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Esio Trot

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Esio Trot by Roald Dahl, and Quentin Blake

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By Roald Dahl, and and, Quentin Blake

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Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last?

Reviews

06 Apr 2024

I enjoyed Esio Trot because when Mrs Silver was at work Mr hoppy would get one of his tortoises and swap it for another tortoise. It was really funny.

27 Feb 2024

I liked that he had over a hundred tortoises and that the title is tortoise spelt backwards

08 Feb 2024

Mr Hoppy was sneaky but I think that was because he loved Mrs Silver. I liked the secret code. It was backwards! I thought the book was funny. I like turtles and I would recommend this book to my friends.

21 Jan 2024

I thought it was clever to buy different sized tortoises for Mrs Silver

20 Jan 2024

I found this book funny because Mr Hoppy brought hundreds of tortoises and kept swapping them just to make Mrs Silver like him and believe what he was saying.

13 Jan 2024

It was quite funny but not very interesting

05 Jan 2024

This book was fiction. My favourite person was Mrs Silver because she is a animal lover just like me. I would recommend this book to someone who is very shy.

02 Jan 2024

Really enjoyed this - watched the film too!

31 Dec 2023

I liked this story and my favourite character is Alfie. The book was really good.

28 Dec 2023

Loved this

11 Dec 2023

I really loved that it was set on an animal and the animals were the main characters. The story between Mr Hoppy and Miss Silver was very good and funny. A lovely story with a happy ending. However I would love it to of been longer, I got through it very quickly.

05 Dec 2023

This book is about a man who wants to marry a women and that women has a small pet tortoise called Alfie. The man is jealous of Alfie and then the man writes the women a note.

This book has a moral that all your dreams will come true.
I would recommend this book.

04 Dec 2023

I thought it was quite an adventure but I was very disappointed when Mr Hoppy got exactly what he wanted . He didn't deserve it and he was very smart about it too

20 Sep 2023

I love the tortoises

17 Sep 2023

It was good

10 Sep 2023

It's really funny and I'd really like to be Alfie because he's the tortoise

05 Sep 2023

This book is about live and switching turtles! Classic Roald Dahl!

05 Sep 2023

I liked this book. I like the fact it is about having a tortoise as a pet

05 Sep 2023

I love the tortoises and the way Mr Hoppy losers them onto the balcony

04 Sep 2023

I enjoyed this book as I also have a pet tortoise and found it interesting to read

04 Sep 2023

it was a good book in general with a message to tell us to do kind deeds.

04 Sep 2023

Amazing, I love this book! I would give this book 10 stars!

04 Sep 2023

This wasn’t my favourite book from the Roald Dahl box set but it was the shortest

04 Sep 2023

Mr Hoppy has a very clever plan. I greatly recommend this book to people who have a sense of humour

03 Sep 2023

There are some funny parts in the book like when the Alfie couldn't fit inside his house. The secret poem wasn't fun because it was hard to read.

03 Sep 2023

Really good book.

03 Sep 2023

I like it when the man gets all the tortoises and gives them all lettuce .
And Alfie the little tortoise doesn’t eat as much as the others so he always stays small .

03 Sep 2023

I liked what the tortoise’s ate!

02 Sep 2023

I like the way the title is clever.

02 Sep 2023

My favourite people were Mrs silver and Alfie her tortoise. it made me laugh .

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