Guess What?

Guess What?

"Guess What?" (ISBN 0-15-200452-1) is a 1990 picture book for children, written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Vivienne Goodman, about an old woman, with various witchlike qualities.

The book has a steady phrasing, along the lines of:

:She looks like she has a _____! Guess what? She does!:She looks like she likes to _____! Guess what? She does!

The book's final twist reveals the old woman as a witch. "Guess What?" is on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 at number 66. [http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm] The challenges to the book are generated because of the supposed occult connection since the book is leading the reader to develop a positive impression of a witch.


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