Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll


                                               

today’s children storybook summary is

Meg and Mog

By Helen Nicoll

Illustration by Jan Pienkowski

Theme: Halloween

Storyline

Meg, the witch, was deep asleep when her personal alarm clock, a snowy owl, hooted three times and woke her up. It was midnight, but Meg got up and dressed. It was Halloween night, and she was going to a spell party. She cooked a meal and ate. Before leaving the house with her cat Mog on the broom, she got her cauldron and a spider that she needed for the spell.

The night was dark, but she could still see her friends: the witches Bess, Jess, Tess, and Cress.

Under the moonlight, they made a fire on a hill and set up the cauldron. They used a beetle, a frog, a worm, a bat and a spider to boil a concoction for the spell. They stirred the pot and chanted the spell, but something went wrong and loud noise went off with a flash. And all of the sudden, Bess, Jess, Tess and Cress transformed into mice.

Meg chased them away and thought to herself that she may change them back to witches next Halloween.

Characters: Meg, the witch; Mog, the cat; an owl; some other witches.

Illustration

Hidden in a Halloween story is a lesson on shapes and colors for the little kids. The illustrator uses firm lines to draw characters and objects that are easy to follow and spot. There are stars, squares and semicircles, and other random shapes. The colors are bold and Halloween-like: orange, black, green, blue. The big text is strategically placed on the page so that the reader follows the images. Overall, a good book for Halloween reading.

Recommended Age: 3 to 5

Reading Time: under 2 min

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