'Room on the Broom' read by Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet reads 'Room on the Broom' by Julia Donaldson, a fun and imaginative children's story about friendship and adventure.

Key Takeaways

Friendship and teamwork help overcome challenges.
Imaginative storytelling engages children with fun characters and voices.
The story emphasizes kindness and inclusion by welcoming new friends.
Creative problem-solving leads to a happy ending.
The video promotes literacy and love of reading among children.

What the video covers

Kate Winslet narrates 'Room on the Broom,' a children's story by Julia Donaldson with illustrations by Axel Scheffler.
The story follows a witch and her cat flying on a broomstick who lose their hat, bow, and wand in a windy adventure.
Along the way, they meet a dog, a bird, and a frog who join them on the broomstick.
The broomstick breaks, causing them to fall into a bog where a dragon appears threatening the witch.
A mysterious multi-headed creature scares the dragon away, saving the witch.
The friends work together to create a magnificent new broomstick with special seats for each of them.
Kate Winslet shares her personal connection to the story and other works by the same author and illustrator.
The reading features fun and silly voices to engage children.
The video is part of Storyline Online, presented by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
Encourages children to keep watching and reading stories.

Chapters

Who is the narrator of this video?

The video is narrated by Kate Winslet, who reads the story 'Room on the Broom.'

What is the main theme of 'Room on the Broom'?

The main theme is friendship and teamwork, as the witch and her animal friends work together to overcome obstacles.

What other works are related to this story?

The story is by the same author and illustrator as 'The Gruffalo' and 'The Smartest Giant in Town,' both popular children's books.

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[Storyline Online intro] Welcome to Storyline Online. Brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. I'm Kate Winslet, and today I'm going to read Room on the Broom, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The witch had a cat

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and a hat that was black, and long ginger hair in a braid down her back.

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How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, as they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind.

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But how the witch wailed and how the cat spat, when the wind blew so wildly, it blew off the hat.

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"Down!" cried the witch, and they flew to the ground. They searched for the hat, but no hat could be found.

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Then out of the bushes on thundering paws there bounded a dog with the hat in his jaws.

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He dropped it politely, then eagerly said (as the witch pulled the hat firmly down on her head), "I am a dog, as keen as can be.

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Is there room on the broom for a dog like me?" "Yes!" cried the witch, and the dog clambered on.

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The witch tapped the broomstick and whoosh! They were gone. Over the fields and the forests they flew.

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The dog wagged his tail and the stormy wind blew. The witch laughed out loud and held on to her hat, but away blew the bow from her braid—just like that!

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"Down!" cried the witch, and they flew to the ground. They searched for the bow, but no bow could be found.

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Then out from a tree, with an ear-splitting shriek, there flapped a green bird with the bow in her beak.

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She dropped it politely and bent her head low, then said (as the witch tied her braid in the bow), "I am a bird, as green as can be.

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Is there room on the broom for a bird like me?" "Yes!" cried the witch, so the bird fluttered on.

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The witch tapped the broomstick and whoosh! They were gone. Over the reeds and the rivers they flew.

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The bird shrieked with glee and the stormy wind blew. They shot through the sky to the back of beyond.

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The witch clutched her bow but let go of her wand. "Down!" cried the witch, and they flew to the ground.

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They searched for the wand, but no wand could be found. Then all of a sudden from out of a pond leaped a dripping wet frog with a dripping wet wand.

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He dropped it politely, then said with a croak (as the witch dried the wand on a fold of her cloak), "I am a frog, as clean as can be.

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Is there room on the broom for a frog like me?" "Yes!" said the witch, so the frog bounded on.

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The witch tapped the broomstick and whoosh! They were gone. Over the moors and the mountains they flew.

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The frog jumped for joy and … THE BROOM SNAPPED IN TWO! Down fell the cat and the dog and the frog.

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Down they went tumbling into a bog. The witch's half-broomstick flew into a cloud, and the witch heard a roar that was scary and loud … "I am a dragon, as mean as can be, and witch with french fries

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tastes delicious to me!" "No!" cried the witch, flying higher and higher. The dragon flew after her, breathing out fire.

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"Help!" cried the witch, flying down to the ground. She looked all around but no help could be found.

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The dragon drew near with a glint in his eyes, and said, "Just this once I'll have witch without fries." But just as he planned to begin on his feast, from out of a ditch rose a horrible beast.

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It was tall, dark, and sticky, and feathered and furred. It had four frightful heads, it had wings like a bird.

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And its terrible voice, when it started to speak, was a yowl and a growl and a croak and a shriek.

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It dripped and it squelched as it strode from the ditch, and it said to the dragon, "Buzz off!—THAT'S MY WITCH!" The dragon drew back and he started to shake.

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"I'm sorry!" he spluttered. "I made a mistake. It's nice to have met you, but now I must fly." And he spread out his wings and was off through the sky.

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Then down flew the bird and down jumped the frog. Down climbed the cat, and, "Phew!" said the dog.

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And, "Thank you, oh, thank you!" the grateful witch cried. "Without you I'd be in that dragon's inside." Then she filled up her cauldron and said with a grin, "Find something, everyone, throw something in!" So the frog found a lily,

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the cat found a cone, the bird found a twig, and the dog found a bone.

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They threw them all in and the witch stirred them well, and while she was stirring, she muttered a spell.

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"Iggety ziggety zaggety ZOOM!" Then out rose … A TRULY MAGNIFICENT BROOM! With seats for the witch and the cat and the dog, a nest for the bird and a pool for the frog.

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"Yes!" cried the witch, and they all clambered on. The witch tapped the broomstick and whoosh! They were gone.

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So, what I like the most about this book, I have read this book to all of my children, and it's from the same author as The Gruffalo and the same illustrator as The Gruffalo, and the same author and illustrator too

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as The Smartest Giant in Town. And I really love being able to go into the worlds of these authors because they are imaginative, they are fun, there are always lots of characters.

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And as a person who loves reading stories to children, there are always lots of fun and silly voices to do.

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Thank you for watching Storyline Online. Make sure to check out all of our stories.

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Keep watching and keep reading. [end credits]

Topics:Room on the BroomKate WinsletStoryline OnlineJulia DonaldsonAxel Schefflerchildren's storystorybook readingfriendshipimaginative storytellingliteracy

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