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Title: Tongue-Tied
Author: Paul Jennings
Narrator: Stig Wemyss
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-08
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
From Australia's multi-award-winning master of madness Paul Jennings comes the long-awaited and much-asked-for new collection of strange and startling stories guaranteed to tickle your funny bone. Have you ever swallowed a live fish? Seen bugs in hailstones? Had luminous teeth? Used a smell-detector? Been a ghost? No? Then read about eight kids who have!Eight twisted tales to leave you tongue-tied!
©2002 Lockley Lodge Pty Ltd.; (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.
Critic Reviews:
"Stig Wemyss reads these very Australian stories with the perfect accent, creating voices for each character but, more importantly, giving the author's words expressive performance." (School Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
A good one for your class or school library!
I'm writing this review as an ESL secondary school teacher in Hong Kong. It is not easy to find "real" English books which can interest our local secondary students here but at the same time written in simple enough English. Therefore, I think this book is a rare find. Even though not all the stories are equally fun to read, most of them are and they are all very imaginative.
My favourite story in this book is "The Hat". It really touches my heart. It is a more serious story in this book and it may not be the favourite of many teenage readers, but from a teacher's point of view, I think there are a lot of interesting issues and features that can be dealt with in class with my students.
If you've never read Paul Jennings' stories before, you can visit British Council's BritLit website. You'll find at least two of his stories there with some teaching ideas provided. You can get a feel for the kind of stories he writes before deciding whether to purchase this book or his other books for your class and school libraries.
Tongue-Tied!
"Tongue Tied" is Paul Jennings tenth (more or less) collection of eight short stories for kids, published in 2002. I don't know why it's called "Tongue Tied". Most of the books in the series are called "Un" something, like "Uncanny!", "Unreal!" and "Unseen!". Is it that Paul ran out of "Un" words? It could have been "Unspoken!" "Untouched!", "Unused!" "Unnamed!" even. Ah well. They're fun for all ages, and I've been a fan of his since I was a kid. This one was a bit of a mixed bag though.
"Tongue-Tied", the title story, is my favorite, and features a boy who wants a kiss and a girl who wants a fish. It's a cute one...
"Lennie Lighthouse" is about a boy who has glowing teeth, and features a bit of storytelling in Melbourne, which is always nice.
"Sniffex" is a sequel to the story "Ex-Poser" (from 1991's "Unmentionable"), and has Boffin hunting down the "Phantom Farter" of his class at school, using a special formula called Sniffex...
"The Hat" is set in Queensland, and has a whole bunch of Australian wildlife, and deals a lot with death. Bit flat, I thought.
"Spot the Dog" has an illustration where you, and the character in the story, get to spot the dog. Bit flat too...
"Hailstone Bugs" is interesting.
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Title: Tongue-Tied
Author: Paul Jennings
Narrator: Stig Wemyss
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-08
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
From Australia's multi-award-winning master of madness Paul Jennings comes the long-awaited and much-asked-for new collection of strange and startling stories guaranteed to tickle your funny bone. Have you ever swallowed a live fish? Seen bugs in hailstones? Had luminous teeth? Used a smell-detector? Been a ghost? No? Then read about eight kids who have!Eight twisted tales to leave you tongue-tied!
©2002 Lockley Lodge Pty Ltd.; (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.
Critic Reviews:
"Stig Wemyss reads these very Australian stories with the perfect accent, creating voices for each character but, more importantly, giving the author's words expressive performance." (School Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
A good one for your class or school library!
I'm writing this review as an ESL secondary school teacher in Hong Kong. It is not easy to find "real" English books which can interest our local secondary students here but at the same time written in simple enough English. Therefore, I think this book is a rare find. Even though not all the stories are equally fun to read, most of them are and they are all very imaginative.
My favourite story in this book is "The Hat". It really touches my heart. It is a more serious story in this book and it may not be the favourite of many teenage readers, but from a teacher's point of view, I think there are a lot of interesting issues and features that can be dealt with in class with my students.
If you've never read Paul Jennings' stories before, you can visit British Council's BritLit website. You'll find at least two of his stories there with some teaching ideas provided. You can get a feel for the kind of stories he writes before deciding whether to purchase this book or his other books for your class and school libraries.
Tongue-Tied!
"Tongue Tied" is Paul Jennings tenth (more or less) collection of eight short stories for kids, published in 2002. I don't know why it's called "Tongue Tied". Most of the books in the series are called "Un" something, like "Uncanny!", "Unreal!" and "Unseen!". Is it that Paul ran out of "Un" words? It could have been "Unspoken!" "Untouched!", "Unused!" "Unnamed!" even. Ah well. They're fun for all ages, and I've been a fan of his since I was a kid. This one was a bit of a mixed bag though.
"Tongue-Tied", the title story, is my favorite, and features a boy who wants a kiss and a girl who wants a fish. It's a cute one...
"Lennie Lighthouse" is about a boy who has glowing teeth, and features a bit of storytelling in Melbourne, which is always nice.
"Sniffex" is a sequel to the story "Ex-Poser" (from 1991's "Unmentionable"), and has Boffin hunting down the "Phantom Farter" of his class at school, using a special formula called Sniffex...
"The Hat" is set in Queensland, and has a whole bunch of Australian wildlife, and deals a lot with death. Bit flat, I thought.
"Spot the Dog" has an illustration where you, and the character in the story, get to spot the dog. Bit flat too...
"Hailstone Bugs" is interesting.