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Reviewed on December 1, 2000
K-Gr 4 What is it that follows the witch home every night as she wends her way past the graveyard, Bogeyman's Bog, the ruins of the Vinegar Works, and other eerie landmarks? Thompson poses this conundrum in a cumulative rhyme that highlights the witch's journey each day of the week. "On Monday,/Dark as shut your eyes,/It followed her home-." In the introductory view, the witch is seen only as a silhouette against the curtains above the bed of a sleeping child. This ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More