BOO, I am hungry I will eat you for my dinner (No Dinner!: The Story of the Old Woman and the Pumpkin - Jessica Souhami)

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Product:	No Dinner!: The Story of the Old Woman and the Pumpkin - Jessica Souhami
Date:	07/10/08 (208 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good repartitional book

Disadvantages: bit scarey

I bought the book The Old woman and the Pumpkin by Jessica Souhami from the charity shop for my grandchildren. I paid 20p the RRP on the back of the book is £10.99p
This book is suitable for key stage 1 or 2. Children between 4 and 7 years old,

This story is a traditional southern Asian story. It has elements of the Red riding hood story we know. In this story though is about the grandma, who is frail, all skin and bones she is visiting the granddaughter who lives the other side of the forest.

The forest is full of fierce hungry animals. Grandma walks through the forest "her stick went tagook tagook" she met many animals first a wolf, who jumps out at her saying BOO. The wolf says old woman I am going to eat you all up. The old woman manages to persuade the wolf that although she is all skin and bone now she is going to her granddaughters house where she will get nice and fat and that the wolf should wait till she is on her way home when she will be fatter.
The old woman continues on her journey tagook tagook and then the meets a bear who says boo and repeats the same words as the wolf. The old woman again persuades the bear not to eat her now but wait till she has feasted at her granddaughter's house.
Tagook tagook on the old woman went this time she came across a tiger that jumped out at her. She had the same conservation with the tiger to the one she had with the wolf, and bear. This time she continues tagook, tagook and reaches her granddaughters house.

At her granddaughters house she eats lots and then wonders how she will get home safely. Her granddaughter scrapes out an enormous pumpkin, grandma hides in it and the granddaughter gives the pumpkin a push. The Pumpkin rolled galook galook first past the tiger who asks the pumpkin "have you seen a little old woman. " the old woman from inside the pumpkin replies no I'm just a pumpkin rolling home the pumpkin rolls on past the bear who also asks the same question the old woman inside the pumpkin replies the same. The pumpkin passes the wolf the same conversation goes on, but the wolf says "just a minute. I have never heard a talking pumpkin before"
The old woman admits it's her but says she did not get fat at her granddaughters house. "Show me" says the wolf the old woman puts out her walking stick instead of the leg the wolf asks for. The wolf says bother and pushes the pumpkin away the pumpkin and grandma rolls safely back to her home and is met by her dog. And so the story ends.

This book is quite good.
Children love the repetition when grandma meets the different animals. The illustrations are good the colours rich and vibrant reds orange and greens.

My grand son aged 6 enjoyed this book a bit old maybe slightly scarey for my 2 1/2 year old gdaughter. My gson beginning to repeat some of the story with me as I read itand was reading some of it on his own .

Summary: A book for children