Bruxa, Bruxa, vem a minha festa

by Arden Druce (writer), Pat Ludlow (illustrator)

Um adulto que olhe para as ilustrações grandes, estampadas em páginas duplas, figurativas, reproduzindo detalhes horrorosos - e muitas vezes francamente assustadores - de personagens que metem medo, talvez se assuste com este livro. As crianças, ao contrário, sentem-se fascinadas pela história e pelas ilustrações, absolutamente indispensáveis à narrativa, do início ao fim deste que é um dos livros de grande sucesso entre os pequenos leitores.

Genres: Halloween, Picture Books, Childrens

Unknown Binding

First published October 1, 1991

Reviews

[Abigail]

A series of people and creatures are invited to a party, beginning with the titular witch, each one giving a conditional acceptance, provided someone else is invited. The Witch asks for Cat, Cat asks for Scarecrow, and so on, until eventually a group of children is invited. They, of course, ask for the witch to be invited...

Designed to be read interactively - the child/children read the first part ("Witch, Witch, please come to my party"), while the adult(s) read the response ("Thank you, I will, if you invite Cat") - Witch, Witch, Come to My Party would make for an entertaining read-aloud selection at story-hour or bedtime. The text is quite simple - just the invitation and response on each two-page spread - so each page is dominated by the colorful, expressive artwork of Pat Ludlow. I really enjoyed the illustrations here, finding them both creepy and beautiful. Recommended to anyone looking for interactive picture-books with a spooky feeling.

[Guilherme Semionato]

For some reason, this book has been a HUGE success in Brazilian schools for the past decades. I bet it sold here more than 1 million copies. It's either this or THE NAPPING HOUSE the great international classic for very young children. But Audrey/Don Wood's book is a best-seller throughout the world, and this one here seems almost forgotten.

[Set]

The spooky illustrations are great for Halloween. A witch is invited to the Halloween party but she wants to invite a plus one that wants to also invite a plus one and so forth until she is in turn invited at a full circle.

[louti ✧*。]

tenho ranço desse livro sem motivos mas as crianças gostam então tudo bem

[Meghan]

Unbelievable pictures. Sent by my mom, a former kindergarten teacher, to read over FaceTime with her granddaughter, who picked up the pattern of the story immediately and can “read” this book by herself or to others now.

[Sabrina Simões]

Fofo

[Yasmin]

'Witch, Witch come to my party' is a book full of exuberant illustrations which will provide hours of fun for children to analyse and describe.
The book is an almost riddle. There is a continuous mystery in this book: Who is inviting them? Where are they going? What sort of party is it?

This book would provide an excellent lesson on imaginative and creative writing. It's got lots of fantastic characters that could be used for character descriptions. This book would be aimed at children in KS1.

Lovely book with great illustrations.

[didi ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ]

🪄 o texto-jogo intuitivo de arden druce combinado às ilustrações misteriosas e horripilantes de pat ludlow despertam na criança o prazer pelo desconhecido, vão do frio na barriga ao deleite da coragem.

🪄 druce, além de escritora, foi também bibliotecária escolar e professora, e antes de publicar esse seu primeiro livro infantil, em 1991, escreveu livros técnicos sobre atividades educativas e formativas em bibliotecas, o que me faz amar ainda mais “bruxa, bruxa venha à minha festa”.

[Cherie]

A very young-age oriented book. The text is minimal; the concept is decent, although the link between the characters sometimes feels a little random. But the illustrations are very nice and pretty startling, so a good Halloween book. Could see it being a fun read for the right age.

[Katelyn]

My Grandma had this book because she LOVED detailed illustrations. It was a little scary as a young kid but I still LOVED reading it with her. I loved the flow and repetitions of the book. Reads well and is a unique and beautiful Halloween find.

[Amy Watson]

Repetitive language in the book means that children could join in when reading this story aloud. The imagery is graphic and would be interesting to look at the pictures in great depth.

[Sandra]

Adorei! No entanto, ainda não estou convencida a lê-lo à minha filha de 5 anos, pois tenho receio que fique com medo uma vez que as ilustrações são de facto impressionantes e assustadoras.

[Lightwhisper]

Apenas uma bela ilustração a cada duas páginas, sem quase texto. Uma obra de arte visual.

[Rachel]

A fun poetic story that has stunning illustrations

[Sam Alves]

Medonho, mas quando você entende a graça, se torna muito bom.

[Fanny]

Se as crianças gostam é o que importa..

[Ana Julia]

era meu favorito quando era pequena

[Eleanor]

Stunning illustrations.

[Jen • The ABCs of Motherhood]

The illustrations are amazing... but honestly terrifying. Doesn't really scream "children's book". The text is super repetitive in a not-fun way. It was a bore to read.

[Tiago Daniëls]

A very cool children’s book, with “terrifying” illustrations. Kids love to read it and answer the callings the book proposes.

[Alice]

2.75 Stars These pictures are well done BUT VERY SCARY! Not great for little kids.

The story...well I wanted to gouge my eyes out and cover my ears... it was just too much.. Not a great one for me!

Could be a great Halloween Story but I didn't care for it!!!!

[Christine]

I loved, loved, loved the illustrations! It is a great book to share with elementary students and even do an impromptu readers theater.

[Ham]

Uses the 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See' kind of pattern, but the illustrations blew me away. (Sorry Eric Carle.)

[Amanda]

Simple, but inventive. The illustrations are mesmerizing, but also terrifying.

[K Morlando]

witch asks her friends to come to her party.

[Elisabete Rosa-Machado]

O livro do qual os adultos têm medo, mas que todas as crianças adoram!