The Giggler Treatment

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Summary: Giggly Book O'fun
Review: I love this book because it is very funny. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it to you. I have two little brothers and I read it to them and they both loved it. My favorite part is when Mr. Mack has his interesting breakfast. Oh boy, I wish I could have that breakfast every morning! I picked this book because I love funny books.

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Summary: Fast & funny!
Review: Kids--this if a very short, humorous, and fun-to-read book about little creatures called Gigglers that get revenge on mean grown-ups by making the grown-ups step on poo. The noble dog Rover tries to keep his master from stepping on poo that the Gigglers have put in the master's path by mistake.

There are a lot of good reasons to read this book:

1) Poo is funny, and Rover is a funny dog. He even knows how to send e-mail.
2) Poo is especially funny to YOU because your mom doesn't think it's that funny (unless she's like me).
3) Even though the book is a chapter book, the chapters are extremely short and the story moves very quickly.
4) The chapters have funny titles. One is named after the author's refrigerator!

My own refrigerator is named Elvis (as of now). Enjoy!

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Summary: Discover the inner child in you and read this book
Review: This book is a delight from start to finish. I cannot honestly say that I am a judge of children's literature. I have not read kid's books since, well, since I was a kid, and that was in the early 60s! Are Captain W.E. Johns and Enid Blyton still popular? The only reason I bought the 'The Giggler Treatment' was Roddy Doyle's name on the cover. He is one of our best contemporary writers. 'The Barrytown Trilogy', 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha', and 'The Woman Who Walked Into Doors' are gritty slices of life which show a genuine sympathy and understanding of modern Irish life. Modern classics, every one of them. I was a bit surprised when I saw that he had written a children's book. Intrigued by the good reviews, I decided to risk buying it. I'm I glad I did. The story is just wonderful. It is clever, funny, ingenious, beautifully told, oh, and any other superlatives you like to add. (I particularly love the way that everything takes place within such a minuscule time span. Is Doyle rewriting the rules of children's 21st Century literature in the same way that Joyce did for the 20th Century novel? )

How a child would view this book, I don't know. Favourably, I would have thought. Doyle is irreverent enough to get them onto his side and funny enough to keep them there. There is so much in this book to admire. Buy it for a child, by all means; but read it first. You will enjoy.

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Summary: The Giggler Treatment
Review: This book is called "The Giggler Treatment". It is written by Roddy Doyle and illustrated by Brian Ajhar. It is a funny book for ages 8 and above. It's about these tiny little creatures called Gigglers who watch over children and make sure grown-ups are treating them fair. And if not, then they get "the treatment" which is little pranks that the Gigglers pull off. One day Mr. Mack is walking to his work when all of a sudden the Gigglers put a pile of dog "poo" (which is "poop") in his path. But it was by accident. The Gigglers made a big mistake. Mr. Mack didn't deserve the treatment! Even though he had sent his kids up to their room, he fixed it later on. But the Gigglers didn't know he fixed it. So Rover, Robbie, Kayla and Billy Jean have to stop him from stepping in the "poo". I found that there were some weird words in this story and I had no idea what they meant. Thankfully there was a glossary where you can look up almost all the words that sound weird to you. For instance, "plaster" means "bandaid". I would recommend this silly book to kids who like funny stories.

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Summary: Very funny and imaginative
Review: This was a really enjyable book... and a great start to chapter books. Some chapters are very short and the story is extreamly entertaining for children due to the premise ( adults who are mean to children step on dog pooh put in their path by *the gigglers*)

I think it appeals to kids on a lot of levels... That there is alot of *pooh* discussion... It happens when mean things happen to children... It is very funny and while the humor is a bit odd and takes some getting used to (plays on words and things like that)...some of the chapters are very short and a bit like *inserts* about the author... that all makes it alot of fun

I let my sons forth grade teacher borrow it to read to the class after my son read it. She loved it and the kids loved it. A few children did have trouble following it she said. Her students that were *english as a second language* kids had a bit of trouble in some places. I think that might be becuase of some of the plays on words or perhaps it was the things that didnt seem to fit in, at first. You do need to be able to follow the authors train of thought which would probably be hard if you dont have a reasonable command of english.

Overall, his teacher found the book to be a HUGE success and even those kids who had some isolated difficulty really enjoyed it. How often do you get your teacher to talk about dog pooh, afterall?

Great intro to chapter books. I would perhaps try this after my child has read one very easy chapter books. Even tho it goes very fast and is fun...It appears a bit long and maybe daunting for the first one.