Bony-Legs [Paperback]

Joanna Cole (Author), Dirk Zimmer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb given to her by the witch's cat and dog.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590405160
• ISBN-13: 978-0590405164
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > Children's Books > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths > European

More About the Author

Joanna Cole s a former elementary school teacher and librarian and a frequent contributor to Parents magazine. Joanna Cole lives in Connecticut.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary Enough, and Clever, Too..., June 18, 2000

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Quaker Annie "reader" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bony-Legs (Paperback)

My youngest child has been afraid of the dark, strange noises, and the unknown for a long long time. At age 6 he discovered this book, and read it again and again.

This surprised me at first - it's a lot like Hansel and Gretel but for a small child, boy or girl, who is dealing with the scariness of the real world, Bony-Legs is a story that's scary but encouraging. What goes around will come around, is the message this book gives.

Sasha's aunt (her mother never would have done such a thing!) sends her to Bony-Leg's house in the woods to fetch a needle and thread.

Along the way, Sasha is kind to a hungry cat and a skinny dog, feeding them her lunch. She greases a creaking gate at the entrance to Bony-Leg's cottage.

"Poor gate," said Sasha, "You need some grease."

Once she gets to Bony-Leg's, she's locked in the bathroom, told to get nice and clean so Bony-Legs can eat her up. The cat, the dog she fed on her way to Bony-Leg's give her a mirror, a wooden comb and let her escape without a mew or a bark. The kindly oiled gate lets her out without a squeak.

With the help of these others, and the use of her own cleverness in figuring out how to use the mirror and the comb, Sasha escapes. And Bony-Legs - well, you'll have to read the story to find out all the details!

An enjoyable, short read filled with color pictures and a kind child's cleverness.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sasha's Delight!, January 3, 2007

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The Inveterate Reader (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bony-Legs (Paperback)

If you have a child named Sasha then I strongly suggest that you give her this book. It was one of my all-time favorites as a child and I think my mother donated the book to my elementry school library (that how much it meant to me). There are many books with Marys, Elizabeths, Janes...but a Sasha book is hard to come by. Rave review!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bony legs, August 13, 2005

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K. Corbin (highlandtown, Oh. usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bony-Legs (Paperback)

I had this book when I was in grade school,15 years ago. I have since bought a new copy, and passed it on to my 8 yr. old step-son and my 4 yr. old daughter. Although it is a little scary for younger kids, as it refers to bony-legs liking to "eat little children," it is enjoyable, and simple enough to explain to kids that its just pretend. My step-son enjoys reading the book outloud to himself, and my 4 yr old loves to have it read to her almost every night. In my opinion, there really is no moral to the story, it is just a simple, fun, children's book that brings out there imagination.