Review by Oscar
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The synopsis
The story is about a professor who has 10 cockatoos and the professor does the some thing every morning. Then the cockatoos...
MY review
I like this book because it is fantastic and mischievous. The cockatoos are cheeky and I recommend this book to 7-11 year olds
I give this book 7 out of 10
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Great for little people to really, really old people like my teacher!!
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This book is excellent because it is about a man called Professor Dupont who doesn't learn. We think Quentin Blake writes very good stories.We liked finding the Cockatoos because it was exciting - like a treasure hunt.
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Absolutely wonderful book for all ages!
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This has to be one of Quentin Blake's best stories yet. Professor Dupont is ridiculously set in his ways. Every morning he goes through exactly the same routine, washing, getting dressed, putting on his tie, going downstairs and finally, throwing open the conservatory doors and exlaiming to his 10 parrots "Good morning, my fine feathered friends!" The parrots are beside themselves with the boredom of this routine and one morning decide to disappear for a little while. Your job is to turn the pages and find the parrots, which of course Professor Dupont can't find himself, so children love feeling cleverer than him. Eventually, of course, he finds them all back where they started, but in spite of this, as Mr Blake puts it, "Some people never learn."
Exquisitely illustrated, I can't rate Quentin Blake highly enough, and any child (or adult) reading it will adore it. And if you love this, try another Quentin Blake book called "Patrick" about two children, an old violin, lots of sparkly, magical happenings. You won't be disappointed.
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The perfect book for pre-school children
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This book is currently the favourite of my 2 and 4 year old sons. It is one of the few books they can both enjoy at the same time. The story of the cockatoos, exasperated by their owner, and Quentin Blake's exceptional illustrations turn what might otherwise be perceived as yet another counting book into one in which they are interested and involved.
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