Witches haunt a town, a wise old rabbi comes up with a solution, and tricks the witches, who shrink into nothingness. I liked some of the small touches: The rabbi losing track of his plan when the banquet of food is set up, and the touch of compassion -- all the townsmen said it was a fate they wouldn't wish on their worst enemies. And the final scene, when everybody in town gets to enjoy a full moon, at last. [return][return]My 6yo listened intently and at the end, smiled and said, "I really liked that." ( )

I liked this book for many reasons. This book is very well written for young children. The language is very simple with short and easy sentences for young readers to understand. The illustrations are also interesting because the only color in the whole book is blue which is the sky. There are few characters in the story which also makes it easier for younger readers to follow the story. The Rabbi and witches are the main characters to keep track of during the story and the plot is short and easy to follow. The main idea of this story was the Rabbi solving the problem of the witches coming to his happy village and scaring his people. This idea was made clear and followed through with details and an enjoyable text. ( )

The Rabbi and the Twenty-nine Witches centers around a story where witches that come out on a full moon and make people have nightmares. The rabbi was the most trusted in the town. The grandmother wanted to see the full moon before she died. So she went to talk to the Rabbi. The Rabbi took 29 brave men to meet the witches in the rain. The rabbi tricked the witches into going in the rain and they shrunk all the way until they were nothing. The theme was unclear and I honestly don't understand the story. ( )

Witches haunt a town, a wise old rabbi comes up with a solution, and tricks the witches, who shrink into nothingness. I liked some of the small touches: The rabbi losing track of his plan when the banquet of food is set up, and the touch of compassion -- all the townsmen said it was a fate they wouldn't wish on their worst enemies. And the final scene, when everybody in town gets to enjoy a full moon, at last.

My 6yo listened intently and at the end, smiled and said, "I really liked that." ( )

This book was a little strange. I didn't really like the book because of the characters and illustrations. The characters in the book were 29 witches, 29 village men and a Rabbi. They weren't well developed and there wasn't really much to the story. For example, the 29 men came into the story abruptly at the end to help scare away the witches. The illustrations in the book were very dull. All characters were drawn in black. The only color in the book was the blue sky. I think that the lack of color made the story seem very cold. Overall, I think the purpose of the story was to show that witches aren't very bright and can be out smarted. ( )