The Twits
by:
Roald Dahl (author)
Quentin Blake (illustrator)
How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything -- except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the...
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How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything -- except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141318301 (0141318309)
Publish date: 2004-06-24
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
A very silly book that has Roald Dahl written all over it. Very entertaining with a little moral thrown in. This is a pretty quick read. I liked the descriptions and illustrations a lot. Since this book was published almost 40 years ago, there is some language in it that many modern parents may not ...
I don't think I've spent nearly enough time waxing poetic about one of my all-time favorite authors so that's what today's post is all about. Roald Dahl was introduced to me by my best friend roughly 15 years ago. You might know him best as the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, T...
Oh, I love The Twits. When rereading I can still remember how I felt reading this lovely disgusting book when I was a little girl of seven. I knew my mum loved Roald Dahl books, and The Twitswas one of the first ones I read because it's so thin. It's a bit younger than The BFG and Mathilda are, but ...
The Twits reminded me of the fictional couple in Patton Oswalt's bit about Stella D'oro's breakfast treats.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-oxsMl3iCA
I would not be the least bit surprised to find out that Mr. Dahl self medicates. This story reads like a bad acid trip. With that said I found it enjoyable enough. Why did I read this? Looking for books to read to children in hopes of being a daddy once again some day. I am not sure why this is on t...
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