Room on the Broom - Julia Donaldson

Room On The Broom written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffer. Lovely story Book With colourful illustrations. I am biased about this book (Julia Donaldson is one of my favourite childrens book writers). In my setting we read lots of childrens books and we all love to read Room on the Broom. Room on the broom is a really nice story about a friendly witch. The story rhymes which children love. The illustrations are fantastic with something going on in the background on every page. I could go on and on but will let you decide here is a snippet from room on the broom: The witch had a cat and a very tall hat, And long ginger ...  Read the complete review

This book was written by Julia Donaldson. Room on the broom begins with the witch flying through the wind on her broom with her cat. As the story goes on the witch loses parts of her possesions, her hat, bow & wand. Everytime the witch loses one of her possesions she commands the broomstick down so she can retrieve the lost item and and each time makes a new animal friend and lets them on her broomstick. Finally the weight of 4 animals and the witch is too much for the broom and it snaps in two. All the witches new animal friends fall into a bog and the witch is almost eaten by a dragon until her new friends save her by working together and pretending to be a monster ...  Read the complete review

The witch acompanied by a striped cat go for a ride on her broom but it is a very windy and blustery night, before long the witches hat blows away in the wind, they go to find it only to find that a spotted dog has already found the hat, he returns it and asks for a ride on the broom stick so off they fly, the witch, the cat and the dog but before long the witches hair bobble blows away and when they find it a green parot has it and agrees to return it in return for a go on her broom, she agrees and once again the witch, the cat, the dog and the paroty fly off into the sky. All of a suddent the wind blows the witches magic wand off and they have to go and find ...  Read the complete review

Room on a Broom - Julia Donaldson Room on a Broom is another classic from Julia Donaldson, the author of 'The Gruffalo'. It is illustrated by Axel Sheffler with bright colourful illustrations that keep the pages turning. It is 24 pages long and is published by Macmillan for £5.99 This books just trips of the tongue with its gentle rhyming text. The friendly witch travels along on her broom and periodically loses items of clothing etc. They are found by eager creatures on the ground who then ask for a ride on her broom. She graciously accepts them on her broom until disaster happens... Thankfully the animals she has made friends with on her journey ...  Read the complete review

'Room on the Broom' is an absolutely delightful picture book written by Julia Donaldson (who also wrote 'The Gruffalo' and 'The Smartest Giant in Town'). In this book she has collaborated with Axel Scheffler who is a wonderful illustrator. Before you even open the book, you are drawn into the story by the picture on the front cover which shows a witch flying on her broomstick with her cat, cauldron and her magic wand. She is wearing traditional witch's clothes with a black cape and tall black hat. She even has a wart on her nose. However, we know she is going to be a friendly witch because she has a smile on her face and both she and her cat look ...  Read the complete review