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Summary: A Very Quick and Entertaining Read
Review: A very quick read. Roald Dahl gives us his own twisted and very entertaining view of several of the classic children's fairy tales, including Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jack and the Bean Stock, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Three Little Pigs. The rhymes, although they are a little violent at times, are indeed very funny. There isn't anything however that most children shouldn't be able to handle without getting scared. My six and eight year old daughters loved it. The illustrations by Quentin Blake were also wonderful as usual. The only downfall is that I wish it was longer.
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Summary: Funny but.....
Review: Don't get me wrong, I love this book, but I was very uncomfortable with some of the images and words as I read this to my 6 year son...Especially when we came across the word slut and he wanted to know what that means...Of course, it has multiple meanings according to Webster's but...wouldn't want him using it in a sentence anytime soon. <nervous chuckle>
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Summary: THINK before you buy!
Review: For 20 years I have read Roald Dahl's books to my children and loved them all. After reading the positive reviews posted above I bought a copy of "Revolting Rhymes" for my 9 year old granddaughter. I could not be more disappointed! This book goes beyond gruesome, beyond revolting and in this reviewers eye is nothing more than an unscrupulous volume designed to debase the morals and integrity of our youth. (this from a liberal!) Fairy tales have been gruesome from their inception in the 19th century, Strewwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann being among my favorites. For those with a taste for the humorously frightful, check out Strewwelpeter. Responsible parents will pass on Revolting Rhymes.
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Summary: No redeeming features.
Review: I am normally a huge Roald Dahl fan, and made the mistake of popping this one on for my kids without listening to it first. It is crass and gory with no redeeming cleverness or insight. It uses the word "[...]" once and "hell" twice. Cinderella's prince lops off the heads of the ungly stepsisters and we get a nice description of them bouncing and rolling around on the floor. In Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack's mother is crunched up and eaten by the giant. The moral of Snow White is "gambling isn't a sin, providing that you always win". Red Riding Hood packs a pistol, shooting the Big Bad Wolf. She also shoots the wolf lurking around the third Little Pig's house, and goes on to kill the pig as well. If you want clever fairtale re-writes, stick with "Ever After" or "Ella Enchanted"!
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Summary: Funny and Great!!!
Review: I love this book it was so funny. I liked the way Roald Dahl changed popular fairy tales into funny shorts stories. I think everybody who enjoys laughing should read this book!!!!
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: If your kids like Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss and the Brothers Grim, they will absolutely devour these rhyming stories that twist traditional fairy tales into hilarious parody. My daughter used to enjoy reading them aloud to anyone who would listen. She thought it was a work of genius that everyone should be intimately familiar with. You'll love it too!
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: If your kids like Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss and the Brothers Grim, they will absolutely devour these rhyming stories that twist traditional fairy tales into hilarious parody. My daughter used to enjoy reading them aloud to anyone who would listen. She thought it was a work of genius that everyone should be intimately familiar with. You'll love it too!
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Summary: A whimsical and fun set of gruesome rhymes
Review: Quentin Blake's whimsical drawings accompany a series of sometimes frightening but always unusual rhymes based on fairy tales in Revolting Rhymes. Parents and kids in grades 4-6 will find Revolting Rhymes to be a whimsical and fun set of gruesome rhymes providing very different perspectives on the traditional fairy tales that they spoof.
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Summary: Short and not-so-sweet
Review: Roald Dahl once said the secret to writing a good kid's book is to conspire with the children against adults, and this book is a perfect example of that.This is for the child (and adult) who feels the bears in the Goldilocks were victims of a breaking-and-entering little vandal, who really would like to see a more self-empowered red riding hood, and who thinks that third little pig was a smug git who'd probably taste good on rye with a bit of mustard. The only flaw with the book is its brevity. You can read the whole book aloud in about a half-hour. One is really left wanting more. (Thurber wrote some good fables in a similar vein, but they're less for children and more dated.)
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Summary: Discombobulated Nursery Rhymes -- a review by Chris(...)
Review: Some reviewers are "revolted" by the gruesomeness of this little book, whilst others complained it was too short. I have niether of the two compaliants. I loved it! and so did the seven year old little girl, for whom the book was given to as a christmas present. I think Dahl was specially creative in this little book twisting and turning classical children tales into salacious, hilariously funny rhythms that you can read over and over again and still manage a chuckle here and there. And thinking this is too "mature" for younger readers is underestimating the intelligence and imagination of children. Yes, there are some play on words that you have to explain to your little one, but you know what? they'll ask you anyway. As for the size of this book, It's just right. Dahl took the basic popular children stories that everyone knows and i think it's just the right dose and besides, you can take this book anywhere, like the sevenyear and read it to your friends, cousins, neighbors and anyone who she suspects of having a sense of humour. It teaches us about having a boundless imagination and exploring the what ifs of stories. It's another favourite.
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