Product Description

A swamp ogre captures a wee wishy woman and forces her to make him a good tasty stew, but she tricks him by making it out of glue.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #310408 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Story about a Clever Woman
This story is about an ogre who tries to force a "wee wishy woman" into living in his home and cooking for him and how she stays cool and calm, outsmarts him, and then escapes. The story is written in verse--about one four-line verse per page. My two year old loves this book, but I think an older child (four to eight years old) would enjoy it even more.

Wonderful, great for getting children involved, good-humoured
This is a wonderful story which twists in just the right way to allow children to really enjoy it. The illustrations are perfect. Gorgeously done, lovely colours. It is about an Ogre called 'gobbler magoo' who lives in a swamp where the wild weeds grew.

He captures a 'wee-washy woman' and takes her home to make him a good tasty stew.

She chops and she cuts and she throws it all in, all the time looking sweetly benign. The Ogre eats it up, quickly then more slowly, And then realises that the stew has been made with glue!

The wee washy woman packs up her pots and her pans, and her glue, and walks on - and you wouldn't want to eat any of her stew would you!!!!!!

At the end of every verse is the very irish refrain 'nickety nackety noo noo noo" which the chlidren love chanting.

It is wonderful book which can be frequently re-read. Immensely good fun and good humoured - Highly recommended!!!!

Rhythmic and funny
With every verse ending with "nicketty nacketty noo noo noo" this book has a lovely repetition that will find your child repeating these lines with you as you read the story together.
The combination of the funny story line and silly words and names such as "Gobbler Magoo" and "Wee wishy woman" make this book a real treat.