title: George's Marvelous Medicine
author:  Roald Dahl 
description: Grade 2-4-Richard E. Grant performs this reading of Roald Dahl's tale (Puffin, pap. 1998) with an appropriately British accent. Fully-voiced, the production is expressive and pleasing, making a great story an even better read-aloud. As George seeks a cure for his grandmother's grumpiness, his creative elixir produces surprising results. Listeners will appreciate the humor, suspense, and resolution in this silly plot so typical of Dahl's writing. Appropriate for listening centers, reading classes, literature studies and general circulation, the length and reading level of this title will be appreciated by those who work with reluctant readers. Consider this purchase essential for libraries with audio collections.<BR><I>Kirsten Martindale, Buford Academy, GA </I><BR>Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: ROALD	DAHL
  George's	Marvellous	Medicine	
  	
  WARNING	 TO	 READERS:	 Do	 not	 try	 to	 make	 George's	 Marvellous
  Medicine	yourselves	at	home.	It	could	be	dangerous.
  	
  	
  	
  Grandma
  	
  'I'm	 going	 shopping	 in	 the	 village,'	 George's	 mother	 said	 to	 George	 on
  Saturday	morning.	'So	be	a	good	boy	and	don't	get	up	to	mischief.'
  This	was	a	silly	thing	to	say	to	a	small	boy	at	any	time.	It	immediately	made
  him	wonder	what	sort	of	mischief	he	might	get	up	to.
  'And	don't	forget	to	give	Grandma	her	medicine	at	eleven	o'clock,'	the	mother
  said.	Then	out	she	went,	closing	the	back	door	behind	her.
  Grandma,	who	was	dozing	in	her	chair	by	the	window,	opened	one	wicked
  little	 eye	 and	 said,	 'Now	 you	 heard	 what	 your	 mother	 said,	 George.	 Don't
  forget	my	medicine.'
  'No,	Grandma,'	George	said.
  'And	just	try	to	behave	yourself	for	once	while	she's	away.'
  'Yes,	Grandma,'	George	said.
  George	was	bored	to	tears.	He	didn't	have	a	brother	or	a	sister.	His	father	was
  a	farmer	and	the	farm	they	liv