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I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us.
Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers?
Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section.
The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get?
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I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us.
Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers?
Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section.
The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get?
A must for Dalh fans, 05 Jan 2004
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story.
a journey through the seasons, 08 Jul 2000
Roald dahl invites you into his thoughts of the changing seasons .With a chapter on each month of the year ,roald dahl describes why he likes or dosn't like the twelve seasons.This book is superb .
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Customer Reviews
I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us. Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers? Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section. The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get? A must for Dalh fans, 05 Jan 2004
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story. a journey through the seasons, 08 Jul 2000
Roald dahl invites you into his thoughts of the changing seasons .With a chapter on each month of the year ,roald dahl describes why he likes or dosn't like the twelve seasons.This book is superb . Cool, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: Mr. Hoppy lived in a flat. So did Mrs. Silver - the love of his life. Mr. Hoppy wanted to marry Mrs. Silver but he was too nervous. Find out how one small tortoise brings them together...
Fact: As well as being an author, Roald Dahl was an inventor - he actually invented the tortoise-catcher in the story but he used it to pick up things because he had back pains. Plus, Roald Dahl had two children and when they were small, they kept one or two tortoises in the garden!
Rating and recommendation: I would rate this brilliant book 7/ 10; I would recommend this perfect paperback to all Roald Dahl fans. For dirty old men and to teach small children that cheating is OK, 18 Sep 2007
If you don't bother to think about this story, then it is a whimsical little tale (only 55 pages) about a couple of elderly people who have unusual character traits and who end up getting married and living happily ever after. How sweet, just the thing to entertain young malleable minds.
But what is really going on here?
Let's start with Mr. Hoppy, who is retired and who has always been a lonely man and is very shy. Presumably he has never been married. He loves gazing down on Mrs. Silver when she is out on her balcony, which conveniently juts out a good bit further than Mr. Hoppy's balcony.
As for the widow Mrs. Silver, she tells Mr. Hoppy, "I'll be your slave for life" if he can tell her how to make her beloved pet tortoise Alfie grow faster. "Size, of course, was everything," as it says a few pages later.
"Back in his flat, Mr. Hoppy was simply quivering all over in excitement. 'Your slave for life', he kept repeating to himself. What bliss!"
Hmm, time to call in Freud?
So Mr. Hoppy devises a deceitful plan whereby he convinces Mrs. Silver that she should recite a silly incantation to Alfie three times a day. Mrs. Silver is gullible enough to believe this.
Mr. Hoppy then snatches Mrs. Silver's beloved Alfie from the balcony below, and lowers a slightly larger tortoise to replace him. He repeats this operation eight times over the next two months. Mrs. Silver is sure that Alfie has grown due to Mr. Hoppy's incantation that she is still reciting to "Alfie" three times a day.
"You're a miracle-man, you are indeed!" says Mrs. Silver.
"Mrs. Silver, please will you marry me?" blurts out Mr. Hoppy.
As for the illustrations, Mrs. Silver is shown to be a plump and well-endowed woman who favors low-cut dresses. Several drawings show the splendid view that Mr. Hoppy has from his vantage point on the balcony above. No wonder he loves leaning over his balcony-rail and gazing down on Mrs. Silver.
The moral of the story? All's well that ends well.
Rennie Petersen Wonderfully irreverant and immoral!, 12 Jan 2007
Get what you want through lies and deception - wonderful! Basically, a man gets himself into bed with the woman he fancies by making her think he can increase the size of her tortoise. Of course, he can't really do this, but he comes up with a highly elaborate scheme to make her think he can. Is this the kind of stuff we should be reading to our kids? Possibly. Danny's review, 27 Aug 2006
Esoitrot is a strange book to read because it's mostly about lots of tortoises called Alfie I thought that was a bit strange. I liked the way ROALD DAHL said about the two main characters Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver that Mrs. S had a extension to her flat balcony so Mr. H could talk to her. I thought the book was a bit too romantic as Mr. H is in love with Mrs. S so he wanted to do something to make him look brave. That was the funny bit about it because Mr. Hoppy pretended to put magic on Alfie no.1 to make him grow, but the weird thing was that she didn't notice he just kept swapping them whenever she was working . This is a funny book to read and I would recommend this for all ages and I would rate it 3 out of 5. Expendable Alfie, 28 Feb 2006
This takes no time at all to read You're done in half an hour It shows how far a man will go to prove he has some power To win the love of Mrs. S.
He pulls a clever ruse
If he can make her tortoise grow
He knows she won't refuse Tortoises with matching shells
He plays his clever game
It takes an awful lot of work
To win his dizzy dame ESIO TROT (spelled backwards please)
Gets larger as he'd said
And when he even shrinks it down
He gets inside her head The moral of this leery tale's
"All's fair in love and war"
If you really want your lady's heart
Then it's worth cheating for ADNAMA SDRAHCIR
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Product Description
In the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this case are a vaguely criminal team of three stooges: "Boggis and Bunce and Bean / One fat, one short, one lean. / These horrible crooks / So different in looks / Were nonetheless equally mean." Whatever their prowess as poultry farmers, within these pages their sole objective is the extermination of our hero--the noble, the clever, the Fantastic Mr. Fox. Our loyalties are defined from the start; after all, how could you cheer for a man named Bunce who eats his doughnuts stuffed with mashed goose livers? As one might expect, the farmers in this story come out smelling like...well, what farmers occasionally do smell like. This early Roald Dahl adventure is great for reading aloud to three- to seven-year-olds, who will be delighted to hear that Mr. Fox keeps his family one step ahead of the obsessed farmers. When they try to dig him out, he digs faster; when they lay siege to his den, he tunnels to where the farmers least expect him--their own larders! In the end, Mr. Fox not only survives, but also helps the whole community of burrowing creatures live happily ever after. With his usual flourish, Dahl evokes a magical animal world that, as children, we always knew existed, had we only known where or how to look for it. (Great read aloud for any age; written at a 9- to 12-year-old reading level) --Amazon.com
Customer Reviews
I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us. Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers? Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section. The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get? A must for Dalh fans, 05 Jan 2004
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story. a journey through the seasons, 08 Jul 2000
Roald dahl invites you into his thoughts of the changing seasons .With a chapter on each month of the year ,roald dahl describes why he likes or dosn't like the twelve seasons.This book is superb . Cool, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: Mr. Hoppy lived in a flat. So did Mrs. Silver - the love of his life. Mr. Hoppy wanted to marry Mrs. Silver but he was too nervous. Find out how one small tortoise brings them together...
Fact: As well as being an author, Roald Dahl was an inventor - he actually invented the tortoise-catcher in the story but he used it to pick up things because he had back pains. Plus, Roald Dahl had two children and when they were small, they kept one or two tortoises in the garden!
Rating and recommendation: I would rate this brilliant book 7/ 10; I would recommend this perfect paperback to all Roald Dahl fans. For dirty old men and to teach small children that cheating is OK, 18 Sep 2007
If you don't bother to think about this story, then it is a whimsical little tale (only 55 pages) about a couple of elderly people who have unusual character traits and who end up getting married and living happily ever after. How sweet, just the thing to entertain young malleable minds.
But what is really going on here?
Let's start with Mr. Hoppy, who is retired and who has always been a lonely man and is very shy. Presumably he has never been married. He loves gazing down on Mrs. Silver when she is out on her balcony, which conveniently juts out a good bit further than Mr. Hoppy's balcony.
As for the widow Mrs. Silver, she tells Mr. Hoppy, "I'll be your slave for life" if he can tell her how to make her beloved pet tortoise Alfie grow faster. "Size, of course, was everything," as it says a few pages later.
"Back in his flat, Mr. Hoppy was simply quivering all over in excitement. 'Your slave for life', he kept repeating to himself. What bliss!"
Hmm, time to call in Freud?
So Mr. Hoppy devises a deceitful plan whereby he convinces Mrs. Silver that she should recite a silly incantation to Alfie three times a day. Mrs. Silver is gullible enough to believe this.
Mr. Hoppy then snatches Mrs. Silver's beloved Alfie from the balcony below, and lowers a slightly larger tortoise to replace him. He repeats this operation eight times over the next two months. Mrs. Silver is sure that Alfie has grown due to Mr. Hoppy's incantation that she is still reciting to "Alfie" three times a day.
"You're a miracle-man, you are indeed!" says Mrs. Silver.
"Mrs. Silver, please will you marry me?" blurts out Mr. Hoppy.
As for the illustrations, Mrs. Silver is shown to be a plump and well-endowed woman who favors low-cut dresses. Several drawings show the splendid view that Mr. Hoppy has from his vantage point on the balcony above. No wonder he loves leaning over his balcony-rail and gazing down on Mrs. Silver.
The moral of the story? All's well that ends well.
Rennie Petersen Wonderfully irreverant and immoral!, 12 Jan 2007
Get what you want through lies and deception - wonderful! Basically, a man gets himself into bed with the woman he fancies by making her think he can increase the size of her tortoise. Of course, he can't really do this, but he comes up with a highly elaborate scheme to make her think he can. Is this the kind of stuff we should be reading to our kids? Possibly. Danny's review, 27 Aug 2006
Esoitrot is a strange book to read because it's mostly about lots of tortoises called Alfie I thought that was a bit strange. I liked the way ROALD DAHL said about the two main characters Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver that Mrs. S had a extension to her flat balcony so Mr. H could talk to her. I thought the book was a bit too romantic as Mr. H is in love with Mrs. S so he wanted to do something to make him look brave. That was the funny bit about it because Mr. Hoppy pretended to put magic on Alfie no.1 to make him grow, but the weird thing was that she didn't notice he just kept swapping them whenever she was working . This is a funny book to read and I would recommend this for all ages and I would rate it 3 out of 5. Expendable Alfie, 28 Feb 2006
This takes no time at all to read You're done in half an hour It shows how far a man will go to prove he has some power To win the love of Mrs. S.
He pulls a clever ruse
If he can make her tortoise grow
He knows she won't refuse Tortoises with matching shells
He plays his clever game
It takes an awful lot of work
To win his dizzy dame ESIO TROT (spelled backwards please)
Gets larger as he'd said
And when he even shrinks it down
He gets inside her head The moral of this leery tale's
"All's fair in love and war"
If you really want your lady's heart
Then it's worth cheating for ADNAMA SDRAHCIR
Good, but not the version I was looking for, 16 Dec 2008
Roald Dahl reads his own story well, but I remember a different version from when I was a child, with sound and some music if I remember correctly. Sadly I don't think this is it. Good nonetheless, and the story, of course, is, erm... fantastic!
Fantastic Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
This story is about a fox who steals food for good because his family must eat. However, there are three farmers who try to stop him. Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the nastiest farmers you have ever seen.
I like the part where Mr Fox finds the fat chickens and when all the animals have a festival.
This has got to be Roald Dahl's best book ever.
Hassan 3J
Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
I liked the part when Mr Fox sneaked into the chicken house.
It would be suitable for 7-12 year olds because it is fun.
My favourite character from the book is Fantastic Mr Fox because he is hilarious and amazing. This book makes people laugh every day. I like The Mr Fox because it is an amazing and fantastic Roald Dahl book. Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farmers.
By Sohail 3H
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
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Customer Reviews
I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us. Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers? Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section. The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get? A must for Dalh fans, 05 Jan 2004
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story. a journey through the seasons, 08 Jul 2000
Roald dahl invites you into his thoughts of the changing seasons .With a chapter on each month of the year ,roald dahl describes why he likes or dosn't like the twelve seasons.This book is superb . Cool, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: Mr. Hoppy lived in a flat. So did Mrs. Silver - the love of his life. Mr. Hoppy wanted to marry Mrs. Silver but he was too nervous. Find out how one small tortoise brings them together...
Fact: As well as being an author, Roald Dahl was an inventor - he actually invented the tortoise-catcher in the story but he used it to pick up things because he had back pains. Plus, Roald Dahl had two children and when they were small, they kept one or two tortoises in the garden!
Rating and recommendation: I would rate this brilliant book 7/ 10; I would recommend this perfect paperback to all Roald Dahl fans. For dirty old men and to teach small children that cheating is OK, 18 Sep 2007
If you don't bother to think about this story, then it is a whimsical little tale (only 55 pages) about a couple of elderly people who have unusual character traits and who end up getting married and living happily ever after. How sweet, just the thing to entertain young malleable minds.
But what is really going on here?
Let's start with Mr. Hoppy, who is retired and who has always been a lonely man and is very shy. Presumably he has never been married. He loves gazing down on Mrs. Silver when she is out on her balcony, which conveniently juts out a good bit further than Mr. Hoppy's balcony.
As for the widow Mrs. Silver, she tells Mr. Hoppy, "I'll be your slave for life" if he can tell her how to make her beloved pet tortoise Alfie grow faster. "Size, of course, was everything," as it says a few pages later.
"Back in his flat, Mr. Hoppy was simply quivering all over in excitement. 'Your slave for life', he kept repeating to himself. What bliss!"
Hmm, time to call in Freud?
So Mr. Hoppy devises a deceitful plan whereby he convinces Mrs. Silver that she should recite a silly incantation to Alfie three times a day. Mrs. Silver is gullible enough to believe this.
Mr. Hoppy then snatches Mrs. Silver's beloved Alfie from the balcony below, and lowers a slightly larger tortoise to replace him. He repeats this operation eight times over the next two months. Mrs. Silver is sure that Alfie has grown due to Mr. Hoppy's incantation that she is still reciting to "Alfie" three times a day.
"You're a miracle-man, you are indeed!" says Mrs. Silver.
"Mrs. Silver, please will you marry me?" blurts out Mr. Hoppy.
As for the illustrations, Mrs. Silver is shown to be a plump and well-endowed woman who favors low-cut dresses. Several drawings show the splendid view that Mr. Hoppy has from his vantage point on the balcony above. No wonder he loves leaning over his balcony-rail and gazing down on Mrs. Silver.
The moral of the story? All's well that ends well.
Rennie Petersen Wonderfully irreverant and immoral!, 12 Jan 2007
Get what you want through lies and deception - wonderful! Basically, a man gets himself into bed with the woman he fancies by making her think he can increase the size of her tortoise. Of course, he can't really do this, but he comes up with a highly elaborate scheme to make her think he can. Is this the kind of stuff we should be reading to our kids? Possibly. Danny's review, 27 Aug 2006
Esoitrot is a strange book to read because it's mostly about lots of tortoises called Alfie I thought that was a bit strange. I liked the way ROALD DAHL said about the two main characters Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver that Mrs. S had a extension to her flat balcony so Mr. H could talk to her. I thought the book was a bit too romantic as Mr. H is in love with Mrs. S so he wanted to do something to make him look brave. That was the funny bit about it because Mr. Hoppy pretended to put magic on Alfie no.1 to make him grow, but the weird thing was that she didn't notice he just kept swapping them whenever she was working . This is a funny book to read and I would recommend this for all ages and I would rate it 3 out of 5. Expendable Alfie, 28 Feb 2006
This takes no time at all to read You're done in half an hour It shows how far a man will go to prove he has some power To win the love of Mrs. S.
He pulls a clever ruse
If he can make her tortoise grow
He knows she won't refuse Tortoises with matching shells
He plays his clever game
It takes an awful lot of work
To win his dizzy dame ESIO TROT (spelled backwards please)
Gets larger as he'd said
And when he even shrinks it down
He gets inside her head The moral of this leery tale's
"All's fair in love and war"
If you really want your lady's heart
Then it's worth cheating for ADNAMA SDRAHCIR
Good, but not the version I was looking for, 16 Dec 2008
Roald Dahl reads his own story well, but I remember a different version from when I was a child, with sound and some music if I remember correctly. Sadly I don't think this is it. Good nonetheless, and the story, of course, is, erm... fantastic!
Fantastic Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
This story is about a fox who steals food for good because his family must eat. However, there are three farmers who try to stop him. Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the nastiest farmers you have ever seen.
I like the part where Mr Fox finds the fat chickens and when all the animals have a festival.
This has got to be Roald Dahl's best book ever.
Hassan 3J
Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
I liked the part when Mr Fox sneaked into the chicken house.
It would be suitable for 7-12 year olds because it is fun.
My favourite character from the book is Fantastic Mr Fox because he is hilarious and amazing. This book makes people laugh every day. I like The Mr Fox because it is an amazing and fantastic Roald Dahl book. Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farmers.
By Sohail 3H
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
It was very FUNNY!, 04 Feb 1999
The book is about Charlie and a chocolate factory. There is a competition and 5 winners get a tour round the factory.2 girls and 3 boys.They are Vrocker Salt,Vilet Broregard,Mike TV,Ogust Glope and Charlie.
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Customer Reviews
I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us. Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers? Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section. The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get? A must for Dalh fans, 05 Jan 2004
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story. a journey through the seasons, 08 Jul 2000
Roald dahl invites you into his thoughts of the changing seasons .With a chapter on each month of the year ,roald dahl describes why he likes or dosn't like the twelve seasons.This book is superb . Cool, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: Mr. Hoppy lived in a flat. So did Mrs. Silver - the love of his life. Mr. Hoppy wanted to marry Mrs. Silver but he was too nervous. Find out how one small tortoise brings them together...
Fact: As well as being an author, Roald Dahl was an inventor - he actually invented the tortoise-catcher in the story but he used it to pick up things because he had back pains. Plus, Roald Dahl had two children and when they were small, they kept one or two tortoises in the garden!
Rating and recommendation: I would rate this brilliant book 7/ 10; I would recommend this perfect paperback to all Roald Dahl fans. For dirty old men and to teach small children that cheating is OK, 18 Sep 2007
If you don't bother to think about this story, then it is a whimsical little tale (only 55 pages) about a couple of elderly people who have unusual character traits and who end up getting married and living happily ever after. How sweet, just the thing to entertain young malleable minds.
But what is really going on here?
Let's start with Mr. Hoppy, who is retired and who has always been a lonely man and is very shy. Presumably he has never been married. He loves gazing down on Mrs. Silver when she is out on her balcony, which conveniently juts out a good bit further than Mr. Hoppy's balcony.
As for the widow Mrs. Silver, she tells Mr. Hoppy, "I'll be your slave for life" if he can tell her how to make her beloved pet tortoise Alfie grow faster. "Size, of course, was everything," as it says a few pages later.
"Back in his flat, Mr. Hoppy was simply quivering all over in excitement. 'Your slave for life', he kept repeating to himself. What bliss!"
Hmm, time to call in Freud?
So Mr. Hoppy devises a deceitful plan whereby he convinces Mrs. Silver that she should recite a silly incantation to Alfie three times a day. Mrs. Silver is gullible enough to believe this.
Mr. Hoppy then snatches Mrs. Silver's beloved Alfie from the balcony below, and lowers a slightly larger tortoise to replace him. He repeats this operation eight times over the next two months. Mrs. Silver is sure that Alfie has grown due to Mr. Hoppy's incantation that she is still reciting to "Alfie" three times a day.
"You're a miracle-man, you are indeed!" says Mrs. Silver.
"Mrs. Silver, please will you marry me?" blurts out Mr. Hoppy.
As for the illustrations, Mrs. Silver is shown to be a plump and well-endowed woman who favors low-cut dresses. Several drawings show the splendid view that Mr. Hoppy has from his vantage point on the balcony above. No wonder he loves leaning over his balcony-rail and gazing down on Mrs. Silver.
The moral of the story? All's well that ends well.
Rennie Petersen Wonderfully irreverant and immoral!, 12 Jan 2007
Get what you want through lies and deception - wonderful! Basically, a man gets himself into bed with the woman he fancies by making her think he can increase the size of her tortoise. Of course, he can't really do this, but he comes up with a highly elaborate scheme to make her think he can. Is this the kind of stuff we should be reading to our kids? Possibly. Danny's review, 27 Aug 2006
Esoitrot is a strange book to read because it's mostly about lots of tortoises called Alfie I thought that was a bit strange. I liked the way ROALD DAHL said about the two main characters Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver that Mrs. S had a extension to her flat balcony so Mr. H could talk to her. I thought the book was a bit too romantic as Mr. H is in love with Mrs. S so he wanted to do something to make him look brave. That was the funny bit about it because Mr. Hoppy pretended to put magic on Alfie no.1 to make him grow, but the weird thing was that she didn't notice he just kept swapping them whenever she was working . This is a funny book to read and I would recommend this for all ages and I would rate it 3 out of 5. Expendable Alfie, 28 Feb 2006
This takes no time at all to read You're done in half an hour It shows how far a man will go to prove he has some power To win the love of Mrs. S.
He pulls a clever ruse
If he can make her tortoise grow
He knows she won't refuse Tortoises with matching shells
He plays his clever game
It takes an awful lot of work
To win his dizzy dame ESIO TROT (spelled backwards please)
Gets larger as he'd said
And when he even shrinks it down
He gets inside her head The moral of this leery tale's
"All's fair in love and war"
If you really want your lady's heart
Then it's worth cheating for ADNAMA SDRAHCIR
Good, but not the version I was looking for, 16 Dec 2008
Roald Dahl reads his own story well, but I remember a different version from when I was a child, with sound and some music if I remember correctly. Sadly I don't think this is it. Good nonetheless, and the story, of course, is, erm... fantastic!
Fantastic Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
This story is about a fox who steals food for good because his family must eat. However, there are three farmers who try to stop him. Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the nastiest farmers you have ever seen.
I like the part where Mr Fox finds the fat chickens and when all the animals have a festival.
This has got to be Roald Dahl's best book ever.
Hassan 3J
Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
I liked the part when Mr Fox sneaked into the chicken house.
It would be suitable for 7-12 year olds because it is fun.
My favourite character from the book is Fantastic Mr Fox because he is hilarious and amazing. This book makes people laugh every day. I like The Mr Fox because it is an amazing and fantastic Roald Dahl book. Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farmers.
By Sohail 3H
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
It was very FUNNY!, 04 Feb 1999
The book is about Charlie and a chocolate factory. There is a competition and 5 winners get a tour round the factory.2 girls and 3 boys.They are Vrocker Salt,Vilet Broregard,Mike TV,Ogust Glope and Charlie.
An everlasting delight, 28 Aug 2008
When my children were little this was their favourite book. I bought a tape to go with it and when my eldest son went to school aged 4 and the teacher read it to the class she had to ask him to keep quiet as he knew it word for word! My son is now 23 and has recently taken the book back to his own home. My daughter now aged 21 also wanted it - so all these years later i'm buying another copy for her. We all think it's a wonderful book, read it aloud to children using silly voices and they'll love it. My kids still remember my impression of the roly poly bird. Great fun.
read this book!, 03 Jul 2008
the story is about a crocodile who is nasty and cunning.He wants to eat juicy children and he wants to get them by his secret plans and clever tricks.But does he get the children?find out by reading this book.At the end the elephant swings him round and round to the sun to teach him a lesson!
this book is captivating.It has lovely illustaion by quentin blake.I like it because it it is an adventurous book.This book is hilarious!My favourite character was the nasty crocodile.Do yo think the crocodile learnt his lesson at the end?You know what to do find out in this book.
I give this book 10/10
by farah 3H (age 8)
The Enormous Crocodile, 02 Jul 2008
This story is about sneaky crocodile that wants to eat some lovely juicy children. The enormous crocodile has secret plans and clever tricks. He tells the aminals that he is going to eat some lovely children. The animals try to ruin his wicked schemes and teach him a lesson that he will never forget!
This book was amazing.
Hasnain 3J
The Greedy Crocodile, 01 Jul 2008
The story is about a crocodile who is hungry and likes to eat children. The Enormous Crocodile is the greediest crocodile in the entire jungle! My favourite character is the nasty crocodile "SNAP, SNAP!" This book is unmissable!
I think the Enormous Crocodile is the most exciting book in the world, I loved it! When I picked the book up, I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. It was superb, outstanding, stupendous, terrifc, marvellous and exciting! YOU HAVE GOT TO READ IT! It's got lovely illustrations by Quentin Blake.
I give this book 10/10!
Momtaj 3H
Review of The Enormous Crocodile, 04 Jun 2008
The Enormous Crocodile is a hilarious and humorous story for children to read. The story is about a mean crocodile with `secret plans and clever tricks' to eat the children in the village. He disguises himself as many different things to trick the children but he does not succeed. He thinks he is really intelligent but the jungle animals have `secret plans and clever tricks' of their own.
We liked the ending of the story the most, because it was sudden and unexpected. If you read this story you will find why. We also liked when the other animals decided that they had plans of their own.
Although, we did think that Roald could have made this book a bit more exciting by having more surprises and mysteries.
We think that this book would good for ages 5 - 11. This is great book for adults to read to younger children. We think that people who enjoy humorous stories, fiction stories and plots will enjoys this book.
We would give this book 5 stars.
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Customer Reviews
I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us. Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers? Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section. The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get? A must for Dalh fans, 05 Jan 2004
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story. a journey through the seasons, 08 Jul 2000
Roald dahl invites you into his thoughts of the changing seasons .With a chapter on each month of the year ,roald dahl describes why he likes or dosn't like the twelve seasons.This book is superb . Cool, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: Mr. Hoppy lived in a flat. So did Mrs. Silver - the love of his life. Mr. Hoppy wanted to marry Mrs. Silver but he was too nervous. Find out how one small tortoise brings them together...
Fact: As well as being an author, Roald Dahl was an inventor - he actually invented the tortoise-catcher in the story but he used it to pick up things because he had back pains. Plus, Roald Dahl had two children and when they were small, they kept one or two tortoises in the garden!
Rating and recommendation: I would rate this brilliant book 7/ 10; I would recommend this perfect paperback to all Roald Dahl fans. For dirty old men and to teach small children that cheating is OK, 18 Sep 2007
If you don't bother to think about this story, then it is a whimsical little tale (only 55 pages) about a couple of elderly people who have unusual character traits and who end up getting married and living happily ever after. How sweet, just the thing to entertain young malleable minds.
But what is really going on here?
Let's start with Mr. Hoppy, who is retired and who has always been a lonely man and is very shy. Presumably he has never been married. He loves gazing down on Mrs. Silver when she is out on her balcony, which conveniently juts out a good bit further than Mr. Hoppy's balcony.
As for the widow Mrs. Silver, she tells Mr. Hoppy, "I'll be your slave for life" if he can tell her how to make her beloved pet tortoise Alfie grow faster. "Size, of course, was everything," as it says a few pages later.
"Back in his flat, Mr. Hoppy was simply quivering all over in excitement. 'Your slave for life', he kept repeating to himself. What bliss!"
Hmm, time to call in Freud?
So Mr. Hoppy devises a deceitful plan whereby he convinces Mrs. Silver that she should recite a silly incantation to Alfie three times a day. Mrs. Silver is gullible enough to believe this.
Mr. Hoppy then snatches Mrs. Silver's beloved Alfie from the balcony below, and lowers a slightly larger tortoise to replace him. He repeats this operation eight times over the next two months. Mrs. Silver is sure that Alfie has grown due to Mr. Hoppy's incantation that she is still reciting to "Alfie" three times a day.
"You're a miracle-man, you are indeed!" says Mrs. Silver.
"Mrs. Silver, please will you marry me?" blurts out Mr. Hoppy.
As for the illustrations, Mrs. Silver is shown to be a plump and well-endowed woman who favors low-cut dresses. Several drawings show the splendid view that Mr. Hoppy has from his vantage point on the balcony above. No wonder he loves leaning over his balcony-rail and gazing down on Mrs. Silver.
The moral of the story? All's well that ends well.
Rennie Petersen Wonderfully irreverant and immoral!, 12 Jan 2007
Get what you want through lies and deception - wonderful! Basically, a man gets himself into bed with the woman he fancies by making her think he can increase the size of her tortoise. Of course, he can't really do this, but he comes up with a highly elaborate scheme to make her think he can. Is this the kind of stuff we should be reading to our kids? Possibly. Danny's review, 27 Aug 2006
Esoitrot is a strange book to read because it's mostly about lots of tortoises called Alfie I thought that was a bit strange. I liked the way ROALD DAHL said about the two main characters Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver that Mrs. S had a extension to her flat balcony so Mr. H could talk to her. I thought the book was a bit too romantic as Mr. H is in love with Mrs. S so he wanted to do something to make him look brave. That was the funny bit about it because Mr. Hoppy pretended to put magic on Alfie no.1 to make him grow, but the weird thing was that she didn't notice he just kept swapping them whenever she was working . This is a funny book to read and I would recommend this for all ages and I would rate it 3 out of 5. Expendable Alfie, 28 Feb 2006
This takes no time at all to read You're done in half an hour It shows how far a man will go to prove he has some power To win the love of Mrs. S.
He pulls a clever ruse
If he can make her tortoise grow
He knows she won't refuse Tortoises with matching shells
He plays his clever game
It takes an awful lot of work
To win his dizzy dame ESIO TROT (spelled backwards please)
Gets larger as he'd said
And when he even shrinks it down
He gets inside her head The moral of this leery tale's
"All's fair in love and war"
If you really want your lady's heart
Then it's worth cheating for ADNAMA SDRAHCIR
Good, but not the version I was looking for, 16 Dec 2008
Roald Dahl reads his own story well, but I remember a different version from when I was a child, with sound and some music if I remember correctly. Sadly I don't think this is it. Good nonetheless, and the story, of course, is, erm... fantastic!
Fantastic Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
This story is about a fox who steals food for good because his family must eat. However, there are three farmers who try to stop him. Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the nastiest farmers you have ever seen.
I like the part where Mr Fox finds the fat chickens and when all the animals have a festival.
This has got to be Roald Dahl's best book ever.
Hassan 3J
Mr Fox, 02 Jul 2008
I liked the part when Mr Fox sneaked into the chicken house.
It would be suitable for 7-12 year olds because it is fun.
My favourite character from the book is Fantastic Mr Fox because he is hilarious and amazing. This book makes people laugh every day. I like The Mr Fox because it is an amazing and fantastic Roald Dahl book. Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farmers.
By Sohail 3H
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
Fantastic Mr Dahl!, 27 May 2008
A terrific tale of three mean and nasty farmers who decide to catch Mr Fox whatever it takes. The three vile villains are nasty but foolish, a combination that keeps them on the right side of scary for a more sensitive child.
And so they dig down and down, first with spades and then with mechanical diggers. The race is on.
And then, how on earth can the daring and resourceful Mr Fox sit out a siege and keep his family safe from starvation?
The clever and daring Mr Fox fights for survival with bravery and daring through secret passages and an underground world.
There's a magnificent finale, a great banquet, and my older children (5&7) love Mr Fox's inspired vision of a triumphant new way life for all the underground animals, while leaving the three mean farmers still waiting out in the rain.
With Quentin Blake's funny black and white illustrations on every page and many short chapters, the text is amusing and imaginatively descriptive as you'd expect from Mr Dahl. It also includes those little disgusting touches that children love such as "Bean's earholes were clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing-gum and dead flies and stuff like that."
This is one of my favourite Dahl stories: a short and snappy chapter book that can be read aloud in less than an hour and is guaranteed to hold the attention of a young listener from about age 5. It's fast paced, with enough excitement, danger and momentum to appeal from Key Stage 1 though children (and adults) who are considerably older will enjoy reading it to themselves. And with gun-toting farmers on the prowl and terrible tractors wrecking havoc on the hill, it's a particularly good story with which to entice reluctant boys.
If you are looking for more of Roald Dahl's magic for the younger age-group The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Twits next.
If you like the Robin Hood redistribution from rich and nasty farmers to the poor and worthy then you might also try the longer but every-bit-as-magnificent Danny Champion of the world.
It was very FUNNY!, 04 Feb 1999
The book is about Charlie and a chocolate factory. There is a competition and 5 winners get a tour round the factory.2 girls and 3 boys.They are Vrocker Salt,Vilet Broregard,Mike TV,Ogust Glope and Charlie.
An everlasting delight, 28 Aug 2008
When my children were little this was their favourite book. I bought a tape to go with it and when my eldest son went to school aged 4 and the teacher read it to the class she had to ask him to keep quiet as he knew it word for word! My son is now 23 and has recently taken the book back to his own home. My daughter now aged 21 also wanted it - so all these years later i'm buying another copy for her. We all think it's a wonderful book, read it aloud to children using silly voices and they'll love it. My kids still remember my impression of the roly poly bird. Great fun.
read this book!, 03 Jul 2008
the story is about a crocodile who is nasty and cunning.He wants to eat juicy children and he wants to get them by his secret plans and clever tricks.But does he get the children?find out by reading this book.At the end the elephant swings him round and round to the sun to teach him a lesson!
this book is captivating.It has lovely illustaion by quentin blake.I like it because it it is an adventurous book.This book is hilarious!My favourite character was the nasty crocodile.Do yo think the crocodile learnt his lesson at the end?You know what to do find out in this book.
I give this book 10/10
by farah 3H (age 8)
The Enormous Crocodile, 02 Jul 2008
This story is about sneaky crocodile that wants to eat some lovely juicy children. The enormous crocodile has secret plans and clever tricks. He tells the aminals that he is going to eat some lovely children. The animals try to ruin his wicked schemes and teach him a lesson that he will never forget!
This book was amazing.
Hasnain 3J
The Greedy Crocodile, 01 Jul 2008
The story is about a crocodile who is hungry and likes to eat children. The Enormous Crocodile is the greediest crocodile in the entire jungle! My favourite character is the nasty crocodile "SNAP, SNAP!" This book is unmissable!
I think the Enormous Crocodile is the most exciting book in the world, I loved it! When I picked the book up, I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. It was superb, outstanding, stupendous, terrifc, marvellous and exciting! YOU HAVE GOT TO READ IT! It's got lovely illustrations by Quentin Blake.
I give this book 10/10!
Momtaj 3H
Review of The Enormous Crocodile, 04 Jun 2008
The Enormous Crocodile is a hilarious and humorous story for children to read. The story is about a mean crocodile with `secret plans and clever tricks' to eat the children in the village. He disguises himself as many different things to trick the children but he does not succeed. He thinks he is really intelligent but the jungle animals have `secret plans and clever tricks' of their own.
We liked the ending of the story the most, because it was sudden and unexpected. If you read this story you will find why. We also liked when the other animals decided that they had plans of their own.
Although, we did think that Roald could have made this book a bit more exciting by having more surprises and mysteries.
We think that this book would good for ages 5 - 11. This is great book for adults to read to younger children. We think that people who enjoy humorous stories, fiction stories and plots will enjoys this book.
We would give this book 5 stars.
Guess what? THE FACTORY IS OPEN AGAIN!, 14 Oct 2000
Charlie is poor but his b-day is coming he wishes he could get a chocolate to win a guide to the new chocolate factory but he doesn't! After he gets luck and finds money on the ground then he buys a chocolate bar and WINS! I recomend this book ALOTE! - for everyone! Cause I loved it!
It keeps you on the edge of you'r seat with suspense., 17 May 1999
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a fantastic story written by Roald Dahl.We gave it three crowns because we rate the film better than the book although the book is fascinating to read.Some children get into the book so much that they start dreaming about chocolate (this is not a bad thing!) By Abigail and Darren from Holy Family school.
It was one of his books, 04 Feb 1999
I realy enjoyed this book . Espeacialy when the girl fell in the furness . And also when the girl turned in to a bluberry . So far this is one of my favourate books . And DEFINATELY! desearves a 4 out of 5
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Customer Reviews
I like it!, 17 Feb 2008
Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us. Amusing, Amusing, Amusing!, 06 Aug 2007
This is an excellent poetry book by one of the best children's writers of all time.
Never aging or boring Road Dahl brings a new light to those fairytales we all know and love.
By far the best is Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf . . .
'The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creatures's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.'
Admittedly not for really young readers because there is the killing of the wolf and 'sl*t' is mentioned in cinderella, but I read this book at primary school when I was 8 or 9 and I was so fond bought my own copy as an adult and still love it just as much today.
Still laughing, 14 Nov 2006
I was read this book at school, about 18 years ago now. Children do find it funny and so do adults. Okay so I didn't get all the jokes when I was 9 or 10, but Red Riding Hood's wolf slaying had us giggling for ages.
I cannot believe there are bad reviews, with violence as the reason! Have you never read any Grimm brothers? Contains swearing. Not for young children. , 02 Nov 2006
I bought this from amazon a few weeks ago, and was alarmed when I read the first rhyme, and found Prince Charming calling Cinderella a "sl*t". Returned the book immediately.Have rated it with stars for the quality of writing. Dahl is funny, but this one isn't for younger children, and has no business being in this section. The children loved it, 24 Feb 2006
I teach a Year 5 class and we ahve recently been doing a someone staid narrative poetry topic in Literacy. To brighten it up I hae been reading thre Revolting Rhymes to them, and they have absolutely loved them! It is an ideal way of getting kids enthusiastic about poetry, not always an easy task. The are modern and in simple everyday language, hilariously funny and make poetry accessible for every child. My class gasped with delight, giggled, cringed, and raved. They have been talking about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes non stop to anyone who will listen ever since - what better recommendation can you get? A must for Dalh fans, 05 Jan 2004
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story. a journey through the seasons, 08 Jul 2000
Roald dahl invites you into his thoughts of the changing seasons .With a chapter on each month of the year ,roald dahl describes why he likes or dosn't like the twelve seasons.This book is superb . Cool, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: Mr. Hoppy lived in a flat. So did Mrs. Silver - the love of his life. Mr. Hoppy wanted to marry Mrs. Silver but he was too nervous. Find out how one small tortoise brings them together...
Fact: As well as being an author, Roald Dahl was an inventor - he actually invented the tortoise-catcher in the story but he used it to pick up things because he had back pains. Plus, Roald Dahl had two children and when they were small, they kept one or two tortoises in the garden!
Rating and recommendation: I would rate this brilliant book 7/ 10; I would recommend this perfect paperback to all Roald Dahl fans. For dirty old men and to teach small children that cheating is OK, 18 Sep 2007
If you don't bother to think about this story, then it is a whimsical little tale (only 55 pages) about a couple of elderly people who have unusual character traits and who end up getting married and living happily ever after. How sweet, just the thing to entertain young malleable minds.
But what is really going on here?
Let's start with Mr. Hoppy, who is retired and who has always been a lonely man and is very shy. Presumably he has never been married. He loves gazing down on Mrs. Silver when she is out on her balcony, which conveniently juts out a good bit further than Mr. Hoppy's balcony.
As for the widow Mrs. Silver, she tells Mr. Hoppy, "I'll be your slave for life" if he can tell her how to make her beloved pet tortoise Alfie grow faster. "Size, of course, was everything," as it says a few pages later.
"Back in his flat, Mr. Hoppy was simply quivering all over in excitement. 'Your slave for life', he kept repeating to himself. What bliss!"
Hmm, time to call in Freud?
So Mr. Hoppy devises a deceitful plan whereby he convinces Mrs. Silver that she should recite a silly incantation to Alfie three times a day. Mrs. Silver is gullible enough to believe this.
Mr. Hoppy then snatches Mrs. Silver's beloved Alfie from the balcony below, and lowers a slightly larger tortoise to replace him. He repeats this operation eight times over the next two months. Mrs. Silver is sure that Alfie has grown due to Mr. Hoppy's incantation that she is still reciting to "Alfie" three times a day.
"You're a miracle-man, you are indeed!" says Mrs. Silver.
"Mrs. Silver, please will you marry me?" blurts out Mr. Hoppy.
As for the illustrations, Mrs. Silver is shown to be a plump and well-endowed woman who favors low-cut dresses. Several drawings show the splendid view that Mr. Hoppy has from his vantage point on the balcony above. No wonder he loves leaning over his balcony-rail and gazing down on Mrs. Silver.
The moral of the story? All's well that ends well.
Rennie Petersen Wonderfully irreverant and immoral!, 12 Jan 2007
Get what you want through lies and deception - wonderful! Basically, a man gets himself into bed with the woman he fancies by making her think he can increase the size of her tortoise. Of course, he can't really do this, but he comes up with a highly elaborate scheme to make her think he can. Is this the kind of stuff we should be reading to our kids? Possibly. Danny's review, 27 Aug 2006
Esoitrot is a strange book to read because it's mostly about lots of tortoises called Alfie I thought that was a bit strange. I liked the way ROALD DAHL said about the two main characters Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver that Mrs. S had a extension to her flat balcony so Mr. H could talk to her. I thought the book was a bit too romantic as Mr. H is in love with Mrs. S so he wanted to do something to make him look brave. That was the funny bit about it because Mr. Hoppy pretended to put magic on Alfie no.1 to make him grow, but the weird thing was that she didn't notice he just kept swapping them whenever she was working . This is a funny book to read and I would recommend this for all ages and I would rate it 3 out of 5. Expendable Alfie, 28 Feb 2006
This takes no time at all to read You're done in half an hour It shows how far a man will go to prove he has some power To win the love of Mrs. S.
He pulls a clever ruse
If he can make her tortoise grow
He knows she won't refuse Tortoi | | |