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The Magic Finger
Have you ever dreamed of people magically turning it to birds? Then The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl is the book for you. The little girl turns the Gregg's into birds because they shoot ducks for fun. I liked that the characters are adventurous. Also the characters are a little strange. The words really describe what the pictures are about. I learned to be nice to animals and not to let anger take over. Find out more when the Greggs have to deal with living in a tree for a while. READ and find out more!KG
The Magic Finger
"The Magic Finer" is a great book for all ages. It kind of teaches a lesson, but with fun and fantasy, that only Roald Dahl could do. (Julia-9)
The Magic Finger
This is a story about a girl with magic powers and a family that hunts. I liked the illustrations because they were funny. I would have given it five stars if it was longer.
The Magic Finger
Kids!!... Read this fun and easy book!!! It's about a little girl (she has no name). Her neighbors, the Greggs, love to go hunting. But she hates it. She tries to talk them out of it, but they just laugh at her. One day, the Greggs get too far and the little girl presses the Magic Finger on all of them. The next day......the Greggs all turn into.........?... Find out on your own!!...
The Magic Finger
ISBN 0590132059 - It seems like every childrens' book I read these days has something to merit a note for the crazy parents. This one is no different. If you're a parent who thinks magic is somehow linked to evil, pass this one up. If you're a parent who's going to be bothered by an anti-hunting message (for real, they exist), go read something else.The nameless narrator of The Magic Finger tells a story about her neighbors, the Greggs, who enjoy hunting for sport - much to her dismay. Having begged them to stop, she reaches the end of her rope and "puts the magic finger on them all!" in anger. The next morning, the family has begun to turn into ducks, growing wings where their arms had been. At first, the idea of flying makes this change somewhat appealing, but that changes quickly as the Greggs spot four ducks moving into their house - leaving them without food or shelter! They must learn to fend for themselves as ducks until an agreement is reached with the new "people" living in their house.There's more than one message in this book - first, the repercussions of not controlling your anger, as our narrator discovers when her magic finger is the cause of more than one incident. Second, the anti-hunting theme, which doesn't state that no one should ever hunt. It just says the girl is bothered by the Greggs' hunting for fun. Third, the family reaches an understanding of how the ducks felt, showing that at least trying to see things from someone else's viewpoint is good. There's plenty here, in this tiny book, to talk about with your child! Worth a read for parent and child alike.- AnnaLovesBooks
The Magic Finger
"The Magic Finger" is about a nameless 8-year-old girl who lives next door to the Greggs and can't stand their thoughtless hunting. So, when the two boys and their father return home with a young deer one day, she puts the Magic Finger on the entire family. The Magic Finger is like the evil eye, except the results from her spell are much more amusing.The curse doesn't occur immediately. The Greggs still have enough time to go out again that day and shoot some ducks. After their hunt, they go home with their twenty birds--sixteen are dead, but four continue to follow them home in the air. Although the Greggs try to shoot these four pests, they can never manage to hit them.When the family is getting ready for bed that night, something outrageous begins to happen--they're turning into birds. Furthermore, the four ducks who had followed them home have grown as large as humans with arms instead of wings. In the sudden turn of events, the Greggs lose their house to the wild ducks and must survive on their own by building a nest for shelter, searching for edible food, and avoiding predators--especially ones with guns.The Magic Finger is a wonderful book for 8 to 12-years-old and is short enough (approximately 64 pages with plenty of illustrations) to keep anyone's attention. I really liked the moral of the story, probably since I am a vegan and against hunting. The book isn't preachy, but there's certainly something to learn when the roles of human and animal are reversed.