Dahl's tale of grandma-altering concoctions may spark chuckles, but its premise of medication mischief feels risky. While grandma gets her due, playing doctor could backfire for young readers. My one star reflects this uneasy mix of entertainment and potentially dangerous ideas.

When George is left home alone with his cruel and moody grandma, he decides to make her a medicine to make her kind. But things don’t exactly go to plan. A quick and funny read by Roald Dahl yet again. I do feel that I’ve grown out of his stories a bit, but I still enjoy them nevertheless. Particularly loved the rhyme in this one. I did feel that the ending was a bit abrupt though. Overall a whimsical and fun tale.

I thought this one was pretty mediocre honestly. I definitely enjoyed it more when I was younger. As an adult I thought George was just a little brat and it's just an awful lesson for kids!

Absolute insanity. Brilliant

A review from my old blog... In George's Marvelous Medicine, a poor young boy must spend his Saturday morning catering to the every whim of his nagging, rather evil looking and speaking grandmother who takes a disgusting medicine four times a day. In order to give her some "real" medicine George concocts a potion using just about everything in the house from toothpaste to laundary soap to antifreeze and shoe polish. The resulting potion gives Grandma a real height boost and way more energy than she'd ever had but does nothing to change her attitude. When George's father finds out he immediately wants to create more of this potion so that he can make all of his farm animals as large as the chicken which also imbibed of the first batch. Things don't work out so well in the next three successive batches culminating in a potion that shrinks the drinker. The grandmother discovers, drinks and ends up becoming so small that she disappears entirely. Thus ends the story. I finished that book with a puzzled look. What is a child supposed to learn from this book? Again, I must say that the book was written very well though.

A reread.