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| Original Title: | George's Marvellous Medicine |
| ISBN: | 0224064908 (ISBN13: 9780224064903) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | George Kranky, Grandma, Mrs. Kranky, Mr. Killy Kranky |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
| Literary Awards: | West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (1984) |
Roald Dahl
Hardcover | Pages: 120 pages Rating: 4.03 | 71415 Users | 2506 Reviews
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George's Grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered up mouth like a dog's bottom. Four times a day she takes a large spoonful of medicine, but it doesn't seem to do her any good. She's always just as poisonous after she's taken it as she was before. When George is left to look after her one morning, it's just the chance he needs . . .
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| Title | : | George's Marvellous Medicine |
| Author | : | Roald Dahl |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 120 pages |
| Published | : | 2003 by Jonathan Cape (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Fantasy. Classics. Middle Grade. Young Adult. Humor |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 71415 Users | 2506 ReviewsJudgment Out Of Books George's Marvellous Medicine
The funniest thing about this book is the dedication page. "This book is for doctors everywhere." Ha! Roald Dahl was such a cheeky devil. George is stuck at home alone with his mean, scary, and very demanding grandma. He's supposed to give her medicine at eleven o'clock. Instead of giving her the usual medicine, he concocts a replacement batch, hoping it will improve Grandma's disposition. To create his "Marvelous Medicine," George throws in absolutely everything he can find around the house.My seven year old thought this was the most shocking, funniest, most thrillingly disgusting book ever and she loved every minute of it. My four year old fell asleep about 1/4 of the way through but we carried her off to bed and then read the rest of the book together in one go, cackling madly with blankets wrapped around our heads.
Well. That was super weird. I mean, yeah, it's Roald Dahl but . . . wow. That was SUPER WEIRD. Hilarious, and with a rather abrupt ending, I got the feeling that this was a bedtime story he had told his kids and then written down, more so than any of his other books.
I don't think this is appropriate for children. Young kids who read this might end up taking large gulps of shampoo or eating body lotions.. They also might end up hating their grandmothers and start calling them '' filthy hags''... Maybe I am missing something here.. But this book seemed too creepy to me. I do recognize Dahl's unique writing style though...and I have to admit I liked it a little bit. 2 stars because I want this way to advise parents against reading this to their children..
Another Dahl classic that I have not read for many years. During a short binge read of the author's work, I thought that this would be perfect to warm my heart as I think back to my own childhood. George Kranky is a wonderful little boy, though he is saddled with one of the most cantankerous grandmothers on the planet. She insults him, berates him, and demands that he wait on her. Tiring of being insulted, George takes it upon himself to concoct a little plan to seek his own form of revenge.
Georges Marvellous Medicine tells the story of 8 year old George Kranky who lives on a farm with his mum, dad and his nasty old grandma. She is a bitter old lady who speaks horribly to George and is always saying mean things to him. It is Georges job to give his grandma her medicine at 11am every day. George feels that the medicine does not make her any nicer so one day he decides to make his own medicine for her hoping that it will cure her of her mean disposition. He concocts the medicine from
I'm unsure where my lack of love for this title stemmed from. Please tell me I'm not the only one who used to spend their bath-time making 'potions' by mixing all the shampoos and bubble bath within reach into a jug?? That is basically what George does, in this story, only with more severe consequences.George was a book I was familiar with, but never a childhood favourite of mine. I can recall repeated readings of this book, but I believe this was more due to my adoration for the author rather
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