FICTION

Alice Nizzy Nazzy

by Tony Johnston (text) & illus. by Tomie dePaola

S. & S./Paula Wiseman. Jul. 2022. 32p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781665904292.

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PreS-Gr 1–A child-eating witch straight out of Russian folklore comes to the American Southwest, thanks to Johnston and dePaola, who put her into an adobe hut and create a landscape that includes prickly pear. Readers beware: If you fall into Alice Nizzy Nazzy’s cooking pot, remember that good children taste bad to witches.

VERDICT This reissue is a gift for those who need their Baba Yaga to be a little bit closer and the landscape a little more familiar.

Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Nov 25, 2022

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