- Hardcover: 112 pages
- Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books; First Edition edition (Sep 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0439162998
- ISBN-13: 978-0439162999
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.1 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 372 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #207,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What, you might well ask, is the Giggler Treatment? Better yet, what precisely is a Giggler? You won't find out until chapter 6 of Roddy Doyle's The Giggler Treatment, but for those of you who can't wait, here's the answer: Gigglers are "baby-sized and furry. Their fur changes color as they move." Their main occupation in life is to look after children and to punish adults who are mean or unfair to them. And the Treatment? Four words: "Poo on the shoe."
The Gigglers have always been there. Since the first dog did its first poo. Since the first caveman grunted at his first cavechild. He stomped out of the cave, straight onto a huge lump of prehistoric poo.In his first children's book, Roddy Doyle, prize-winning author of such adult fare as Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Barrytown Trilogy, and A Star Called Henry, gives free literary rein to his inner child. The result may surprise his older readers, but is guaranteed to please the Captain Underpants set with its frequent good-humored references to poo, rudies, bums, and other body parts and functions. Doyle bases his tale on a dreadful misunderstanding: Mr. Mack, a biscuit tester in a biscuit factory sends his sons to their rooms without supper for breaking a window. This piece of unfairness naturally warrants the Treatment, and so the Gigglers immediately rush next door to collect a walloping great lump of poo from a neighboring Irish wolfhound. Unfortunately, they aren't present when Mr. Mack repents. When the children later find out their father is headed into deep doo-doo, it becomes a race against time to save him from poo on the shoe.
Doyle takes this slightest of plots and piles on plenty of whimsy, from a talking dog to a race across Dublin via the Nile River and the Eiffel Tower. Chapter titles have names like "Chapter Something," "Another Chapter," and "The Chapter After the Last One"; there are frequent digressions into topics such as mountain climbing and the love life of Irish wolfhounds; the illustrations are fun; and there's an amusing glossary at the end that translates some of the Britishisms ("Plaster--Band Aid. Very useful if you are bleeding to death"). This good-natured romp through a comedic territory beloved by children (and more than a few grownups) will surely win the author whole new legions of fans. Indeed, it's highly unlikely that Mr. Doyle will ever have to worry about falling victim to the Giggler Treatment himself. (Ages 9 and older) --Petra Williams
From Publishers Weekly
In his first story for children, Booker Prize winner Doyle (Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha) pens a robustly silly romp served up with a generous helping of Irish cheek. At the outset of the tale, Mister Mack, a biscuit tester, is about to step in "dog poo." Displaying a gleefully sadistic sense of timing, Doyle draws out the suspense to outrageous lengths, interrupting his narrative with chapter after chapter of digressions that keep readers squirming in their seats until does the patriarch step in it or doesn't he? Besides bulletins on the number of inches remaining between Mister Mack's shoe and the poo, the author introduces the dog behind it (the Mack family's pooch, Rover) and the small, furry, chameleon-like creatures called Gigglers who have gone to great pains to collect it (Gigglers watch over children and give adults who are unfair to them "the Giggler Treatment," or "poo on the shoe"), as well as Mister Mack's alleged offense. When the facts come to light, it's up to the Mack boys, their baby sister, the Giggler they have caught, Rover and their mum to avert the impending poo-disaster. A bracingly rude dose of fun. Ages 9-12.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
So funny, we had to stop reading sometimes,
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This review is from: The Giggler Treatment (Mass Market Paperback)
I personally love Roddy Doyle's novels. The Irish author normally writes adult fiction, so when I ran across The Giggler Treatment, I scooped it up for my seven year old son. That night, I started reading it to him and, well, let's just say the humour was right up his alley. The story had both of us laughing our heads off. This is a story that he was quite capable of reading himself, but we could not resist the fun of reading it together. It is the first in a trilogy called 'The Rover Adventures.'The entire story takes place in the few moments it takes Mister Mack to step, or not step (I don't want to give the ending away), in a mound of dog poo. This sounds unlikely, but Roddy Doyle pulls it off beautifully. He creates a wonderful tension and children cannot wait to read the next chapter as Mister Mack's foot inches its way closer to the poo. Where does this poo come from? Well, it turns out that there are Gigglers out there, who cannot be seen because they can expertly camouflage themselves. Their mission is to punish adults who are mean to children by making them step in dog poo, and a large amount of this dog poo comes from an obliging, and now rich, dog named Rover. There is so much in this story for kids to love: poo, punishing adults, Gigglers who are on their side, silliness, page turning tension and lots of laughs. When we were done, my son started making a list of the friends he wanted to lend it to. To me, that is the best recommendation, to have enjoyed a book so much that you cannot wait to share it with others. Hint: if your child likes and can read Captain Underpants, they will probably like this. But it is not only for boys, several of the girls in my son's class have read The Giggler Treatment and loved it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and adventurous!,
By A grade 4 student (First Avenue P.S., Ottawa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Giggler Treatment (Mass Market Paperback)
If you like adventures, The Giggler Treatment would be good to read because it is adventurous, mysterious, unpredictable and very funny.The Giggler Treatment is about these little gigglers that are Rover's friends that help him put poo on the path of adults that are being mean to their kids. When Mr. Mack's boys are playing soccer and break the glass window with the soccer ball, Mister Mack starts getting really, really, really angry and sends the kids up to their rooms. Do you think mister Mack will get the treatment (a.k.a., poo on the path)? Then in Rover Saves Christmas, Rudolph gets sick with the flu and he can't pull the sled with Santa to give gifts to the children, and then Rover replaces Rudolph. The third book is called The Meanwhile Adventures, but I've only read half of it. My opinion would be this is a really, really good series to read because it's interesting and funny and easy to understand.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Giggly Book O'fun,
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This review is from: The Giggler Treatment (Mass Market Paperback)
I love this book because it is very funny. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it to you. I have two little brothers and I read it to them and they both loved it. My favorite part is when Mr. Mack has his interesting breakfast. Oh boy, I wish I could have that breakfast every morning! I picked this book because I love funny books.
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