Knock! Knock!

by Jan Wahl, Mary Newell DePalma (Illustrator)

A perfect spooky read-aloud for any time of year

A long time ago, in Scotland, a little witch named Ella La Grimble sat alone at her spinning wheel when she heard a KNOCK! KNOCK! at her door.

Who could be coming to the door at this time of night? Who, or what, is waiting outside, and why have they come . . . ?

Genres: Picture Books, Halloween

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

KNOCK! KNOCK! is a mysterious story. One night Witch Ella La Grimble heard two loud knocks on her door. She opens the door and two BIG BOOTS walk in. Two more knocks and there were two teenie weenie legs, they came in and jumped in the boots, by the fire. then two hard knees came and jumped on the legs. Then a large kilt plopped down on the knees. then a belt, a shirt with a hairy chest, the two heavy hairy arms, then two hairy hands, in rolled a pumpkin size head. It was a large man came to keep her company! It's a fun story about what comes next.

[Sharie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Halloween book (not joke book)

[Michael Papineau-Couture · Rating 2 out of 5]

A young witch by the name of Ella La Grimble sits alone at her spinning wheel when she hears a knock at the door. Visited by different body parts, her guests are strange indeed. Why have they come to her? And what will her guests do?

I found the book to be interesting with the idea of a giant arriving in the night, body part by body part. However, reading this book to my young daughter, she was distracted by the length of time it took for the various parts of the giant to finally come together. This book took a bit too long to tell the story. The visual elements were good with the various body parts, from legs to a waist to shoulders, all making an impression with their individual entrances. Overall a decent picture book.

[Christine Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little witch sitting alone at her spinning wheel hears a knock at her door, but the various body parts that enter are not much company. www.hcpl.net

[Jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really weird.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little witch sitting alone at her spinning wheel hears a knock at her door, but the various body parts that enter are not much company.

[Shelli · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really like strange, unusual and down right weird books. This book was too weird for even me to get though. I think most people will greatly dislike.

[Miss Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a big fan of this book, it is okay. Tje story is about a little girl wiitch who keeps getting knocks on the door that eventually builds a big witch. Kind of odd story.

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simplified version of a traditional scare story. With a Scottish ghost.