The Magic Finger Paperback – January 22, 2009

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By Mihaan and Mira (age 10 and age 8)Very strong book - it gave a very good message - that it's not right to shoot animals and birds.Though it was too short - I was a bit disappointed with that. But it was very interesting and I wanted to know what happens next.I like all Roald Dahl stories.

Bought this for my eight year old daughter. She read the entire book in two days and then read it to younger siblings who also enjoyed the book. Perfect book for young readers, it had her laughing out loud and kept her attention well. I downloaded the digital version to a kindle device and never have problems downloading.

I read Roald Dahl books to my elementary school special education students. It's a great way to get language and storytelling in a way that is appealing to kids, especially kids who can't access books like this on their own. I have a youngish group this year, so I started with Roald Dahl's shorter books. This is a good introduction to how Roald Dahl stories work. We read it after The Enormous Crocodile and The Twits. I'd recommend those other two over this one. When I'm reading Roald Dahl books, there are occasionally parts that I have to censor or change a bit. (Usually for "comedic" racism.) For this book, I was a little concerned about the strong anti-hunting message, but I think it depends on how you teach it. We talked about how the character of Sophie hates hunting, rather than why the Gregg family is bad for hunting. One character's perspective doesn't have to be a moral truth. The constant guns did make me a little uncomfortable, since talking about guns in schools is a big no-no, but the kids didn't focus on that part at all. We'll read Matilda later on in the year, and this clearly an early version of that story. Matilda should be easier to understand having read this book first.

I love the option to buy used books and was very pleased doing so!

Odd story, but my daughters thought it was funny and were engrossed in the story. This was a required book for summer reading entering third grade, with a book report and project that had to be completed. So I read it aloud and my 6 year old also enjoyed it.

My kid loves Dahl books, and Silverstein. We are currently collecting Dahl books and this is one of his favorites.

This one has less pages but more pictures than the other Roald Dahl books, so it was a fun little book to read in only one day