Esio Trot

A short but cute story. I'll have to read this one to the kiddos as a bedtime story.

Another enjoyable Roald Dahl book. A short, fun adventure for younger readers. Recommended.

If this was about a dog, I would be pretty pissed off, but I hate turtles.

If I think too hard about the themes of this book, I come up with almost nothing positive to say. It promotes lying to get what you want, it portrays the woman as idiotic and the man as conniving and clever, etc. I do not believe Mr. Dahl was trying to use this book to educate kids in the way of being deceitful spoiled brats, but it's hard to ignore. Still, it's a fast book and a fairly enjoyable read if you have a spare thirty minutes.