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Release Date 2003-07-29

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Description

"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when this person has ugly thoughts each day, each week, each year, the face gets uglier and uglier until it looks so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it."

How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything -- except playing indicate jokes on every other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just would like out, they would like revenge.

Performed by Simon Callow

Customer Reviews

Expect the unexpected 2010-03-26

By Paper Pen (Long Beach, CA USA)

I love the outrageousness of Roald Dahl's books. He refuses to follow the predictable formulas of children literature, and each turn of the page brings something surprising, strange or head-scratching.

"The Twits" is no exception. Dahl start us off with two utterly dislikeable main characters who play mean tricks on each other and are cruel to animals. Should we laugh - or be disgusted? Sometimes it's hard to know. The second half of the book involves an elaborate over-the-top plot by the animals to get revenge on the Twits.

It's a crazy and strange book - and a lot of fun.

Horrible Book For Children 2010-03-18

By Alicia (California)

No wounder why we have so many shallow people in this world, and bullies in schools. They were probably reading garbage like this. This book tells kids that ugly people are all mean, and beautiful people look like that because they are nice which is far from the truth. There is to much violence that it is on the verge of sadism. Whatever happened to books that inspire kids to forgive people who do them wrong. I'm glad I didn't read this book in my school, but I'm upset my child read this garbage. Something is definetly not right with the school system, and Mr Dahl if this is your idea of a childrens book. I can't believe that parents would even think this book is great. All I can do now is explain to my kid why this book is total, and complete garbage.

a book review 2010-02-02

The Twits by Roal Dahl is about a woman and a man. They always get in fights and they play pranks on each other.

The setting of this story is in the country with only a few houses.

The woman's name is Mrs. Twit and the man's name is Mr. Twit. The book doesn't give their first name.

Like I said it is mainly about two people who play pranks on each other.

My favorite part is when Mr. Twit added a piece of wood to Mrs. Twit's cane and told her that she had a rare disease called, The Shrinks. He said the only way to get rid of it is to tie her feet to the ground and connect her hands to a bunch of balloons, so that's just what she did. Whenever she did it Mr. Twit cut the lines that connected her feet to the ground,She went up, up, and away into the sky.

I like this book very much because it is very funny. I think the author wrote this book to entertain people. I recommend this book to all boys or girls and 4th and 5th graders.

Simply, A Riot!! 2009-11-10

By Kelly Blackadar (NH)

I read this to my 4 year old son and my 5 1/2 year old daughter who both adored this book and belly laughed the entire way through each of the chapters. I have started introducing chapter books for some time trying to increase listening skills and really holding their interest. This book did exactly that. The Twits play their mean clever tricks on one another for the entire book and one is just a bit funnier than the next but what comes around goes around as you will find out. I read a negative review on this book and I disagree. You can't shelter your child from everything, and in some cases I believe it is not to the child's benefit to shelter them- instead I believe if they are raised with love and respect for others, they will really be able to enjoy this intelligently written, hilarious, not to be taken seriously, book. If an adult is buying this book to read to a child, you will find it just as enjoyable and amusing as the child will. Fun for all.

sad reflection on Dahl's life at the time? 2009-11-08

By Jenny Mayne (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA United States)

Who wants their child to read a book about a hateful couple who spend the entire duration of the book fighting back and forth? I, for one, do not. Knowing that Dahl divorced shortly after this book was written makes me wonder if this was possibly a reflection of his feelings at the time.

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