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published
July 2003
(first published 1981)
by Harper Children's Audio
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Audio Cassette
isbn
0060584440
(isbn13: 9780060584443)
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"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until it looks so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it."
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i finished reading this book a few weeks ago, and then read it again last night (it is only like seventy something pages). i found that i STILL couldn't stop laughing hysterically.
i enjoy reading children's books more than any other genre. i find now that i'm leaving my childhood years behind me, and that i'm losing my creative sparks...in some ways more than others.
the only way that i let my mind flow freely with creative thoughts...is in paranoia, but not of anything that you would find ...more
i enjoy reading children's books more than any other genre. i find now that i'm leaving my childhood years behind me, and that i'm losing my creative sparks...in some ways more than others.
the only way that i let my mind flow freely with creative thoughts...is in paranoia, but not of anything that you would find ...more
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A less popular Dahl book, The Twits is about a nasty couple that is so horrid that their thoughts have made them ugly. They like nothing better than to play mean tricks on eachother like sticking frogs in eachother's beds. One day, their pet monkeys decide to play a trick on them to teach them a lesson! I love Ronald Dahl books. Among my favorites are the BFG and the Witches. Dahl's descriptions of the Twits along with the black and white illustrations made me laugh. Do you feel bad for the Twit...more
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Read in October, 2007
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no one recommends it for: every one
My book is The Twits the author is Roald Dahl. The illustrater is Quentin Blake.It's about two really nasty people Mr.and Mrs. Twit.Both of them catch birds to make bird pie's. Mr. Twit has all kinds of suff in his hair around his face like for example corn flakes and tinned sardine.
What I was thinking about when i was reading this book is that Mr.and Mrs.Twit were really mean . Poor little mokeys had to live with them. I could already imagen how they looked.I wonder how they made b...more
What I was thinking about when i was reading this book is that Mr.and Mrs.Twit were really mean . Poor little mokeys had to live with them. I could already imagen how they looked.I wonder how they made b...more
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This book is the jammy-jam. He was such a wickedly funny author. I really love Roald's grimy kitchen-sink fairy tales.
If you want to be amused, read the article Wikipedia has on him...particularly the part about his Viking funeral (the assortment of items he insisted he needed for the afterlife). Very funny even at the end!
If you want to be amused, read the article Wikipedia has on him...particularly the part about his Viking funeral (the assortment of items he insisted he needed for the afterlife). Very funny even at the end!
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someone who enjoys childish books, and funny books.
This book is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!
it has millions of funny stories about this strange couple, who's last name is... Twits!!!!!
One of the stories is about Mr. Twit wants to get rid of her wife because she is ugly (just like him), so he attaches her arms and legs to a hot air balloon and then she floated off into the air. Mr. Twit was so happy but now he felt alone. He wished that he had never tied Mrs. Twits arms and legs to the balloon. But as he was thinking of her, she floated down again, be...more
it has millions of funny stories about this strange couple, who's last name is... Twits!!!!!
One of the stories is about Mr. Twit wants to get rid of her wife because she is ugly (just like him), so he attaches her arms and legs to a hot air balloon and then she floated off into the air. Mr. Twit was so happy but now he felt alone. He wished that he had never tied Mrs. Twits arms and legs to the balloon. But as he was thinking of her, she floated down again, be...more
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Read in January, 1990
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This was one of the first books that I ever read and I still love it...
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Read in November, 2008
Pak Dahl pintar sekali menciptakan karakter dengan deskripsi yang aneh-aneh.
Mr dan Mrs Twit keduanya aneh.
Mr Twit membiarkan rambut tumbuh di wajahnya dan tidak pernah 'mengeramasi'-nya. Tiap kali makan pasti ada yang nyangkut di rambutnya. Dan suatu saat nanti, makanan yang menempel itu dikunyah-kunyah lagi sama dia, eeewwww.
Sementara Mrs Twit sebenarnya terlahir dengan wajah manis tapi lama-lama wajahnya semakin buruk karena Mrs Twit selalu berpikiran dan bersikap buruk.
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Mr dan Mrs Twit keduanya aneh.
Mr Twit membiarkan rambut tumbuh di wajahnya dan tidak pernah 'mengeramasi'-nya. Tiap kali makan pasti ada yang nyangkut di rambutnya. Dan suatu saat nanti, makanan yang menempel itu dikunyah-kunyah lagi sama dia, eeewwww.
Sementara Mrs Twit sebenarnya terlahir dengan wajah manis tapi lama-lama wajahnya semakin buruk karena Mrs Twit selalu berpikiran dan bersikap buruk.
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Roald Dahl was one of my favorite authors as a child, mostly because he really seemed to understand and sympathize with the elaborate revenge fantasies against unjust adults that most children experience at some time or another. The plot of this particular little book is basically the revenge of children (okay, trained monkeys, if you need to be literal) against their inept, emotionally damaged/ing parents/caretakers (the Twits).
The Twits are a physically and ethically disgusting married co...more
The Twits are a physically and ethically disgusting married co...more
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Read in November, 2008
Read this my nephew, Aric, when he visited two weeks ago on Veteran's day. He really appreciated the part about Mr. Twit's food covered beard.
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This book is pretty good. Grea for all those people who of young age. A great story for all to real. I liked it!!!!
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Read in January, 2000
I got to read all these when the boys were starting to read chapter books. I had read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I was young, but never knew of Dahl's other books. Of the ones I did read the Twits was my favorite. I loved the bickering couple who are out to do away with each other. I loved it when Mrs. Twit made a dinner of worms for her husband and the descriptions of what Mr. Twit looked like and how he plowed through the plate of worms only to discover they were worms at the e...more
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I really love how the Twits don't have any windows so that people can't look in. This book is gold.
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Read in November, 2007
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Numerous friendsrecommends it for: 1-4th grade-ish
To give this book anything less than thr stars would be flaming, and you can't flame a classic, ;) How did I go twelve years of my life without reading this? I don't know, but all of my friends read it in like, 2nd grade, so I gave it try, just for fun. I loved the first few chapters when they described Mr. and Mrs. Twit, and the monkeys and birds were funny, but the book was only "cute", maybe if I'd read it back in 2nd grade like everyone else it would've been more appealing to me, t
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If you love Roald Dahl, I suppose this is the one you love most. Funny reading and never-forgotten tales of dirty old marrieds with their monkies and visiting birds humour me every time I get back to read it. The perfectly humourous and colourful child novel (although one who is not a child can read) you never miss. If you have got any dirty and bad guys in your family, office, or else, I bet you will enjoy this much more than me by replacing those's faces the Twits instead.
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Read in November, 2007
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It was a very funny book about these mean couples who hated happiness and every sunday Mr . Twit would always put super sticky glue on there hideous dead tree. On Wednesday Mrs . Twit would collect everything that got stuck and would make bird pie or squirrel stew and if they were lucky they would get to have kid ears and kid toes stir fry (not really kid ears and toes )I really enjoyed this book. (P.S. this book also has dancing monkeys and very unlikely
stupid diseases.
stupid diseases.
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Read in June, 2008
Liked the first half more than the second. I find I don't really like reading about animals. First half was absolutely disgusting, especially the stuff about Mr. Twit's beard and all of the food stuck in it... especially when you read it and then consult the diagram. UGhggghhhhh. Nauseating.
This book, though, is a total rebel in the world of children's lit. It might be considered gross and mean but the thing is, the twits ARE gross and mean. I like that Dahl writes
This book, though, is a total rebel in the world of children's lit. It might be considered gross and mean but the thing is, the twits ARE gross and mean. I like that Dahl writes
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Read in May, 2008
Roald Dahl seems to follow the same formula in all of his writing.
There was one little idea in the story that I liked. It was the idea that the things you think about affect your physical appearance. Or in the case of Mrs. Twit, “If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face.” You become what you think about, both in actions and appearance. Interesting. I believe that it is an idea worthy of consideration.
There was one little idea in the story that I liked. It was the idea that the things you think about affect your physical appearance. Or in the case of Mrs. Twit, “If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face.” You become what you think about, both in actions and appearance. Interesting. I believe that it is an idea worthy of consideration.
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Read in April, 1991
I don't think Roald Dahl is given enough credit for his talent, and this is one of his best works. I haven't read it in ages, but I remember it as a pure pleasure. His trademark is creating disgusting, loathsome characters that you love to hate, and then bringing them down by the end of the story, usually at the hands of some clever child who is pure of heart. His adult short stories are a good deal darker, but still wonderful.
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
probably no one.
I like Roald Dahl, but occasionally his stories are a little too... too... too violent and edgy (?!) for me. That's probably not the words I mean, considering that his books are regarded as childrens' literature, but at any rate:
This is maybe my least favorite of Dahl's works, is all. And it is really just a short story, illustrated and bound up to be a novel of sorts.
This is maybe my least favorite of Dahl's works, is all. And it is really just a short story, illustrated and bound up to be a novel of sorts.
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