The Witches' Supermarket
A normal supermarket layout organizes a dense sequence of witch-specific foods, customers, and risks of being exposed.
The Witches' Supermarket by Susan Meddaugh is estimated to take about 8 minutes to read aloud (660 words, 3 sentences a spread). Best for ages 4-8.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 8 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Words
- 660Approximate
- Sentences per spread
- 3Text density
- Re-read tolerance
- 5/5strong repeat appeal
- Vocabulary level
- 3/5a few new words
- Best for
- Ages 4-8Age range
Our review
On the way to a party, Helen and dog Martha enter a supermarket reserved for witches, where grotesque groceries and suspicious shoppers make blending in increasingly difficult. The familiar errand provides a stable frame for escalating visual discoveries.
Let children scan shelves and decide which details are funny versus frightening. The Scariest Book Ever uses a timid narrator and page turns to undermine its own warnings; Witches’ Supermarket sustains a more continuous undercover visit with witches and possible discovery.
Before you buy it
The store’s grotesque products and threat of discovery may be too intense for children who prefer mild Halloween humor.
Themes
- Halloween
- witches
- supermarkets
- dogs
- secular
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