4.5
The Widow's Broom
A widow finds herself in possession of an extraordinary broom left by a witch who fell into the widow's garden. "Van Allsburg explores the nature of good and evil in this unearthly tale of a witch's broom that has fallen from the sky with its witch still on it . . . Enchanting." -- Booklist, starred review
Juvenile FictionHolidays & CelebrationsHalloweenFantasy & Magic
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERHoughton Mifflin
LENGTH32
LANGUAGEEN
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
4.5
The Widow's Broom
A widow finds herself in possession of an extraordinary broom left by a witch who fell into the widow's garden. "Van Allsburg explores the nature of good and evil in this unearthly tale of a witch's broom that has fallen from the sky with its witch still on it . . . Enchanting." -- Booklist, starred review
Juvenile FictionHolidays & CelebrationsHalloweenFantasy & Magic
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERHoughton Mifflin
LENGTH32
LANGUAGEEN
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
