Bony-Legs

by Joanna Cole

Book Overview

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 This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590405160
• ISBN13: 9780590405164
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

And old favorite

I loved this book as a child, it was delightfully creepy and really does teach some very valuable lessons. I bought it again for my neice and was delighted that it is just a fun as I remembered. The illustrations are fabulous, similar to the ones in In a Dark Dark Room (which I also recommend).

This was one of my daughters favorite books as a child,would like to get it for my grandchildren but not for $30. used or new.what is it a collectors item or what?

My favorite children's book!

This book was one of the few children's book I was read as a child, and even all these years later I love it. I think this is the book that helped me grow a bizarre curiosity for creepy things. It's a very cute story, with morals and helpful animals. Will definitely be reading it to my kids in the future.

Sasha's Delight!

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!!

highly recommended

i remembered reading this book as a child and loved it. when i had my son i searched for and bought this book. it is a little on the scary side, but teaches children about kindness and gentleness at the same time.

Scary beyond all reason

This book scared the bejesus out of me as a child. The version I had came with a record, so the witch's horrid shrieking and teeth gnashing could be adequately grasped by children that were too young to read. This book was also the cause of many sweaty nightmares, and sleepless sunsets with closet lights on. I tell this story orally to children and friends, and they are frightened by the house that stood on chicken feet and the thought of being chased by a nasty witch who runs with unhuman speed through a forest with intentions of eating a little girl. The details of the illustrations are also phenomenal, right down to the unnerving wallpaper in the witch's house. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to punish children with fright, or finally tell a story around a campfire that is truly scary.

Scary Enough, and Clever, Too...

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.

Bont Legs

As a kid, Bony Legs expanded my imagination. And now as an adult, it is much fun to read this book to my nieces. Though it may be a bit frightning to some, Bony Legs is an overall great book.