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Roald Dahl has such an unusual first name due to fact that his parents spelt his name wrong on the Register of Births. From this non-literary background came one of the masters of children's literature.
The Twits is one of his many successful and highly entertaining books. The Twits are a couple that nobody would like to know. They are hairy, dirty, smelly and generally unpleasant. Roald Dahl's characters are possibly the most horrid people you will ever read about. Mr and Mrs Twit spend their days inventing new ways to be be nasty to each other. Each time Mrs Twit does something bad to Mr Twit, he just invents something worse to do to her. The Twits are not only unpleasant towards each other but they also hate animals. It is because of the Twits' attitude towards animals that we see their really awful side: Mr Twit keeps a family of monkeys that have to spend their days upside down and Mrs Twit likes to make pies with freshly caught birds.
Dahl's story, as is characteristic with all his books, has a happy ending. Only how will the animals beat the Twits? --Jon Smith
32 pages, Paperback
Published September 4, 2006
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December 2, 2010
This book was about how bad the Twits treated other animals. For example, the Twits would put glue on the roof so when birds land on, they would get stick. After that, the Twits would make bird pies with the the sticked bird. At the end of the book, everything was switched around. All the animals turned the Twits' house upside down. The animals sticked all the furnitures on the ceiling. It was a great story because this book matches a quote that I really adore. "What goes around comes around" - unknown
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March 1, 2011
Why i decided to read this book?
it is a picture book and on the Book Blob Bingo Board it says you have to read a picture book.
Which category on the bingo board did this complete?
A picture book
What i liked about this book and why?
the way they played tricks on each other because it was nasty the things they did.
What i didn't like about this book?
it was probably too childish for me but i did have to read a picture book.
Who would i recommend this book to?
9-12 yr olds.
it is a picture book and on the Book Blob Bingo Board it says you have to read a picture book.
Which category on the bingo board did this complete?
A picture book
What i liked about this book and why?
the way they played tricks on each other because it was nasty the things they did.
What i didn't like about this book?
it was probably too childish for me but i did have to read a picture book.
Who would i recommend this book to?
9-12 yr olds.
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