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The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
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The Widow's Broom (original 1992; edition 1992)

by Chris Van Allsburg

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A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous.
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Title:The Widow's Broom
Authors:Chris Van Allsburg
Info:Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (1992), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 32 pages
Collections:Donated to HMCRA
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The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg (1992)

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A magical broom that helps a widow. Townspeople freak out. Broom's "ghost" comes back.

That's basically the gist. I wish I could say more about it. But honestly, I'm not fan. ( )
  msgabbythelibrarian | Jun 11, 2023 |
A great book that will have students' imagination going. ( )
  Martha01 | Mar 19, 2023 |
Really cute picture book about what happens when a witch's broom that's lost (most of) its magic is found by a widow who has not-very-tolerant neighbors. The art is fun, and the ending was perfect. ( )
  ca.bookwyrm | Jun 9, 2022 |
The Widow's Broom is about a widow who is tending to her farm when a witch falls from the sky with her broom. The witch soon leaves the farm but does not take her magic broomstick with her. After weeks of the broom assisting the widow, the broom gets into trouble with some neighborhood boys. The boy's fathers burn the broom and long story short the town must now live with the ghost of the magic broom. Above all, I enjoyed the illustrations throughout this book. Van Allsburg does a great job of capturing emotion but also keeping a dull mood to the pictures to keep it slightly eerie. Was a very fun read. ( )
  bhammant | Sep 19, 2018 |
Witch's brooms slowly lose their power overtime, and because of this, a witch came crashing into the garden of a widow. The widow kindly took the witch in and cared for her, and in return the witch left her the broom. The broom magically could sweep the floor by itself, and even chop firewood and play the piano. The neighbors soon became suspicious and try to destroy it. The widow develops a clever plan to save the broom, and they live happily ever after. The illustrations are a beautiful sweeping black and white, that have an almost haunting quality to them. ( )
  Thomasjfkb | Aug 24, 2018 |
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To My Friend Maurice
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Witches’ brooms don’t last forever.
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Though it had learned how to do many things, sweeping brought it special pleasure. It was, after all, a broom.
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