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The Old Woman Who Lived In A Vinegar Bottle
Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
Illustrator: Nancy Dunaway Fowlkes
For this retelling of a favorite British folktale, I stress the fairy's traveling rhyme and the old woman's complaining, "Oh what a pity! What a pity, pity PITY!" Children will love to chant it with you.
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1995 |
August House
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$15.95 |
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0-87483-415-5 |
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Create your own tale
Using this as a pattern, let children create their own tale of someone who wanted more and more.
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Compare
Compare this story with the Grimm tale of “The Fisherman and His Wife.”
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ACCELERATED READER BOOK
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"MacDonald is in fine form, preceding the tale with a learned discussion of variants, then rendering it in a rapid, comic style." ...Kirkus Reviews
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"Fowlke’s bold, exuberant watercolor and ink paintings are clear enough for group read-alouds, yet are packed with enticing details for independent readers and on-on-one listeners." ...School Library Journal
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"MacDonald presents a retelling that is so rhythmic and conversational even a first-time storyteller will be successful. Fowlkes' energetic, brightly patterned ink-and-watercolor illustrations are sized right for storytime as will, with the vinegar bottle discreetly showing up in every spread. " ...Booklist, Oct 1, 1995 Susan Dove Lempke
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"With brightly colored illustrations and chant-like refrain...will delight children ages 4-7. " ...Education Today, Feb 1996
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Storytelling World Award
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Southern Books Competition, Honorable Mention
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Elementary School Library Collection, 22nd ed
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Bowker Best Books for Children
2002
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Best Books for Children 7th ed.
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