Hansel and Gretel

by Jane Jerrard, Susan Spellman (Illustrator)

Classic fairy tale about two young children who get lost in the woods and get caught by a bad witch.

Genres: Picture Books, Fairy Tales, Childrens

18 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The classic tale of Hansel & Gretel.

[Marquise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely artwork, though the retelling could've been better.

[Jill Wolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Traditional Literature #7
This book is about a stepmother ordering her husband to take his children deep into the woods in order to get rid of them. The first time that the husband did, the children found their way back home. The second time, the children did not get so lucky. They eventually made it to a gingerbread house where an old witch tricked them. The witch was planning to eat Hansel, but the children escaped before she could do so. They found their way home and when they did, their stepmother was gone.

[Lia]

Traditional Lit #4

Hansel and Gretel is about two kids who have a step mom and a dad. The step mom is very mean and orders the dad to take the kids into the forest where they do not return because they cannot find their way back. Eventually, the kids end up at an evil witch's house and she tries to beef up one of Hansel so she can eat him. This doesn't work and Gretel pushes her in the fire and the kids run free back to their home to find that their dad got rid of the step mom and they could now live happily together.

[Alicia Lawrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hansel and Gretel are sent to live into the woods because their father is poor and their stepmother is evil. After finding a gingerbread house and being tricked by the witch to go in and stay, the witch locks Hansel into a cage to fatten him up to eat. Gretel saves Hansel and they run home to live off her treasure with their father.

[Kristin Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this story, Hansel and Gretel are sent off into the deep woods by their stepmother and father. The stepmother turns into a witch and tries to kill the children, but the children outwit her. In a way, this story resembles Cinderella but with a twist. Cute little story that children will enjoy.

[Kylee Champlin]

Hansel and Gretel is the traditional story of a young girl and boy who are led to the woods by their crazy mother. After doing so, they find their way to a house made of food where an old woman is trying to fatten them up to eat. However, they are able to get out with all the woman's gold.

[Alex]

This story is good because it shows that children are capable of finding their own ways to do things, and they are smarter than they look.

[Julia Buffington]

This book shows fear, as well as teaches lessons to the kids reading it. It is a very entertaining story for it's audience.

[Caitlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the many Fairy Tale Treasury books that follow the classic tale. This can also teach kids not to trust strangers. Hansel and Gretel trust an old woman who feeds them and put them in the oven.

[Kaci Beesecker]

This book is about a stepmother ordering her husband to take his children deep into the woods in order to get rid of them. The first time that the husband did, the children found their way back home. The second time, the children did not get so lucky. They eventually made it to a gingerbread house where an old witch tricked them. The witch was planning to eat Hansel, but the children escaped before she could do so. They found their way home and when they did, their stepmother was gone.

This could be a good book to use in the classroom to compare other versions of this story. As a class, give a small group of students a version of the book to read together and have questions that each group has to answer. In the end, have them write on a sticky note, and compare the results as a class.

[Alana Walters · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is different in the manor of there is a step mother to the children who tells the father to abandon the children in the woods so then the two of them can survive the winter ahead. Hansel and Gretel face the which and succeed, make it back home and the father left the stepmother after seeing her true wickedness.

This story would be in the advanced book boxes, All of these stories fit well in the independent reading category of a reading unit.

[Bailey Winter]

Hansel and Gretel are brother and sister who lived in a small, humble house with their father and stepmom. Their house was at the edge of the forest, far away from all others. Since they were very poor the stepmom suggested to her husband that they should leave their kids somewhere deep inside the woods so they would survive.