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by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator) "What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays ..." (more)
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In Dahl's typically outre outing, the repulsive, misanthropic Mr. and Mrs. Twit become the target of revenge by the Mugglewump monkeys--who have finally had enough. Ages 7-11.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Grade 2-4-Actor Simon Callow tackles one of Roald Dahl's most gruesome stories (Puffin, pap. 1998) with relish in this gleefully naughty audiobook. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are two of the most disgusting, nasty, and horrid characters in children's literature, from their repulsive looks (the story opens with a long, detailed description of Mr. Twit's unkempt beard) to the mean and horrible tricks they play on one another (Mrs. Twit enjoys hiding her glass eyeball in unexpected places and lacing the spaghetti with worms; Mr. Twit works for weeks to convince his wife that she has "The Shrinks"). Callow captures the dry humor of Dahl's narrative voice perfectly, and creates appropriately nasty voices for Mr. and Mrs. Twit as well. Unfortunately, the thick accents and loud tones of these voices often mean that the dialogue is difficult to understand. Still, Callow's able narration brings Dahl's ironic sensibilities to life, and a sense of satisfaction is inevitable when the terrible Twits come to an appropriately gruesome end.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbus
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good lesson about nasty people, Nov 15 2008
By SH (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Twits (Paperback)
The Twits by Roald Dahl is a very short novel that can be read in less than one hour. Children will enjoy The Twits much more than adults would because of the descriptions and the characters involved; there are humans, monkeys, and birds. The Twits teaches a good lesson that people with nasty, evil thoughts start to look ugly themselves, and if you do something bad to others, the same bad thing may happen to you.

Mr. and Mrs. Twit are old (in their sixties), hideous, and disgusting. Both like to play tricks on each other and do outrageous things. Someone's out to get revenge...

I highly recommend The Twits for children, since they will likely find the story more enjoyable than adults will.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and funny, Oct 8 2008
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I am a seven year old boy and I read this book on my own. I thought it was a really great story to read because it was not too easy but it was a great read. The monkeys were my favourite characters because they were friendly and they came from Africa. My second favourite character was the Rolly Polly Bird because she helped the monkeys turn the twits upside down. It was very weird because they were a family but they did not like each other and they played very nasty tricks on each other. Mrs. Twit was really good at planting thorn nettles in the garden. Mr Twit drinks a lot of beer. I recommend this book for six to eight year old readers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars this book is great, Jun 29 2004
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This book i enjoyed very much. I loved how it was really funny, and every chapter made me laugh. It was a easy to read book and it was really imaginative. the only things i didnt like is that the chapters were really short and the begginig to almost the end all they did were jokes on each other for a while. But over all it was a great book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Twits Book Review
The Twits are the ugliest and evilest people in the whole entire world. They have caged monkeys at their house. The monkeys want to be free to return to Africa. Read more
Published on Jun 9 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars The twits
When I read the book called The Twits I thought it was very interesting. It was very extraordinary and exciting. Read more
Published on May 28 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars The Twits
The Twits, by Roald Dahl, is a funny story about Mr. and Mrs. Twit. They are two hairy people. Mr. and Mrs. Twit like to eat bird pie but the monkeys save them. Read more
Published on Mar 11 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest Book!
I just read the book. I thought it was a great book. The Twits is one of my favorite books because I liked the funny things the Twits and the monkeys did. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book!
The Twits are hilarous. After reading the book to my students they became hooked on Roald Dahl books. They just had to read other of his books. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2004 by Christina A. Zaremba

5.0 out of 5 stars The Twit
I read a book that was called The Twits by Ronald Dahl. It was very interesting. The main characters were Mr. Twit and Ms. Twit. Read more
Published on Nov 21 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The Twits
This book was so funny! If you like pranks and gluing your pants to trees you will love this book. Just don't try any of these pranks at home or anywhere else for that matter!
Published on Nov 13 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest book
I like this book because it's funny an crazy and it has funny charcters.I how i think the twits are crazy because they talk about each other an play tricks. Read more
Published on Nov 5 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The Twits Review
The Twits, by Roald Dahl, published by Puffin Novels.

This book is a great fiction book for kids .This book is about an old nasty woman and her greasy husband. Read more

Published on Nov 5 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The Seven Senses Book Club - Katie
If you don't know whether or not to read 'The Twits', I think the book is hilarious! Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the most unkind, mean, nasty, clever, dirty, bird eaters ever!!! Read more
Published on Jun 21 2003

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