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Guess What

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Author
  
Mem Fox

Country
  
United States

Genre
  
Children's literature

Illustrator
  
Vivienne Goodman

Language
  
English

Publisher
  
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Guess What? 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. 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.

References

Guess What? Wikipedia