The Treehouse Diary 2020

Treehouse #9

by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton

** The Treehouse Diary 2020 **

This diary is guaranteed to excite all Treehouse fans as they plot their way through the new year with the help of Andy and Terry (and possibly some penguins).

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Fiction, Humor, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Kids

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2019

About the author

Andy Griffiths is Australia’s most popular children’s writer. He is the author of over 20 books, including nonsense verse, short stories, comic novels and plays. Over the past 15 years Andy’s books have been New York Times bestsellers, won over 50 children’s choice awards, been adapted as a television cartoon series and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.

Andy is best known as the author of the much-loved Just! series and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. In 2008 Andy became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking!, smashing his previous record of 4 awards for The Bad Book in 2005.

In 2008 Andy and his wife Jill collaborated with The Bell Shakespeare Company on the popular and critically acclaimed theatrical production Just Macbeth! which was nominated for two Helpmann Awards. In July 2010 Just Macbeth!completed a return sold-out season at the Sydney Opera House before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it received rave reviews. The book of the play was shortlisted in the children’s section of the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.

Andy has had a long-standing collaboration with the multi-talented illustrator Terry Denton. Together they have produced theJust! series, the wildly popular The Bad Book and The Very Bad Book, the ridiculous illustrated guide What Bumosaur is That?, and the Seussian-inspired early readers The Cat on the Mat is Flat and The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow! Their latest book is The 13-Storey Treehouse (September 2011).

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Reviews

[Anneke Koning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Samen met mijn zoon gelezen. Hij geeft 4 sterren.

[Murtaza Kuwarawala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Title : The 117- Storey Treehouse



Author : Andy Griffiths and Terry Dentons



Genre : Middle Grade Graphic Novel





Off late I have been getting my hands on quite a few Graphic Novels and I must say my picks have been really diverse and interesting. Yesterday, it was about a humorous take on life with Trust No Aunty, today it is about Middle Grade Fantasy 'The 117-Storey Treehouse'.



Blurb :



Andy and Terry have added another thirteen levels of crazy fun to their every-growing treehouse. They've got a tiny-horse level, a pyjama-party room, an Underpants Museum and Treehouse Information Centre! But Andy and Terry have found themselves running from the Story Police and the only way to escape, is through the terrifying Door of Doom!



Honestly, since it was my first encounter with the Treehouse stories of books, I wasn't sure what to expect from it. From what I had read about the other books in the series, each book adds 13 levels of fun and excitement. The illustrations in the book are very creative revealing new items everytime one reads the novel. The book can be read within one sitting but if one explores curiously, they can notice little things that might be missed from a larger perspective in the illustrations.



Would I recommend this book? Ofcourse I would. If you are someone who is looking for a fun read for your kids, pick this one up. If you are someone, who is still child at heart, pick this one up. Basically pick this one up if you are looking for some smiles and that goofy grin when you finish a book.



My Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (5 out of 5)



Book in Few Words - Relive your Childhood Memories and Have some fun

[Nabila S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Can't" "can" "can't" "can"

I read this whole book in about 45 mins. I'm the kind of person who'd read anything, even a picture book. I just take pleasure in reading.😋

This is a book for kids of about 7-11 year old. It made me wish I had a cousin/nephew to give it to because I bet they'd love it. I got reminded of the times I used to read fables and comics as a child at the opthalmologist's. It's very imaginative and entertaining as Terry, Andy and Jill are struggling to deliver a manuscript for a book and Terry tells us his "dumb" story for the book in the book. So it's kind of like a story within a story. They go on an adventure and in the end we also get to see their very fun tree-house. The illustrations were cool and funny. (It even made me laugh for a bit). Also it reminded me of Phineas and Ferb (one of my favourite cartoons).😄

It's the 9th book in The Tree-house series and I really think kids would find it enjoyable.😊
Going to gift these books to the neighbor kids when I go to their birthday parties for cake.🤣

Thanks Panmacmillan India for providing me with a review copy.

[Saumya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I swear I can read this series again and again and never get tired of it it is so good! One time I was just so tired of school because of tests and then I read this book for some time and bam! My mood has lightened up. I feel like our teachers are the same as the story police because I'm pretty sure they'd send me to prison for a million billion zillion years for ending a story with 'It was all just a dream', and unfortunately, dots won't work for us to escape, TT .
Anyway, this book is so funny and light-hearted I love it and you need to read it!

[Dmitry Sedor · Rating 5 out of 5]

the story police are funny

[Imbres_libri Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kocham tą serię

[Katie H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good book😁😊😀😋🤗☺

[Tamsyn TG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite as good as some of the others but still an absolute classic

[Salena He · Rating 5 out of 5]

*ten stars actually :)* This book was the best one in the Treehouse series ever! I like how crazy and funny the adventures were, I also thought the way how the characters acted was very interesting. I would really recommend this book to anyone who has a sense of humor. This is just so CREATIVE and WAYY better than all the other ones. I thought The 104 Story Treehouse was good. But since I read this brand-new book, that old one is history now.
I just really liked the part where Terry tells his “dumb” (ok, I admit that his story was pretty dumb, but anyway) dot story and how the last part ended when the dots exploded and then Andy, Terry, and Jill turn into abstract version along with the dots.
You’ll notice that a lot of new villains and friends are in this Treehouse book. New villains: Story Police, Farmer McRabbit-grabber and kinda maybe One-Eyed Pete.
New friends: Dr. Moose, Boris Bendback, Beatrix Potty, and Little Peter Poopypants. That’s also one of the reasons why I gave this book (technically) ten stars. I totally changed my mind on thinking that The 104 Story Treehouse was the best one :-p

[Margrete Cardona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fem stjerner, etter anbefaling fra min sønn på 8 1/2.
Hver eneste en av disse Trehuset-bøkene er en fornøyelse, og denne er intet unntak.
I denne boken virker det dessuten som om forfatterne kommer med et stikk til kritikere. Eller, til det jeg kan forestille meg har vært kritikker av disse bøkene. For i denne boken treffer vi historie-politiet, som vil arrestere Andy og Terry fordi de bryter reglene for skikkelig historiefortelling. Og det kan man på mange måter si at forfatterne gjør i selve boken også. For på overflaten virker det bare som en tilfeldig ansamling absurditeter. Men den er spennende, og gutten min ville ha meg til å lese bare ett kapittel til, hver eneste kveld.
Det er noe barnlig og befriende over dette grenseløse og ulogiske.
Anbefales!

[Harry Best · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sadly this wasn't as funny as the others.

[Safiye · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay? It wasn't as funny as any other of the series, even though all of the books make no sense this one went to the point where nothing happened and the story was......“Strange”? If you are looking for a funny book then this one might not fit your needs.

I own three of the books and Babysitting Blunders would be on the same line.

*Please note: All of the characters act like idiots.* (This is from The 104-story treehouse)
For example:

Terry (in the giant foot): It’s a GIANT FOOT!

Andy (getting squished by the giant foot): Operated by a GIANT IDIOT!

[AMY · Rating 5 out of 5]

371 pages. This episode had me laughing all the through! The author and illustrator are very gifted in humor and create more and more layers of fun in their wacky treehouse. This time there are tiny horses, a waiting room, an underwear museum and they are pursued by the story police after Terry tries to write the story. Kids will love this one! I think it gets better and better. I can’t wait for another addition to the treehouse fun! Highly recommended for Grades 4-5.

[Maryam · Rating 4 out of 5]

بعضی از کتاب ها قادر هستند حس خوبی در انسان ایجاد کنند و بنظر من این کتاب هم از همان دسته بود. داستان های جذابی داشت که حتی برای من هم دوست داشتنی بود (البته احتمالا همه هم سن هام مثل من نیستن). اما فکر می‌کنم انتخاب خیلی مناسبی برای کودکان باشه :)

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Next in this series. Love the plays on several famous kids books and authors, Maurice Sendak, Beatrice Potter, Dr. Seuss.
The humor remains as crazy as ever.

[Karenina (Nina Ruthström) · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nej men usch! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Det här är den tramsigaste av tramsiga berättelser jag läst. Åttaåringen gillade inte heller.

[Skye Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book with 371 pages , is a definetly recomendable, its
A comedy , I honestly loved it allot , I have all the series xx

[Milena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Narralicja come back!!!

😂😂😂

[Jasmijn Brokamp · Rating 4 out of 5]

The monster things were very funny and it was fun to read but it was not like amazing so a 4/5

[Robbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Voorgelezen

[Jacob · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the same

[Samin_pzr · Rating 4 out of 5]

خودمم باورم نمیشه که انقدر با مجموعه خونه درختی کیف کردم :))) اولش اصلا نظرم این نبود ولی واقعا خوشحالم که این مجموعه رو خوندم! خیلی بامزه و خلاقانه بود :))))

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dit was een van de eerste Engelse boeken die ik las. Ik vond het wel leuk om te lezen.

[Evan Micheals · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read Melanie, Andy Griffiths latest journey into children’s absurdity. It certainly held her interest. At the core or it was Terry’s attempt to be a narrator leading to the attention of the stern “Story Police” and being sentenced to a billion years in jail.

“Reading too much into it Evan” found the filing monster a warning against idenitarians who want to classify everyone by type. Jill, Andy, and Terry point our we have infinite identities, thus confusing the filing monster..... All I could think was have the authors been paying attention to and influenced by Jordan Peterson who often makes the point of Infinite Identities against identity politics.

The story concludes by making the point that many of our beloved children’s stories commit crimes against story telling. I guess the take home lesson is don’t listen to critics and do your best.

[Zoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was too much to take on. I hated it. HA! You’re so gullible! If I hated it, I wouldn’t rate it an amazing ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, would I? Here’s why I rated it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Listen closely y’all, I won’t explain twice . It is:
1. 😂
2. 😎
3. 😉
4.😆
5.😍
Thanks y’all!

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book so much cant believe that there already on 117 love it so much please hurry up i have got all the books best auther and illustrator ever!

[Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite of the series so far. My 5yo son and I couldn’t stop laughing. I loved the three parodies written about famous children books. The authors of those books are main characters and are so funny. Andy and Terry are so witty I can’t handle it. How do they make a story about a dot so entertaining?? I will forever love these characters and this style of writing. I highly recommend these books for a read aloud with your kids.

SPOILERS and book notes:
Terry wanted to narrate this time. But Andy doesn’t think illustrators can write. They give lots of examples of combo authors/illustrators that make fun of books you will recognize: “The splat in the hat. By Dr Moose.” “The Tale of Little Peter Poopypants by Beatrix Potty” “where the Filed thing Are by Boris Bendback.” And so Terry gives it a try and created a hilarious story about a dot that multiplies with dot babies then turns into lines then shapes then blows up and turns everything crazy. So Andy had to fix it quick by adding the ending “and it was all a dream.” This causes the “story police” to come after them bc that ending is so dumb it’s illegal. So now they are running from them and Jill makes all the tiny horses combine into a big one to helps them escape (Trey like that part). This is interesting bc I just asked my family a would you rather similar to this: (wyr fight 100 duck sized horses OR 1 horse sized duck?) We were cackling the whole time. Then the author has a chapter each dedicated to the three precious books I mentioned. They are like parodies of each of those children’s books. The splat in the hat one even had the same rhyming scheme as dr suess. During Peter poopypants my son couldn’t stop laughing bc Peter couldn’t stop pooping in the farmers garden. And where the file things are the monster files everything on the island alphabetically. The three authors of those famous books get arrested too and they are hilarious. Andy apologizes for alerting the story police by writing an ending “it was all just a dream”. But the authors remind him that the best books “Alice and wonderland” and “wizard of oz” have that ending. The authors/illustrators help them with the book! I love how terry’s dot gets them out of trouble every time. How can the authors make a story about a dot so fun to read?? They are so talented.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

That treehouse just keeps getting larger and larger, adding several stories with each book. I can see why this series would be popular with intermediate or middle grade readers since it's a fast read, but also because it contains clever references to other books and plenty of humor. In this installment, number nine in the series, Terry decides that it's time for him to write a book instead of just providing the illustrations. The only problem is that he's stuck for inspiration. Eventually, he does come up with an idea involving dots. But things get a bit messy when he concludes his story in an all-too-predictable way, and the Story Police move in to take everyone to jail. The references to Beatrix Potty of Peter Rabbit fame and a constantly-pooping rabbit; Dr. Moose, a take-off on Dr. Seuss; and a witty reference to Maurice Sendak's classic, called "Where the Filed Things Are" keep adult readers just as amused as younger readers although the pooping references might not amuse adults quite as much. Even amid all this hilarity, the pressure is on for this creative team to deliver a manuscript by the publishing deadline. Some pages repeat words and images so that readers can literally race through them while others are incredibly detailed, highlighting some of the levels in the treehouse. Perhaps my favorite one would be the Underpants Museum. There's just something funny about underwear. Parents and teachers won't need to urge that their charges read this book or the others. They will fly off the shelf and be passed on from hand to hand with more than a chortle or two.

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fans of the 13-Story Treehouse illustrated chapter book series will be clamoring to see what the next thirteen stories of the treehouse hold in store for young Andy and Terry in this ninth installment of the super-silly series, while those new to the series can still delight in the absurdity of this story as a stand-alone tale. The book follows their tried-and-true formula, which involves treehouse-dwelling Andy and Terry, accompanied by their animal-loving friend Jill, running around in ridiculous hijinks while trying to finish their next book assignment. Illustrator Terry decides to take a crack at authoring this time, and they end up in hot pursuit of the Story Police for "crimes against storytelling". Similar to Dav Pilkey's Dog Man series, there is also plenty of parody of actual literature within the story as the kids try to outrun the Story Police and find themselves within the pages of other stories, such as "Where the Filed Things Are", Dr. Moose, and...The Tales of Beatrix Potty. Adults may find themselves sighing at the absurdity but the kids will be laughing all the way to the end, and they'll likely want to find out what happens when the treehouse adds its 130th floor. The illustrations are doodle-like and a bit frenzied, but the style lends itself well to the wackiness and breakneck pacing of the story. Be sure to pick this new one up for collections already containing the series. For those that haven't, consider this one to recommend alongside Dav Pilkey and Jeff Kinney for ages 7-11.

[Erica Sonzogni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Andy and Terry are back at it again by adding 13 more levels to their previous 104-story treehouse in their newest book, The 117-Story Treehouse. Along with adding a mini horse floor, a traffic school, and an all-you-can-eat level to their abode, the boys are tasked with creating another story for their publisher, Mr. Big Nose. Terry, who is usually the illustrator, wants to be in charge of writing this book but has a challenging time creating the ending. The Story Police come to arrest the boys due to their story’s lack of closure! The friends work together to evade the police while finishing a worthwhile story for Mr. Big Nose to publish.

The Treehouse series is perfect for children who are intimidated by longer books or ones who find reading a challenge yet want to read lengthier books like their peers. Each page of this novel includes detailed illustrations that take up most of the page. Due to this, there are only a few sentences of text per page. Students will be stunned to open the pages and realize that it is not as complex or as daunting as they previously thought. The illustrations have a Where’s Waldo-like tone with lots that children can analyze for a long period of time. This book in the series included a twist on many classic stories (such as “The Cat in the Hat” became “The Splat in the Hat” and “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” became “The Tale of Peter Poopypants”) which are extremely humorous for children and adults alike.