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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a re-read as I couldn’t remember much about the book since I read it quite a few years ago. This time I read it to my 4 year old son who loves stories and loves Roald Dahl. I’m taking part in @salboreads #CCC Summer of Dahl challenge and am really enjoying comparing notes with other readers of Roald Dahl.
It is about Billy, who wanders into The Forest of Sin one day, despite his mother’s instructions to “Be good”. Rumours of all sorts of despicable creatures circulated about this forest where, as the well-known rhyme went: “few come out but many go in”. Billy, bored at home and lured by the idea of adventure, encounters the Minpins on the magical trees in the forest whose bark seemed to transform and open into shutters the size of postage stamps which led to the Minpins’ houses. What a great concept, much like Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree, where this idea that other worlds exist alongside our own is explored. It is so enriching for children, world within worlds and where anything is possible. Can Billy’s plan to overcome the fearsome fire-breathing beast with the help of some birds work?
As always with Dahl the language was amazing and the idea wild and wonderful. It was very enjoyable, not my favourite Roald Dahl, but a very enjoyable and worthwhile short read.
It is about Billy, who wanders into The Forest of Sin one day, despite his mother’s instructions to “Be good”. Rumours of all sorts of despicable creatures circulated about this forest where, as the well-known rhyme went: “few come out but many go in”. Billy, bored at home and lured by the idea of adventure, encounters the Minpins on the magical trees in the forest whose bark seemed to transform and open into shutters the size of postage stamps which led to the Minpins’ houses. What a great concept, much like Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree, where this idea that other worlds exist alongside our own is explored. It is so enriching for children, world within worlds and where anything is possible. Can Billy’s plan to overcome the fearsome fire-breathing beast with the help of some birds work?
As always with Dahl the language was amazing and the idea wild and wonderful. It was very enjoyable, not my favourite Roald Dahl, but a very enjoyable and worthwhile short read.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
fast-paced
When I first started reading this one to my 7-year-old I was little concerned that it might give him nightmares - it starts off a bit scary. The devil whispers in the little boy's ear, he goes into the Forest of Sin, and then is chased by a terrifying monster who wants to eat him... but it eventually comes around and the little boy and the Minpins (the tiny people who inhabit the forest) eventually kill the terrifying monster rather easily. It's a very satisfying story for a 7-year-old boy (or a 40-year-old mom for that matter) it seems to have a little of everything and the illustrations are beautiful, too. Plus, I think it's just the right length. We read it in two nights.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A very loving story. It must have made so many children wonder that there must are Minpins somewhere in this world.
“Those who don’t believe in magic, will never find it.”✨
2.5! It was a short little audiobook, but it was PHENOMENAL to say the least. Each book I read I am more and more convinced I will have to buy these for my classroom next year.
2.5! It was a short little audiobook, but it was PHENOMENAL to say the least. Each book I read I am more and more convinced I will have to buy these for my classroom next year.
fast-paced
This is an old favourite for me, although more for the potential of the core idea - tiny people living in every tree (and potentially cloud) than for the story itself