Customer Reviews
Good book - By: , 11 Oct 2008 
This is a very, very, good book. I liked the fact that is writtenin 'chapters' instead of a picture book. I read most of it myself but mummy read some of it to me as well. My favourite story was 'Whizz-bang Winnie' when she & Wilbur win the race. Mummy's favourite was 'Hot Cross Winnie' because she liked it when the little girls took Wilbur & put hair clipsin his fur. I am going to read 'Mini Winnie' next. Tom, age 6.
Perfectly designed for the developing reader. - By: Sarah Curran, 19 Jun 2008 
Many parents & children will be familiar with Winnie the Witch & her cat Wilbur from the picture books by Valerie Thomas.
Laura Owen has teamed up with Korky Paul who illustrated the original picture books to provide short chapter books about the zany witch designed for the newly confident reader.
There are four short storiesin this book, each completein itself & at just the right length for a young reader to feel a real sense of achievement when they've read to the end.
The Korky Paul illustrations are the link between the original pictures books & these early readers. Here the illustrations arein black & white but they lose none of their original energy & humour. Even the page numbers arein the form of individual illustrations.
The stories will stand several readings & the illustrations are bound to be favourites, with more details to be found on each reading. The lack of complexityin the stories does mean that they're unlikely to remainin favour much beyond the age of about seven so I would buy for the younger child.
