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| Title | : | The Giggler Treatment (Rover Adventures Trilogy) |
| Author | : | Roddy Doyle |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 112 pages |
| Published | : | July 20th 2001 by Scholastic, Inc. (first published 2000) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Humor. Fantasy |
Roddy Doyle
Paperback | Pages: 112 pages Rating: 4.18 | 1938 Users | 225 Reviews
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The Giggler Treatment is all about poo.So if you too are a fan of the poo,
Like I too am a fan of the poo,
Then Rover's pile is the poo for you.
If you're a bad Mom or a crabby Dad,
An adult who likes to make kids sad,
A nasty old vampire named Bloody Vlad
Or a President who won by a hanging chad.
If you're a grumpy Gus who yells and yells
A cook who always leaves in oyster shells,
Or a big old tattletale who always tells
You best be prepared for stinky smells.
Cause the Gigglers, they will not let you
Leave this place without a dose of dog poo
On the bottom side of your size ten shoe.
There, I've given you your only clue.
You must do what Mister Mack dids,
And always be nice to your little kids,
Otherwise you'll have a pair of Blids,
That smell of gooey, pooey skids.
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| Original Title: | The Giggler Treatment |
| ISBN: | 0439993857 (ISBN13: 9780439993852) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Rover Adventures Trilogy |
| Literary Awards: | Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2001) |
Rating Based On Books The Giggler Treatment (Rover Adventures Trilogy)
Ratings: 4.18 From 1938 Users | 225 ReviewsColumn Based On Books The Giggler Treatment (Rover Adventures Trilogy)
First published on my blog, Nine Pages .I was introduced to this story and to Roddy Doyle by A. LaFaye in a History and Criticism of Childrens Literature class at Hollins University. I fell in love with it perhaps almost instantaneously, opening its package at the dinner table and promptly passing it around or reading the back covers blurb aloud (I forget which). I read it before class, then for class, and several times since term ended (two years ago, but it never feels that long ago).TheI love the humour of this book, its totally bonkers and doesnt take itself too seriously; its very meta in places. Read it! Youll understand what I mean. Or listen the audiobook- somehow everything is twice as funny when read in an Irish accent.
Roddy Doyle, a fantastic adult humour writer takes a brave turn and delves into the world of childrens books.The Giggler Treatment tells the story of the gigglers who are creatures who put 'poo' under the shoes of naughty adults. Doyles wry humour is evident from the start and even adults will find times wo laugh at his expert wit. The book is suitable for children aged between 11 and 14.
I saw this book read to a year 2 class who loved it and found it very funny. The book doesnt follow the traditional format and the chapters have names the children found funny such as chapter 4 which isnt really a proper chapter but well call it chapter 4. The story is about a some gigglers who make nasty adults stand in dog poo. There were lots of opportunities for the teacher to involve the children, for example, asking the to look shocked or annoyed along with the characters in the book. The
Grades K-2. RL 500. The next time you step in poo-- it's time to consider how you've been treating your children recently. Because the Gigglers look out for children. Whenever an adult treats them unfairly, the Gigglers give the the "treatment" by planting poo in their path. And that's what happens to poor Mr. Mack, the kindly cookie taster. After a bad day listening to the uninteresting Cream Crackers, he is looking forward to his favorite day. But the poo could ruin it all-- unless the dog and
I learned that if adults do not treat kids fairly or kindly, they will step in a big hot steaming, squishy pile of pooh. I really like this book and the idea behind it. But I wish they would have made the childrens behavior a little less. If my kids had broken my window the same way for the fifth time in a row, I would have done the same thing as poor Mr. Mack. And then some. I would have liked it 100% if they were being punished for something trivial, or something they didn't even do. Such as
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