Heckedy Peg vs The Giant Turnip: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Bilingual, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction, Fiction
Heckedy Peg
A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.
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The Giant Turnip
"The Gigantic Turnip" or "The Enormous Turnip" (, , , ; ATU 2044, ‘Pulling up the turnip') is a cumulative Russian fairy tale, collected in Arkhangelsk Governorate and published in 1863 by folklore researcher Alexander…
The verdict
- Readers rate Heckedy Peg highest: Heckedy Peg 4.3 · The Giant Turnip 3.8.
- Heckedy Peg has the widest readership — 4448 ratings behind its score.
- Heckedy Peg runs the darker storyline; The Giant Turnip stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Heckedy Peg | The Giant Turnip | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (4448) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (6) | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| Heckedy Peg | The Giant Turnip | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4448 | 1 |
| Editions | 11 | 29 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 2018 | — |
| Reading it now | 11 | — |
| Written reviews | 379 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 639 | 1046 |
| Pages | 32 | 26 |