The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Book Review: THE LITTLE OLD LADY
Summary: 5 Stars
I was impressed how easy the title was to fine and it is a very nice book to read to childrenBook Review: GREAT book
Summary: 5 Stars
My preschool class absolutely loves this book. Whenever I read it, I read it in the voice of the little old lady. The 2nd time I read the book, my students started to say some parts of the story, like "the head when nod nod". They want me to read this book every day to them. I defnitely recommend this book to everyone.Book Review: 3 year old LOVED it!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was a blast to read to my son. It only took reading it a few times before he started reading it to me as we turned each page. He laughed and loved each page of this book! It is a classic for sure!!Book Review: Read it again , PLEASE
Summary: 5 Stars
My daycare group love this story. Spooky enough for halloween but not too scary. My kids like to act out the story and ask me to read it over and over.Book Review: Who's afraid of the big floating pumpkinhead?
Summary: 4 Stars
At last! The rare Halloween children's classic! Every Halloween seems to bring a rash of holiday centered picture books. Some are okay and most are simply terrible. This Halloween, I ask that you consider a story where the word "Halloween" never even enters the text. In "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" we read a story that has all the markings of a classic folktale.As a little old lady makes her way home through a dark and scary forest, she comes across a pair of old shoes that walk all by themselves. Assuring the shoes that she is not afraid of them, she next comes across a floating pair of pants. A shirt follows the pants, gloves and hat follow the shirt, and finally a huge scary pumpkin head follows them all. In the end the brave little old lady finds a use for the floating objects and everyone ends happily.
The book conjures up images of other pop culture touchstones where clothing floats all of its own accord. The well-known "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" for example. And like "Bedknobs", the clothes in this story are definitely malevolent. Stalking the nice old lady through the woods, each article has its own specific sounds. The boots go "CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP", the shirt goes, "SHAKE SHAKE", and the pants (for reasons best left to the author) go, "WIGGLE WIGGLE". As the number of objects increase, the number of sounds increase as well. A good oral reading of this story will give each sound a scary touch to drill the point home. The illustrations accompanying the story are rather nice. They are equally adept at displaying the old lady's grey skied country home as they are the dark bleak autumnal night where she meets the frightening accoutrements. It's a great story with a rousing plot. Anyone familiar with fall in the countryside (and anyone who just loves Halloween in general) will enjoy this great old-fashioned book.