Suitabook

The magic looking glass

Tom Percival

Reading: Read alongside the child and pause when the characters encounter the fortress or use the looking glass. Invite predictions about trust and solutions without revealing whether the cutting is recovered.
Themes: Trust and appearances: The Magic Looking Glass promises to help, but things are not always what they seem; Wolfie is introduced as a wolf who is not very big or very bad. The premise creates space to consider whether appearances and promises are reliable, without establishing the book’s final judgement.
Friendship and cooperation: Hansel and Gretel work with their new friend Wolfie to find a stolen cutting and save the day. The group’s shared quest foregrounds cooperation, though the book’s treatment of their relationships and decisions is not fully known.
Worth knowing: The search includes a robbery, a secret fortress, a forest and a magical object that causes trouble. These elements suggest suspense or mild peril may arise, but the intensity and presentation are unclear.