Esio Trot

11/15/06 Esio Trot By Roald Dahl Puffin Books "Esio Trot Esio Trot teg reggib reggib." These magic words are from Mrs. Silver, Mr. Hoppy's next door neighbor from the book Esio Trot . In this book Mr. Hoppy gets jealous of a turtle named Alfie, who is Mrs. Silver's pet. Mrs. Silver wants to make Alfie grow bigger but she feeds him and he doesn't get much bigger. With a little bipity boppitie, can Mrs. Silver make Alfie bigger and can Mr. Hoppy get Mrs. Silver to like him? The only way to find out is to READ THE BOOK!!!!!!!!! Mr. Hoppy is a static character who is the protagonist and a primary character. He is an older person and he loves his flowers. Mrs. Silver is a static character she is also a protagonist and a primary character who is middle aged and loves her turtle. Mrs. Silver's turtles name is Alfie. Alfie is small, young turtle and he has a really nice owner. In this book I like how Roald Dahl writes this book as a love story but it's not too lovey dovey. The theme of this story is love. It's realistic with a little fantasy. I like love story's so this book was a pager turner. This book would be good for kids in third or fourth grades because it's a little kiddy. This author described this book very well for a kiddy book. People of any age (that know how to read) should read this book.

Esio Trot has characters named Mr.Hoppy and Mrs.Silver. Mr.Hoppy went to all the petshops in town and got 140 tortoises to try to trick Mrs. Silver into believing that he made her tortoise, Alfie grow bigger. I like this book, it is cool and also it's nice to read. It is funny. I think Roald Dahl should write another book to let us know what happened to Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver. The book is fun to read because of the characters.

I read Esio Trot by Roald Dahl.I tought it was the best book I ever read. Mr.Hoppy wanted to marry Mrs. Silver. Mrs. Silver did not know that Mr. Hoppy wanted to marry her. The book is about his plan to get Mrs.Silver to fall in love with him. I liked when Tortoise number 8 got stuck in his house. I also like when Mr. Hoppy wrote in tortoise language. That was funny. My favorite part was when Mr. Hoppy had 140 tortoises!

Every day Mr. Hoppy got a new tortoise from his balcony so Mrs. Silver would think that Alfie was growing. I thought that Mr. Hoppy would tell Mrs. Silver the truth. I liked this book a lot but if Mrs. Silver knew that she was being lied to I would tell her to say, "Give me my Alfie back!" and she would not marry him. I thought it was a good book even though Mr. Hoppy wasn't honest.

My second graders laughed with delight throughout the short chapter book, and gave a rousing cheer at the very end! We all enjoyed Esio Trot tremendously. This is one of my new favorites in Roald Dahl books.