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Toad Rage [With Earphones] (Playaway Children)

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Who would have thought that I would love a book about Australian Cane Toads!?! It is fantastic. Limpy is a little Australian Cane Toad who has had many relatives flattened by trucks and cars. (Apparently this happens quite a bit in Australia). Limpy was hit by one but survived -- and has a limp that causes him to go in circles when he tries to run. He has a sister called Charm and a cousin called Goliath who is much larger than your average toad. Limpy and his gang cannot figure out why human being hate them. I love this book. It should be a movie!!

I love this book. I teach 7th grade English and read it aloud to my students. They loved it and couldn't wait to hear what Limpy was up to next. It's rare to find a book that a majority of 7th graders will enjoy. They all want to hear Toad Heaven, so they can see more of Limpy and his family. I highly recommend it.

Yeah yeah, 20 and still reading kids books. This book is awesome and a quick read. Really vivid descriptions of places and things, I would reccomend this to babysitters and parents of kids at any age.

I found this book to be a 'toadal' riot! Stack me! I always read my kids books and though this book has a few odd bodily frog things going on, it is a great way to get kids to learn a little vocabulary and geography from down under (there is a glossary at the back of the book). I highly recommend this book and can't wait until I read another Gleitzman book!

Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman
"It's too dangerous, stay here," says Limmpy a Cane toad with a bad leg as he sets out on an adventure to answer his life long question," Why do humans hate us?" Limmpy's leg is bad because it got run over by a truck when he was little and if he runs too fast he goes around in circles.
Toad Rage will take you on an adventure with Limmpy, Goliath, and Charm. It's a good book for all ages and is funny and informational. Charm, Limmpy's younger sister, is sweet and somewhat stubborn. Limmpy's cousin Goliath is big but very stubborn. This book will keep you hooked 'til the very end.
Reading this book will teach you that life isn't always fair, that some things just can't be changed, and above all don't judge a book, human, or animal by its cover.
December, 19, 2006, 12/19/06

What a hysterical read this is for adult and child. This book will entertain and enourage easily distracted young readers to press on and experience and misadventures of Limpy and his enormous family of uncles and sibling toads! From his crusted over uncle still littering the roadway to close calls in the pit, you'll never look at toads in the same way again! Very funny and an easy reader.

Highly recommended!

I picked up this book at the library -- I had never heard of it before. I didn't stop laughing. Limpy, the little lame cane toad, is an unlikely hero but a hero he is. The world of the cane toad that Australian author Morris Gleitzman paints for us is laced with humor that will appeal to all ages. I highly recommend it if you need cheering up.

I love this book. It was one of the first YA books I ever read, and it hooked me into the genre. It's funny, original, and just a joy to read. Now that being said, $7 for a digital version of a $5 book? What's up with that?

Toad Rage is a good book. My favorite part is when Limpt goes into the van and goes over a fuzzy slippers and finds a pair of bright colored underwear, they were yellow with an orange outline with green splotches and pretends to be a butterfly and the guy said, "Hey thats me underpants". But Limpy had a limp leg and was jumping in circles so he hopped onto a truck.

` "Well,"Limpy was about to say, "it's like this. Humans have hated cane toads since the dawn of time and they probably always will. We just have to accept it, like we have to accept that flying insects are attracted to highway lights and crawling insects are attracted to wombat poo. It's just the way things are. Don't worry your little head about it." `

Toad Rage is about a cane toad named Limpy, that lives by a highway in Australia. When Limpy was a baby toad a big truck almost ran him over, but luckily the truck only ran over his foot. Ever since then, when Limpy hops too fast he starts hopping in circles. Limpy thinks that humans must hate cane toads, because almost every day Limpy peels another dead relative on the road and adds them to the stack of dead relatives in his room. The rest of his family doesn't think that humans hate cane toads, and that they just don't see them in the road. Limpy decides to set off on a quest, to ask the humans why they hate cane toads, and to find out how the humans could possibly like cane toads better. His first stop is a gas station. When limpy arrives at the gas station days later, he sees humans, lots of humans. Limpy isn't prepared to face so many humans, so as quick as his legs could carry him, he hopped to the nearest hiding place, which just so happened to be a pair of underpants. Soon enough a human discovered that Limpy was in his undies and started running right towards him. Limpy hopped away and soon ended up on the front of a truck. Throughout Limpy's travels he finds his cousin Goliath, who he thought was dead, gets chased by teenagers, gets somewhat saved by agirl, stays in the back of a truck for a few days, and stays with a young girl. Limpy thinks that if he becomes a games mascot, the humans will like him better. Will Limpy find out why humans hate his kind? Will canes toads be the new games mascot? Will they ever find their way home? Read the book to find out!

I loved this book because it took place in Australia, the author even used Australian words and phrases, like Squiz, Duco, & Stack me. There was even a glossary in the back for all the words you probably don't know unless you live in Australia. Also I loved the twisted sense of humor that was used in this book. Some of the things like " I'll do a wee in the water to cool it down" and "You haven't brought home another dead relative." The author spun a sad yet exciting tale of two toads on a quest to restore peace. This book opened a world of what the animal really might think about us humans, and how horrible we really can be.

On a scale of 1 to 10 I give this book a 10!! It was well written, and a good book altogether. The author made it realistic and funny for all ages. The second book, Toad Heaven, was just as good as the first. Still funny and well written. The third book, Toad Away, was not as good though because it was just less enjoyable. Anyone who wants to know a little about Australia, and likes animal books will like this book. Also by Morris Gleitzman- Toad Heaven, Toad Away, Toad Surprise, Worm Story, Teachers Pet, Once, and many many more!

Julia