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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Not as interesting as Demon Dentist but Tom enjoyed it!
I never read David Walliams as a kid (I was just a bit too old when he started writing), but I decided to try out two of his books for the fun of it over lockdown.
They are wonderful! Even though I'm reading them as an adult, I found them amusing, fast-paced and very much like Roald Dahl. I wish I'd had them when I was little!
They are wonderful! Even though I'm reading them as an adult, I found them amusing, fast-paced and very much like Roald Dahl. I wish I'd had them when I was little!
When you look at this book cover you may think it's just a silly and weird children's book. But that's wrong. The book can be read for people of any age (but for very small children I do not recommend it), because the author can make a real humor, but at the same time be very simple. The book deals with poverty, suffering, bullying, explortation, alcoholism, health issues, empathy and animals in just one book only that only book can captivate you from the start to finish. I was very surprised while I was reading it. I smiled and was shocked several times. I want to read other books by this author soon!
Not the best of David Walliams. Some of the scenes are outright gross. Maybe some kids will enjoy saying "Yewwwww" while reading it; I could barely control my horror. Can be skipped safely.
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Life is horrible for Zoe. The school bully is always picking on her, her new stepmother is disgustingly lazy, and Burt's Burgers' evil owner, Burt, wants to make her pet rat into a ratburger! It's up to Zoe to rescue her beloved Armitage from the evil Burt, but will she be able to save him from becoming food?
This title is a chapter book appropriate for grades 3-6.
A public library should stock this item because, with such a strong supervillain and a strange concept, this book is good for children who enjoy Roald Dahl's humorous, twisted sensibility. It's also good for children looking for a strong child hero, or kids who would find the concept of a ratburger deliciously disgusting.
This material could be used in a public library in programming about different kinds of pets (including rats), or in programming about the dark side of the food service industry, as well as any programming celebrating Roald Dahl and authors like him.
This title is a chapter book appropriate for grades 3-6.
A public library should stock this item because, with such a strong supervillain and a strange concept, this book is good for children who enjoy Roald Dahl's humorous, twisted sensibility. It's also good for children looking for a strong child hero, or kids who would find the concept of a ratburger deliciously disgusting.
This material could be used in a public library in programming about different kinds of pets (including rats), or in programming about the dark side of the food service industry, as well as any programming celebrating Roald Dahl and authors like him.
The David Walliams books are getting old for me. I still think that they are great children's book and would recommend them to younger ones but they just get repetitive. It's a shame really that he just keep on applying the same recipe over and over again with subtle changes.
It is imaginative in a child's way but it lacks variety and perhaps a certain magical aspect. I may read more of his if the plot sounds different enough (Awful Auntie was a nice change of scenery for example) but otherwise I've had my share.
It is imaginative in a child's way but it lacks variety and perhaps a certain magical aspect. I may read more of his if the plot sounds different enough (Awful Auntie was a nice change of scenery for example) but otherwise I've had my share.