesting. Roald Dahl has proved himself worthy of many praises of him. Wow. Interesting topic that explores children's worst fears is made so interesting that even I couldn't put the book down. The fact that this book is...

Pros: great story
Cons: little kids might become frightened

The Witches is one fine piece of work by children's author Roald Dahl.

The story is about a boy and his grandma.

The boy gets turned into a mouse by the High Witch.

But still, as a mouse, the little boy and his grandma...