Zip! Zoom! On a Broom
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
One goes zip,two go zoom.Three witches glide from room to room.
So begins this witchy counting story. Counting up from 1 to 10 and back down again, ten witches jump on a broom--and then fall off one by one! Written in pitch-perfect rhyme, and full of fun read-aloud energy that will have kids memorizing lines and clamoring to read the book again and again, this book hits the mash-up sweet spot between an important concept and Halloween fun!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a dark-humored counting book from the team behind Pablo in the Snow, 10 witches share a wild broom ride through the night. Sloat introduces the witches while counting up to 10 ("Seven chant. Eight incant./ Nine wicked witches rave and rant"), but after their midflight fight causes their shared broomstick to plunge, they drop off one by one: "Six plummet down, still holding on./ One gets zapped by lightning gone!" (While Sloat's humor tilts toward the edgy, the final spread reveals that all 10 witches survive the ordeal.) Working in ink and watercolor, Bonnet's illustrations have a chaotic, wobbly quality that suits this story of a late-night haunting gone wrong. Readers will want to pore over the details of her eerie, monster-filled nocturnal scenes and probably enjoy a bit of schadenfreude as each witch makes her dramatic exit. Ages 4 8.
