Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler

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Summary: A children's humourous classic
Review: Devastatingly accurate and funny picture of primary school life and one child's attempt to beat the system. Tyke's determination to protect dim Danny from his educational fate is the spark that sets the story ablaze - but the 'identity-kick' in the last chapter is the knockout!Aimed at 8-12 year olds

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Summary: Good children's book
Review: I never read this book, but when I was a kid I had the audiotape version, and when I actually came across the real thing many years later, I found that there weren't many serious abridgements.
I used to listen to this constantly. The main characters, Tyke and Danny, and their schoolmates and families, are fun, and the stories (most chapters are self-contained episodes, covering the events of their last year of primary school) were all entertaining.
I'm American but have always been a serious Anglophile, so I loved all the little details that make this story English (a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings, a pantomime play of King Arthur, Action Man toys, etc).
I think my favorite part of the story is the twist at the very end. Of course, I can't say what it is, because that would ruin the story. As a young boy, I never even questioned the ending, even though as I think about it now, it was very strange.
This book is probably best for kids ages 8-10, or as a read-aloud book for a younger child.

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Summary: A great book depicting life in school
Review: I remember this book from 6-7th grade in England. I've given it 5 stars from a childs perspective, although I would love to re-read it just for the fun of the memories it has attached to it.We read this in english class in school...but there were MORE Tyke Tyler books, I'm sure of it. Someone please confirm this! I think I remember 3 books...and I always got excited when the teacher presented us with a new one. But weren't the kids the teacher picked to read annoying?! The ones who read so slow you lost track of the story while they stuttered on words such as "supposedly"! The twist in this book is very cool and very clever but kind of ruined it for me. I won't say what the twist is but it is very, very clever on part of the author.I see this is now out of print, which is a shame, but from the point that the year is 1999...children now may not get as much fun out of it because things have changed so much since I was in 7th grade 12 years ago, like the "Cane" for example...which I think is mentioned.Anyway, if you see this book..buy it! If you are a kid buy it, and also if you are in your 30s and are having a crisis buy it too!