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The Widow's Broom
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The Widow's Broom (1992) (edit title/settings)

by Chris Van Allsburg (Author) (edit contributors)

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A widow finds herself in possession of an extraordinary broom left by a witch who fell into the widow's garden.

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A magic broom falls into the hands of an old widow, and helps her around the house. Some neighbors conspire to get rid of the broom, but the widow is crafty and plays a trick on them.

The Widow’s Broom by Chris Van Alsburg Illustrations by author K-4 Fantasy
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A magic broom falls into the hands of an old widow, and helps her around the house. Some neighbors conspire to get rid of the broom, but the widow is crafty and plays a trick on them.

The Widow’s Broom by Chris Van Alsburg Illustrations by author K-4 Fantasy
A witches broom konks out and she falls to a widow garden. The kind widow helps her by giving her a place to recuperate and the witch leaves the magic broom to the widow. The broom helps the widow with all the house work and the widow is very happy with her magic broom.
The setting is in the widow’s house. The mood is fun and funny. The illustrations are done beautifully in black and white.
Uses for the book: Read aloud and to encourage reading.

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Witches' brooms don't last forever.

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This is a picture book and therefore there are no chapters.

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  1. Chris Van Allsburg (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0395640512
Page Count: 32

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Reading Level: Ages 9-12

This is a 5.3 reading level.

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