Heckedy Peg

Heckedy Peg
By Audrey Wood, Illustrated by Don Wood
Scholastic Inc., 1987
Pages: 30
Reading Level: 4-8
Genre: Picture Book

Heckedy Peg is about a mother and her children. One day the mother leaves to go out and agrees to buy one thing for each of the children. Each child chooses something they really want. While Mother is gone, Heckedy Peg comes along and tricks the children into letting her in and then turns them into food and takes them home. Mother comes back and realizes they are missing. With the help of a bird,she finds them. Heckedy Peg tell her that if she can figure out which child is which food on the first try she can have them back. Mother uses the things the children wanted to match them all up and successfully retrives her children. The witch then jumps off the bridge, and Mother and the children head home happily.

All children and many young adults and adults would benefit from this book.

I don't see this book causing any problems. In fact, it teaches children to NOT open the doors to strangers.

This is one of my childhood favorites. It is so creative and the pictures are beautiful.

My Rating: *****