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Esio Trot
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
16 posts | 74 read | 7 to read
High up in a tall building lives Mr Hoppy all alone.Downstairs lives Mrs Silver. Mr Hoppy loves her. And Mrs Silver loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes! Then one day his mind goes click and an amazing idea rushes into his head.With the help of a magical spell, some cabbage leaves and one hundred and forty tortoises, can shy Mr Hoppy win Mrs Silver's heart?
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Emmajorja
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
Mehso-so

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dimedgirl
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Mehso-so

Oh wow.

So I recently got a collection of Roald Dahl‘s works and wanted to start making my way through them. This one was certainly written with no PC in mind. Maybe the times, but it‘s a story of a man who gets his neighbor to fall in love with him by impressing her with changing the weight of her pet turtle. As an adult, too much thought and the book is distrubing, but may be okay for kids for a silly story.

2.5/5🌟

#20in4 #readathon

hannah-leeloo I have it same rating. I love Roald Dahl but this wasn't a favourite 🐢 3y
dimedgirl @hannah-leeloo Exactly! I‘m hoping to reread one of my old favorites, “The Witches” instead ☺️ 3y
hannah-leeloo I love the witches! My other favourites are BFG and Matilda which I've shared with my children and they love 😊 happy reading sweet 📖 ❤ 📚 3y
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sdbruening
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Panpan

That was pretty silly. I don‘t like that he lied to get her interested in him. And that she didn‘t notice that it wasn‘t the same turtle...

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Powered_By_Plants
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Pickpick

Our quick little bedtime read last night ,
Cheeky Mr Hoppy has a clever idea to win the affections of his neighbour involving lots and lots of tortoise 🐢
🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

Love Roald Dahl ❤️

Cupcake12 Love this book x 3y
Powered_By_Plants @Cupcake12 us too 💜 , Roald Dahl is great isn‘t he 🥰 3y
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hannah-leeloo
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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My next read for the kids at bedtime. I love Roald Dahl books, can't remember this one as much from reading it as a kid 🐢

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erzascarletbookgasm
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Panpan

After the past Dahl books that I‘ve enjoyed very much, I‘m so disappointed with this! In the beginning I thought it‘s a sweet love story, but then hey, what messages/morals are being delivered here to the children? Mr Hoppy may be clever with his plans but I don‘t like how he duped Mrs Silver. He may be a shy man in love but there‘s no forgiveness for his deceit and lies. And poor Alfie, Mrs Silver‘s tortoise. #unpopularopinion
#AuthorAMonth

Soubhiville I felt the same way about this one! 4y
Anna40 Oh no! 4y
Soubhiville Logged 📚 4y
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Leftcoastzen
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Pickpick

When all the books you are reading seem to be 500 to 1000 pages ,you need a short classic to make you smile that you can finish in one sitting!Dahl always makes me smile.

Addison_Reads Such a fun book. 💚 5y
Leftcoastzen @Addison_Reads And the Blake illustrations!👏 5y
Tanisha_A Haha! I remember reading this. So fun! 5y
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RealLifeReading
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Kids‘ library loot this week!

TheBookStacker I loved esio trot as a child! 💚 5y
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Mandigolightly
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Finished another classic with the little dude last night (night 686)

Eggs ❤️ Dahl 5y
Mandigolightly @Eggs Dahl is my absolute favorite. This wasn‘t his best but it was still full of hijinx and fun 5y
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Keeweejenn
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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I know it‘s not the book but this movie made my day and I‘m glad they made it into a movie

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okuribi
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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The festival is Libr@ria, in Venaria Reale, Italy. The local library put its old books destined to be thrown away up for "adoption".

A little child rummaged through the old books, excited and enchanted. She found a copy of Roald Dahl's Esio Trot and she sat right there on the ground reading it. Her copy of Matilda had been read so often that it was completely falling apart.
I hope you'll get to have a fun adventure, little aspiring Matilda. ?❤

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sharina
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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Pickpick

Ideal for reading out loud with kids :)

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quirkyreader
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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#TBRTuesday. Here is a section of my TBR on goodreads. Some are re-reads and some I just haven't gotten to yet. And that is very obvious by looking at how many books are on the list.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Someone whose TBR list is bigger than mine! Yay! I'm not alone! 8y
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alexisdaria
Esio Trot | Roald Dahl
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I read ESIO TROT with a kid last week. Aside from it being a super weird story, I spotted these words in it.