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The Witches
by Roald Dahl (Illustrator: Quentin Blake)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Puffin (1989-01-09)
ISBN: 0140340203
EAN: 9780140340204
Paperback: 208 pages
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
SKU: 6241
Condition: Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Good.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This rollicking story of a heroic boy's fight to save the children of England from the Grand High Witch of the World is "a fast-moving, well-paced adventure that children will love."--School Library Journal. ALA Notable Children's Book.
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Amazon.com Review
This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "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." Witches, as our hero learns, hate children. With the help of a friend and his somewhat-magical grandmother, our hero tries to expose the witches before they dispose of him. Ages 7-12.
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Customer Reviews
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For Readers Who Just Wanna' Have Fun
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-10-30
Adult readers, please shut off your reality and turn on your imagination; please read Roald Dahl's THE WITCHES. It's written for 7-12 year olds, but I guarantee you'll also have fun with it.
My favorite lines pinched my nostrils together when I read them. "I ... ran into The Grand High Witch's bedroom. There was the same musty smell about the place that I had noticed in the Ballroom [a witches' meeting]. It was the stench of witches. It reminded me of the smell inside the men's public lavatory at our local railway-station."
Pee-ew! That's some stench!
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another great Dahl story!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-28
This story has three parts: the first - scary and gruesome, the second - funny, full of adventure and predictable, the third - warm, unexpected and full of promise and excitement.
What stays with me is the love between the grandson and the grandmother - they fully accept one another despite their differences and they enthusiastically enjoy life and each other.
The ending is left open for the imagination - not taken to a close like so much these days where nothing is left to ponder upon.
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A Gem
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-07-26
I love this book! I was at my cousin's house when she had book club, and having read this many times, I forgot how great it was! Luckily, I chose to read it again, and fell in love for the second time! With characters that only Roahld Dahl himself could come up with, this book is a find. An eccentric grandmother, a curious boy, and evil creatures, this book is masterpiece. One of my favorites in the Dahl collection, thank you to the author!!!!
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The Witches
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-25
This is an excellent book for 3rd grade readers. It is very exciting and keeps my child interested. I recommend this book.
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Disasterously wicked, with a smile
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-05-18
This will continue to be one of the most dazzling examples of children's literature. How can you not love something of so much horror that comes off with such humor and charm?
In classic Dahl fashion, a boy is horrible orphaned to be left with his grandmother, a woman who belives in the dangers of witches.
What follows is a hotel adventure that manages to make witches villainous and yet as properly British as possible.
It's tongue-in-cheek and continuinly clever. I also think it is some of the best imagination Dahl has ever shone.
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