The Twits by Roald Dahl is a silly book about a married couple who are very mean. Through out the book they play tricks on each other and next move to the birds they have in a cage. They catch the birds and put them in a pie to eat. The birds want none of this and try everything they can to escape the mean people. Throughout the story they are also mean to a few of their other pets who also want nothing to do with them. The animals all get very angry and you never will guess what they do. Read the book to find out!
I thought this was a very silly and fun book. I think children would enjoy reading it and have it read to them. It really doesn't have any educational value with any history or other informational subject matter but it would be a great book to motivate those students who can't find a book that they like. This book would be great for third graders and up. The content in the book is appropriate for those ages. It is also an easy read so students should not have a hard time reading it because the text is developmentally appropriate as well. I would recommend this book to have in a classroom library and to use as a read aloud as well.
I like how you say there is not educational value, but humor is valuable to many people. So it may seem kind of out there but at least, like you said, it will motivate some students to read!
ReplyDeleteI agree Ian, humor is valuable and like Taralynn said it could get some students motivated to read. It sounds like a great book to read aloud and I am interested in reading it. I also really like the front cover, it looks like a mean old lady I had a neighbor when I was a child. Maybe a student would make the same connection.
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