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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What goes around, comes around,
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This review is from: Alice and Greta: A Tale of Two Witches (Hardcover)
Besides living on the same mountain top, Alice and Greta have a lot in common. They are both witches. They both went to the Miss Mildred Mildew's School of Magic and learned the same spells. But that's where the similarities end. Alice uses her magic for good; Greta prefers to make trouble (but then, what can you expect from someone who starts the day off with a cup of pond slime every morning?).Greta wasn't paying attention when Miss Mildew taught her pupils the most important lesson of all -- "The Brewmerang Principle: Whatever you chant, Whatever you brew, Sooner or later Comes back to you!" So while Alice helps a sailboat stranded on a sandbar; Greta uses the same spell to swamp a sand castle and sweep it out to sea. After Alice makes a lost puppy reappear; Greta uses the same spell to make all the balls at a soccer tournament disappear. One day Greta dumps a load of sticky slimy marshmallow goo on some children in a playground. Before Alice can help them, Greta slimes her, too. Then Alice remembers the Brewmerang Principle, and invokes its application on Greta. Greta gets a taste of every nasty thing she's ever done. The story could end there, but it doesn't. It ends with Greta brushing up on the Brewmerang Principle. Maybe there's hope for her yet. Cyd Moore's beautiful illustrations add humorous touches to this charming tale. During flying lessons, Alice straddles her broom in proper witchy fashion, while Greta hangs upside down by her knees on hers. Alice chants her chants in a lotus position; Greta prefers to stand on her head. Best of all, on graduation day, all the new witches from Miss Mildred's have mortar board pointy hats, complete with tassels.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fun book with a great moral,
By Paige Anderson "Brit lit teacher and history ... (Pensacola, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Alice and Greta: A Tale of Two Witches (Hardcover)
Alice and Greta arrived serendipitously the same day that my son got in trouble at school and therefore lost privileges at home. Until we read this book together, he was having a problem understanding why talking too much at school meant he lost TV at home. Once he learned "The Brewmerang Principle" from the book, however, he got it. Now, he begins each day stating, "I'm going to be like Alice and do good things for people so that good things happen to me. I'm NOT going to be like that bad Greta." In addition to the great moral, the illustrations are very attractive, and kids who are interested in magic will love the story just for that aspect. Highly recommended for young readers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wiches and magic.,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Alice and Greta: A Tale of Two Witches (Hardcover)
Magic and wizardry are just some of the thing's you'll find in the book called Alice and Greta by Steven J.Simmons. This story is about Alice who is a wich and does nice thing's for people and girl named Greta who is also a wich and does mean thing's to people. So if you like magic, you'll like this book. I like this book because everything that Greta did to people comes back to her in the end. So the lesson you learn is it doesn't matter what you do to people it will always comes back to you.
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