#16 Hansel and Gretel

Title: Hansel and Gretel

Author: Penny Dolan

Illustrator: Graham Philpot

Publishing Company: Watts Publishing Group

Copyright Date: 2005

# of Pages: 31

Genre/Category: Traditional Literature

 

 

 

            This book is about a boy and a girl who get lost in the woods. While in the woods, they find a house that is made of gingerbread. The children are asked to come into the house and find out it is owned by a witch. Hansel and Gretel must try to find a way to get away.

            Many of the illustrations in the book appear to have been done with watercolors. Throughout the book, the pictures have light and dark spots throughout the picture. The colors in the book are very colorful and would draw the attention of younger children. The spatial form of most of the pictures is a square shape. Most of the text in the book is formal text.

            This book would be great for first and second grade children. There are several ways that this book can be used in the classroom. On way it could be used it to tell children to not talk to strangers and never go in someone house they do not know. Another way is to teach children to learn directions. If Hansel and Gretel had kept up with which direction they were going, they would not have gotten lost. Also it can be used to teach children to think about situations they are in and be calm and not to panic. This book has not won any awards.