BOOK REVIEW: The 52-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton

The 52-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton

Griffiths, A., & Denton, T. (2014). The 52-story treehouse. Sydney, Australia: Pan Macmillan Australia.

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have teamed up yet again, this time to create ‘The 52-Story Treehouse’.  It is the fourth book in the Treehouse series, and just as funny as its predecessors.   This series of books is based upon two main characters, Andy and Terry, who live in a vast treehouse, full of crazy rooms.  They have added 13 more stories since the last book, and the additions include a watermelon-smashing room, a rocket-powered carrot-launcher room and a Ninja Snail Training Academy.

Andy and Terry need to solve a mystery in this latest instalment, and they put their high-tech detective technology to good use.  The story is silly and fun, and will result in laugh out loud moments.

This is a great book for reluctant readers – particularly boys.  It is full of really funny illustrations to break up the reading, and it is quite ridiculous.  Being part of a series, this can also lead a reluctant reader on to further reading.

Although this book is targeted at the 8 – 12 year audience, children as young as 6 would also enjoy this book, either reading alone, or being read to.