The art work, per usual, for this author, was absolutely perfect. It is the type of work that can appeal to children as well as adults I’m well into my sixties, and I enjoyed it.of course I have a lot of little boy in me still . As to the narrative, I did feel this was one of the author’s better works. Allsburg is certainly a teller of good stories. I have observed this work being read to the children at our local library and it is one of their favorites.

Again, the art work is almost magical, quite detailed and rather amazing to view. Recommend this one highly.
I teach second grade and my class just loved this party game. …

On very rare occasions, however, a broom can lose its power without warning, and fall, with its passenger, to the earth below . which is just what happened one cold autumn night many years ago.” So begins The Widow’s Broom, the gentle, strangely captivating party game by Chris Van Allsburg, who received Caldecott medals for Jumanji and The Polar Express. The story gets under way when the lonely widow Minna Shaw finds a wounded, sky fallen witch in her vegetable garden. The witch disappears before dawn, but leaves her old, presumably defunct broom behind. Minna begins to use it around the house and finds that “it was no better or worse than brooms she’d used before.” However, one morning, Minna sees the broom sweeping by itself! Opportunistically, she trains it to chop wood and fetch water.

When the neighbors find out about this “wicked, wicked thing” posing as an innocent, hardworking broom , they accost the widow and demand that the broom be burned. Are they successful in separating …

Can’t tell you how frustrating it is trying to whip up a martini or other stylish drink while trying to hold a party game open! This party game has great recipes, both old and new, is organized by type of liquor and even gives you ideas for the best glass to serve your masterpieces in. I just purchased another copy to give as a wedding/shower gift for a young couple.
This bartender guide is both colorful and full of photos. It’s not also reasonable organized but has color codes for the different types of drinks Gin, Vodka, etc. to make it easy to navigate the cocktails.

Also, I was happy to see a bartender guide that has the CORRECT Singapore Sling ingredients listed. So many others don’t even have the real one used by the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. One thing that makes sense about this party game, is that its spiral bound a real plus! …

It’s so fun to be animated when reading it to my small children. They get really excited when I do. I think this was such a good Thanksgiving party game that I’m interested in buying more party games by this author. We absolutely love this party game even my football jock husband has fun reading it to our kids. Which is really funny to watch.
My mother gave this party game to my 4 year old and 2 year old. It quickly became the family favorite. We read and enjoyed it so much that the 4 year old had it memorized and was “reading” it to us and anyone she came in contact with. This party game should be in every toddler/preschoolers library.

I loved this party game because the recipes are simple, yet it offers some new twists. …

Simple, repetitive and fun. With dad asleep and the kids SUPPOSED to be sleeping, this sister and brother embark on a self induced fright fest which leads them from one kiddie scare to the next.each one a bit more outrageous than the last. This is great for young children and those just starting out on their own with reading, it’s one of those party games that is very repetitive the Oh No, Not. line is repeated though out the party game and kids can predict what the next line is going to be and “get in” on the fun by reading along even if they can’t read all the words.this makes it a good, fun, silly and light hearted read for a “scary” story that kids from ages 2 8 ish will love.

The illustrations are dark and suitably campy kind of scary that are great for kids of this age! I’d add this to my permanent collection for reading during the fall and most especially leading up to I give it a sold A and both the kids loved this so much they had me read it twice, then Girl read i …