Rover Saves Christmas [Import] [Hardcover]

Roddy Doyle (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439993989
• ISBN-13: 978-0439993982
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,306,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Roddy Doyle is the author of eight novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. He lives and works in Dublin.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Move over Grinch..here comes Rover, November 8, 2001

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Metta Bear "one who appreciates value.." (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rover Saves Christmas (Hardcover)

Roddy Doyle has indeed done it again. This book ( a sequel to The Giggler Treatment) has all of the traits that made the original a must read book, wit, intelligence and a great sense of fun.

Rover is not your basic 'dog next door' and neither is the book. As you might expect, Rudolph has decided not to guide Santa's sleigh on Xmas Eve and it is up to Rover to make sure that all the good kids in the world get their toys.

If anyone has read "The Giggler Treatment" to know what to expect. A fun romp where the reader (from 8 to 80) never knows quite what is going to happen next, but that the gifts will arrive on time.

Unlike some authors Roddy Doyle does not insult his reader, while giving them an exciting and playful story.

Read the Giggler Treatment to your class first if you are a teacher like I am , and then expect your class to want this book!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Rover, November 30, 2001

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Emilia Palaveeva "ema-in-seattle" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rover Saves Christmas (Hardcover)

THis book is FUNNY. I spotted it in the children's section in our bookstore and decided that it is somethign worth getting for my son (a couple of years will pass before he is old enough for ths, but as an ambitious mother I have already started building a library--I kow it is silly, but it is amazing how many really good children's books are rarely reprinted)

I read it and was laughing out loud. It is a simple story--Rudolph goes on strike and Santa needs to use Rover, the dog. The short chapters are hilarious, and the illustrations are beautiful. Some situations are absurd, and this absurdity is reinforced by the way the novel is structured (with recurring chapters and ads).

Doyle has a great, multi-layered sense of humor, that borh children and adults will enjoy. He reminded me a lot of Terry Pratchett.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book, January 9, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Rover Saves Christmas (Hardcover)

This is a great book. It is so, so funny. It is a great Christmas book. I love the author, he writes really funny and entertaining books. I think it was as good as "The Giggler Treatment." I can't wait for his next book for kids.
Ethan Young age 7