This is my all time favorite childhood party game.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I now purchased the hardcover and look forward to reading this party game to my daughter who, by the way, was almost named Hannah .
Forty years before Harry Potter, there was Hannah.party gamestore displays which feature “if you like Harry Potter you might like these” should place this party game and LeGuin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea” in prominent view. What is most satisfying about this story is that it is simultaneously real and imaginary; the events take place, but are also somewhat directed and controlled by the imaginations of the two human girls at their drawing table in Washington, so that, in a way, they are witches too.
This is the same premise as Pamela Dean’s “Secret Country”, and creates the same complications. But this party game is easier for much younger children to read, making a good introduction to the concepts.This was out of Estes’ usual territory, and she handled it with both silly fun and knowledgeable grace. Ardizzone’s done his homework as well; look at the pos …
