Für Hund und Katz ist auch noch Platz: Vierfarbiges Pappbilderbuch

"Room on the Broom" is a funny rhyming story about a witch who is flying through the sky and makes a variety of friends along the way. Eventually her friends help save her from a dragon who is going to eat her. This book could be used to help teach students about rhyming words. It could also be

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used to teach students about friendship and the importance of helping your friends. It is an easy read with bright illustrations that accompany the text very well.

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Very cute. And this is a very UN-scary witch. My son loves the new broom at the end!

This is a cute, upbeat, rhyming Halloween story. There is nothing scary about it at all, and in fact, it even has a nice message about sharing and teamwork. If you have a little one (like I did last year) who wants to be involved in the Halloween festivities, but can't helped but be spooked by

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every little thing, this book is safe for you!

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Such a cute picture book where a witch picks up creatures along the way of one of her adventures and in return gets a special broom. A great book to read around Halloween to children 1st to 2nd grade.

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson is a great book to take out in your classroom during the month of October. This book has a lot of rhyming words that the students can enjoy. The illustrations by Axel Scheffler are amazing, and children always like to look at the pictures. Each time the wind

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blows the witch loses something, and an animal on the ground helps her retrieve that item, but wants a ride on her broom in return. Will there be enough room for all of her friends?

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This is an adorable story about a witch who keeps loosing things while she is flying through the sky. Each time she drops somethings and goes to find it a helpful animal is there to give her back her lost item. Each animal asks if there is room for them to fly on the broom, and of course there is.

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When I read this to my second grade class they absolutely loved it, they were finishing the rhymes by the end of the story. Great to incorporate into a creative writing lesson.

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The content is innocent. Just a fun book about a witch riding a broom during Halloween. The art was sufficient, but not amazing by any means. I doubt I would recommend it in a classroom other than for time filling so there's something to do.

I think this would be a good book to use for helping others and friendship. I think students will like it because the characters are an unlikely match and it's interesting to see how they all fit together.

Different animals keep getting onto the witches broom until it finally snaps! They end up saving the witch in the end because she was kind enough to let them ride on the room. Good book for teaching predicting.

There's always room for one more on this witches broom! In this gently scary rhyming romp, you zoom with a witch and her cat on her broom through the night. A wind picks up and the witch loses her hat and the adventure begins. Helpful animals find the witches lost items and return them and all they

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want is a ride on the broom, to which the witch obliges. Children will love to join in the repeated refrain "The witch tapped her broomstick and whoosh! they were gone!" (which for some reason, always reminds me of Hee Haw) Though not about trick or treating or Halloween in general, this is a great choice for the scary season!

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"The witch had a cat / and a hat that was black, / And long ginger hair / in a braid down her back. / How the cat purred / and how the witch grinned, / As they sat on their broomstick / and flew through the wind."

So begins this entertainingly witchy picture-book from British author/illustrator

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team Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, who also worked together on the well-received The Gruffalo. With a rhyming text that just begs to be read aloud - the rhythm is just right, and the refrain, in which the witch descends, time and again, to fetch some lost item, is engrossing - and adorable illustrations, Room on the Broom is an ideal selection for a Halloween story-hour!

I mentioned, in my review of Laura Krauss Melmed's Fright Night Flight, that I had seen that book compared to this. Having now read them both, I can say that I definitely prefer Room on the Broom, from both a narrative and illustrative perspective. The text here just flows so smoothly, and is such fun to read, and the artwork is so immensely appealing (love that cat and dog!), that they really don't compare. A big thank you to my friends, Kathryn and Lisa, for making me aware of this one!

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This is a fun story about sharing, and how it can pay off in the end! The rhyming words give the story a nice rhythm. The illustrations are cute, as well. Especially good at Halloween, this would be a nice story to read any time.

I think this might be my most favourite Julia Donaldson book, because you can make some of the sounds, and the poetry is so well done.

I loved this book. Like other Julia Donaldson books, lowly creatures help a powerful one. Children will love the repetition and the beautiful illustrations.

The main idea behind this story is teamwork, and friendship. As the witch travels along through the night on her broom she meets new friends of all shapes and sizes. One by one they help her find the item she has lost, and soon ofter they join her on her broom and fly though the night. As more

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trouble occurs, and the witch gets into a scary situation, the friends she has met along the way team together to save the witch! She thanks them and tells them to each find something to put into her cauldron and she uses a spell to make a new and improved broom for them all to share! The concept of coming together and team work is not only shown through the new friends helping her find things, and saving her from a situation, but also when they all put in one thing into the cauldron and the end result was something they all enjoyed together.

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This is a great, non-scary, non-violent picture book is about a ginger-haired witch who makes friends with a helpful dog, a bird, and a frog. The illustrations are wonderful and intricate, and add warm, loving feelings to the story, for the most part; there is an encounter with a dragon that gets a

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tiny bit dark, but with the cooperation of the friends, the witch is saved and together they create a most magnificent broom. This book has nothing to do with Halloween; I actually prefer to use it with my classes for Thanksgiving, and we talk about what we are thankful for (friendship). The themes are of friendship and cooperation. I love this book. Ages 2 - 9

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Summary:
Julia Donaldson wrote a fantastic book for children combining beautiful images of witches and animals with easy to read rhythmic wording. Donaldson portrays how important and vital being a team player and helping others is in this story which sparks any readers imagination. Ultimately all

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of the animals work together to save their friend, the witch from the the always scary dragon.

Personal Reaction:
I really loved the book because of the well written and fun poetry! Julia Donaldson is a true artiest with words, allowing readers to use their imagination while keeping their attention. The pictures featured in the book are unique, colorful and fun!

Classroom Extension Ideas:
For the classroom I would use this story to emphasize how helping others is an important and beautiful characteristic to have. Maybe create a game or activity which enables groups to demonstrate selfless acts to help other group members succeed.

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The book of Genesis describes Abraham’s hospitality to strangers and defines the Jewish value of hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests). In Judaism, hospitality is a mitzvah, and one that is easily understood by little ones. The witch did not know the dog, bird, or frog, but she willingly invited

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them onto her broom and even went so far as to renovate her broom to make sure they were comfortable! Similarly, we should encourage our kids to welcome friends new and old into their home (assuming we’ve all been through the stranger-danger talk).

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I love the creative rhyming in this book and so do kids!

In my opinion, I think “Room on the Broom!” is an excellent book. The first reason I like the book is because of the pace of the story and the rhyming words throughout the story. The rhyming makes fluency easier for the younger readers. Also, the repetition of the rhymes enhances the telling of

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the story. The second reason it is one of my favorites is because it has humor with a really cute message. In this story, the main character is a witch who keeps losing things as she is taking a ride on her broom. There are animals that help her find the missing items and then want a ride on her broomstick. The language in the story is very descriptive and the rhyming vocabulary is assorted. An example would be, “Over the fields and the forests they flew. The dog wagged his tail and the stormy wind blew. The witch laughed out loud and held on to her hat, But away blew the bow from her braid – just like that!” Some paired words that rhyme within the story are cat, black, hair, back, purred, grinned, broomstick, and wind. I especially like the end of the story where the witch and her new friends enjoy a ride on her “new and improved” broomstick. Even though the main character is a witch, this book is not threatening to young readers. The big idea of the story is that when friends help each other out, everybody wins.

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I loved the illustrations of this book. The expressions of the characters show their thoughts and allow the reader to feel the emotions of the book. When the witch loses her bow, the dog's expression shows how distraught he is, this allows the reader to feel his sadness to have been moved to the

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back of the broom. The main idea of this book is that we should be open to new ideas and that when we work together, we can make anything happen.

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A cute little book, perfect for Halloween bedtime reading.

A fun, silly picture book about a witch and all the animals she finds room for on her broom. I picked this up as a Halloween treat for the nieces, and found it a lovely, atmospheric (but not scary) read with fun illustrations.

Cute story of a witch on her broom with a lot of hitchhikers. The rhyming poem is wonderful. It was longer than I expected of a board book but adorable.