The 117-Story Treehouse: Dots, Plots Daring Escapes! by Andy Griffiths

The 117-Story Treehouse: Dots, Plots Daring Escapes! Reviews

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  Murtaza Kuwarawala

  Title : The 117- Storey Treehouse
  
  
  
  Author : Andy Griffiths and Terry Dentons
  
  
  
  Genre : Middle Grade Graphic Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  Off late I have been getting my hands on quite a few Graphic Novels and I must say my picks have been really diverse and interesting. Yesterday, it was about a humorous take on life with Trust No Aunty, today it is about Middle Grade Fantasy 'The 117-Storey Treehouse'.
  
  
  
  Blurb :
  
  
  
  Andy and Terry have added another thirteen levels of crazy fun to their every-growing treehouse. They've got a tiny-horse level, a pyjama-party room, an Underpants Museum and Treehouse Information Centre! But Andy and Terry have found themselves running from the Story Police and the only way to escape, is through the terrifying Door of Doom!
  
  
  
  Honestly, since it was my first encounter with the Treehouse stories of books, I wasn't sure what to expect from it. From what I had read about the other books in the series, each book adds 13 levels of fun and excitement. The illustrations in the book are very creative revealing new items everytime one reads the novel. The book can be read within one sitting but if one explores curiously, they can notice little things that might be missed from a larger perspective in the illustrations.
  
  
  
  Would I recommend this book? Ofcourse I would. If you are someone who is looking for a fun read for your kids, pick this one up. If you are someone, who is still child at heart, pick this one up. Basically pick this one up if you are looking for some smiles and that goofy grin when you finish a book.
  
  
  
  My Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (5 out of 5)
  
  
  
  Book in Few Words - Relive your Childhood Memories and Have some fun
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  Nabila S.

  "Can't" "can" "can't" "can"
  
  I read this whole book in about 45 mins. I'm the kind of person who'd read anything, even a picture book. I just take pleasure in reading.😋
  
  This is a book for kids of about 7-11 year old. It made me wish I had a cousin/nephew to give it to because I bet they'd love it. I got reminded of the times I used to read fables and comics as a child at the opthalmologist's. It's very imaginative and entertaining as Terry, Andy and Jill are struggling to deliver a manuscript for a book and Terry tells us his "dumb" story for the book in the book. So it's kind of like a story within a story. They go on an adventure and in the end we also get to see their very fun tree-house. The illustrations were cool and funny. (It even made me laugh for a bit). Also it reminded me of Phineas and Ferb (one of my favourite cartoons).😄
  
  It's the 9th book in The Tree-house series and I really think kids would find it enjoyable.😊
  Going to gift these books to the neighbor kids when I go to their birthday parties for cake.🤣
  
  Thanks Panmacmillan India for providing me with a review copy.
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  Saumya

  I swear I can read this series again and again and never get tired of it it is so good! One time I was just so tired of school because of tests and then I read this book for some time and bam! My mood has lightened up. I feel like our teachers are the same as the story police because I'm pretty sure they'd send me to prison for a million billion zillion years for ending a story with 'It was all just a dream', and unfortunately, dots won't work for us to escape, TT .
  Anyway, this book is so funny and light-hearted I love it and you need to read it!
  
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  Dmitry Sedor

  the story police are funny
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  Ta_od_ksianzek

  4.5/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  Kocham tą serię
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  Katie H

  Really good book😁😊😀😋🤗☺
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  Tamsyn TG

  Not quite as good as some of the others but still an absolute classic
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  Salena He

  *ten stars actually :)* This book was the best one in the Treehouse series ever! I like how crazy and funny the adventures were, I also thought the way how the characters acted was very interesting. I would really recommend this book to anyone who has a sense of humor. This is just so CREATIVE and WAYY better than all the other ones. I thought The 104 Story Treehouse was good. But since I read this brand-new book, that old one is history now.
  I just really liked the part where Terry tells his “dumb” (ok, I admit that his story was pretty dumb, but anyway) dot story and how the last part ended when the dots exploded and then Andy, Terry, and Jill turn into abstract version along with the dots.
  You’ll notice that a lot of new villains and friends are in this Treehouse book. New villains: Story Police, Farmer McRabbit-grabber and kinda maybe One-Eyed Pete.
  New friends: Dr. Moose, Boris Bendback, Beatrix Potty, and Little Peter Poopypants. That’s also one of the reasons why I gave this book (technically) ten stars. I totally changed my mind on thinking that The 104 Story Treehouse was the best one :-p
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  Margrete Cardona

  Fem stjerner, etter anbefaling fra min sønn på 8 1/2.
  Hver eneste en av disse Trehuset-bøkene er en fornøyelse, og denne er intet unntak.
  I denne boken virker det dessuten som om forfatterne kommer med et stikk til kritikere. Eller, til det jeg kan forestille meg har vært kritikker av disse bøkene. For i denne boken treffer vi historie-politiet, som vil arrestere Andy og Terry fordi de bryter reglene for skikkelig historiefortelling. Og det kan man på mange måter si at forfatterne gjør i selve boken også. For på overflaten virker det bare som en tilfeldig ansamling absurditeter. Men den er spennende, og gutten min ville ha meg til å lese bare ett kapittel til, hver eneste kveld.
  Det er noe barnlig og befriende over dette grenseløse og ulogiske.
  Anbefales!
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  Safiye

  It was okay? It wasn't as funny as any other of the series, even though all of the books make no sense this one went to the point where nothing happened and the story was......“Strange”? If you are looking for a funny book then this one might not fit your needs.
  
  I own three of the books and Babysitting Blunders would be on the same line.
  
  *Please note: All of the characters act like idiots.* (This is from The 104-story treehouse)
  For example:
  
  Terry (in the giant foot): It’s a GIANT FOOT!
  
  Andy (getting squished by the giant foot): Operated by a GIANT IDIOT!
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  AMY

  371 pages. This episode had me laughing all the through! The author and illustrator are very gifted in humor and create more and more layers of fun in their wacky treehouse. This time there are tiny horses, a waiting room, an underwear museum and they are pursued by the story police after Terry tries to write the story. Kids will love this one! I think it gets better and better. I can’t wait for another addition to the treehouse fun! Highly recommended for Grades 4-5.
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  Maryam

  بعضی از کتاب ها قادر هستند حس خوبی در انسان ایجاد کنند و بنظر من این کتاب هم از همان دسته بود. داستان های جذابی داشت که حتی برای من هم دوست داشتنی بود (البته احتمالا همه هم سن هام مثل من نیستن). اما فکر می‌کنم انتخاب خیلی مناسبی برای کودکان باشه :)
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  Karenina

  Nej men usch! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Det här är den tramsigaste av tramsiga berättelser jag läst. Åttaåringen gillade inte heller.
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  Skye Kelly

  This book with 371 pages , is a definetly recomendable, its
  A comedy , I honestly loved it allot , I have all the series xx
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  Milena

  Narralicja come back!!!
  
  😂😂😂
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  Samin_pzr

  خودمم باورم نمیشه که انقدر با مجموعه خونه درختی کیف کردم :))) اولش اصلا نظرم این نبود ولی واقعا خوشحالم که این مجموعه رو خوندم! خیلی بامزه و خلاقانه بود :))))
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  Anne

  Dit was een van de eerste Engelse boeken die ik las. Ik vond het wel leuk om te lezen.
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  Evan Micheals

  I read Melanie, Andy Griffiths latest journey into children’s absurdity. It certainly held her interest. At the core or it was Terry’s attempt to be a narrator leading to the attention of the stern “Story Police” and being sentenced to a billion years in jail.
  
  “Reading too much into it Evan” found the filing monster a warning against idenitarians who want to classify everyone by type. Jill, Andy, and Terry point our we have infinite identities, thus confusing the filing monster..... All I could think was have the authors been paying attention to and influenced by Jordan Peterson who often makes the point of Infinite Identities against identity politics.
  
  The story concludes by making the point that many of our beloved children’s stories commit crimes against story telling. I guess the take home lesson is don’t listen to critics and do your best.
  
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  Zozo x

  This book was too much to take on. I hated it. HA! You’re so gullible! If I hated it, I wouldn’t rate it an amazing ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, would I? Here’s why I rated it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Listen closely y’all, I won’t explain twice . It is:
  1. 😂
  2. 😎
  3. 😉
  4.😆
  5.😍
  Thanks y’all!
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  Sophie Crane

  I loved this book so much cant believe that there already on 117 love it so much please hurry up i have got all the books best auther and illustrator ever!
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  Barbara

  That treehouse just keeps getting larger and larger, adding several stories with each book. I can see why this series would be popular with intermediate or middle grade readers since it's a fast read, but also because it contains clever references to other books and plenty of humor. In this installment, number nine in the series, Terry decides that it's time for him to write a book instead of just providing the illustrations. The only problem is that he's stuck for inspiration. Eventually, he does come up with an idea involving dots. But things get a bit messy when he concludes his story in an all-too-predictable way, and the Story Police move in to take everyone to jail. The references to Beatrix Potty of Peter Rabbit fame and a constantly-pooping rabbit; Dr. Moose, a take-off on Dr. Seuss; and a witty reference to Maurice Sendak's classic, called "Where the Filed Things Are" keep adult readers just as amused as younger readers although the pooping references might not amuse adults quite as much. Even amid all this hilarity, the pressure is on for this creative team to deliver a manuscript by the publishing deadline. Some pages repeat words and images so that readers can literally race through them while others are incredibly detailed, highlighting some of the levels in the treehouse. Perhaps my favorite one would be the Underpants Museum. There's just something funny about underwear. Parents and teachers won't need to urge that their charges read this book or the others. They will fly off the shelf and be passed on from hand to hand with more than a chortle or two.
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  Kat

  Fans of the 13-Story Treehouse illustrated chapter book series will be clamoring to see what the next thirteen stories of the treehouse hold in store for young Andy and Terry in this ninth installment of the super-silly series, while those new to the series can still delight in the absurdity of this story as a stand-alone tale. The book follows their tried-and-true formula, which involves treehouse-dwelling Andy and Terry, accompanied by their animal-loving friend Jill, running around in ridiculous hijinks while trying to finish their next book assignment. Illustrator Terry decides to take a crack at authoring this time, and they end up in hot pursuit of the Story Police for "crimes against storytelling". Similar to Dav Pilkey's Dog Man series, there is also plenty of parody of actual literature within the story as the kids try to outrun the Story Police and find themselves within the pages of other stories, such as "Where the Filed Things Are", Dr. Moose, and...The Tales of Beatrix Potty. Adults may find themselves sighing at the absurdity but the kids will be laughing all the way to the end, and they'll likely want to find out what happens when the treehouse adds its 130th floor. The illustrations are doodle-like and a bit frenzied, but the style lends itself well to the wackiness and breakneck pacing of the story. Be sure to pick this new one up for collections already containing the series. For those that haven't, consider this one to recommend alongside Dav Pilkey and Jeff Kinney for ages 7-11.
  
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  Erica Sonzogni

  Andy and Terry are back at it again by adding 13 more levels to their previous 104-story treehouse in their newest book, The 117-Story Treehouse. Along with adding a mini horse floor, a traffic school, and an all-you-can-eat level to their abode, the boys are tasked with creating another story for their publisher, Mr. Big Nose. Terry, who is usually the illustrator, wants to be in charge of writing this book but has a challenging time creating the ending. The Story Police come to arrest the boys due to their story’s lack of closure! The friends work together to evade the police while finishing a worthwhile story for Mr. Big Nose to publish.
  
  The Treehouse series is perfect for children who are intimidated by longer books or ones who find reading a challenge yet want to read lengthier books like their peers. Each page of this novel includes detailed illustrations that take up most of the page. Due to this, there are only a few sentences of text per page. Students will be stunned to open the pages and realize that it is not as complex or as daunting as they previously thought. The illustrations have a Where’s Waldo-like tone with lots that children can analyze for a long period of time. This book in the series included a twist on many classic stories (such as “The Cat in the Hat” became “The Splat in the Hat” and “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” became “The Tale of Peter Poopypants”) which are extremely humorous for children and adults alike.
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  SIEUL

  Andy is a writer and Terry is an illustrator. They live in a treehouse. Terry was talking about his dumb dot story and the story polices came to catch them for talking about such a dumb story. So Terry, Andy, and Jill ran away but were caught and put in jail. Terry drew a big dot on the jail floor and they escaped. They had an adventure. They made the story police fall in a gigantic hole and were happy to be back in their treehouse again.
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  Bryce

  I didn't like that the book story police chased them because they were all a bit mean, but I liked when they escaped and sort of like that. But like I really liked when Terry did the dot thingies with the spooncil. He drew dots and then once he made a boat out of it and the parrot stole it and he rode it on the story police.