Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood - Illustrated by Don Wood (2001)

This story follows the general structure of many traditional folk tales. A mother with seven children, each named for the days of the week, goes to market and tells the children to stay safe and not trust strangers. The children are tricked by a witch, Heckedy Peg, and she turns them all into food. Eventually the mother comes back and saves them by guessing which food each child has become.

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