George's Marvelous Medicine

George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl is about a young boy who is left home with his grandmother. The only responsibility the boy has is to give his grandmother her medicine at eleven o'clock. Before he has to give his grandmother her medicine George brings her tea. This is the turning point in the story. George's grandmother is very rude to him and calls him all sorts of names. She also scares him stiff. He decides that she needs a test of her own medicine so George takes everything he can find in the house, barn, and garage and boils it together to make a new medicine. At eleven George gives the medicine to his grandmother and something very interesting happens. George decides to give it to one of the farm animals and something marvelous happens to the chicken. When George's dad sees what has happened he is very excited and they make more medicine. However, it doesn't turn out the way they thought it would.
    I thought this was a very fun book. The vocabulary that is used brings the story to life and the humor makes the book very silly and enjoyable. I thought George and his grandmother were very interesting characters and they made the story come to life. This is the second book I have read by Roald Dahl and I think he is a great author. His books are great for students who may not be able to find something that interests them.
    This would be a great book to use as a read aloud in grades 3 and up. Students will find this book funny and it may get their scientific wheels turning. You could do many vocabulary lessons with all the great words in this book. Reading this book to students will get them excited about reading and may even motivate some students because these books interest them. This book could be read to students right before a science experiment where you have students create their own mixtures and see what the results are. This is a great book to have in a classroom library. There are many students who would enjoy reading this book.