Tyrone the Terrible

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Pub Date 11 Mar 2020 | Archive Date 31 Dec 2020

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Tyrone is the skinniest chameleon in the swamp. No one wants him on their team. After going on a fitness program, Tyrone gets carried away with his new self and terrorizes his friends in Gnarly Tree Bend until he meets Sly, the meanest gator in the bayou. Looks like Tyrone is gumbo.

The moral of this story? Someone is always bigger and badder than you, so you’d best make friends along the way. 

Tyrone the Terrible is a bullying tale. The feisty chameleon picks on his bayou buddies before meeting his match. In the process, he learns the value of friends and family and how actions have consequences. 

This delightful story is filled with swampy animal characters with a distinctly southern voice—not quite Brer Rabbit, but a good deep-south feel.

Tyrone is the skinniest chameleon in the swamp. No one wants him on their team. After going on a fitness program, Tyrone gets carried away with his new self and terrorizes his friends in Gnarly Tree...


Advance Praise

"Age at time of review - 11

Reviewer's Location - Corning, New York, United States

Tyrone, the smallest chameleon in the bayou, has been having problems since the moment he was born. He needs extra food, is too weak to play baseball with the other chameleons, and can't make any friends. His favorite place to be is alone on Sun Rock, where none of the other animals ever went. Thus begins Tyrone the Terrible, an animal fable by Jan Lis. Then one day when Tyrone is talking to himself, a squirrel named Junior overhears his troubles. He tells Tyrone that the solution to his problems would be working out in order to get bigger and stronger. Tyrone feels positive that this will make the other animals like him more, so he tries it. But as Tyrone starts to get bigger and gain some confidence, he realizes that being “bigger and badder” might not be what he needs to be happy. Will being stronger be all it takes to make friends? Will he finally find a way to escape his problems?

In Tyrone the Terrible, you can never predict what's going to happen next. The plot twists and vivid descriptions of the bayou animal characters pulled me into the book. Lis introduces the reader to the perfect amount of amusing characters, all with very different personalities. There's a chameleon obsessed with his size, a squirrel who becomes a personal trainer, a book-loving opossum, and a mean, old alligator. Having animals that can talk, play baseball, and read certainly isn’t realistic, but the fantasy in the book made it even more interesting. I really like that this book has a life lesson hidden in the animal story: when you’re small and weak, being big and powerful seems like it will be fun, but making friends is all about being nice. I would recommend this book for 7-12 year olds who are looking for a fun, quick read with a positive message. "

"Age at time of review - 11

Reviewer's Location - Corning, New York, United States

Tyrone, the smallest chameleon in the bayou, has been having problems since the moment he was born. He needs extra...


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Tyrone is hatched. The next chameleon hatched is his sister. Tryrone’s mother tells him he is skinny and tiny so he will need to eat a lot. Tyrone is a small chameleon sitting on his favorite rock sunning him when he hears a noise which comes from a squirrel. When Tyrone tells how he wishes he was bigger and strong, the squirrel coaches him in a fitness program. When Tyrone realizes that his fitness program has worked, he practices making ugly faces and loud growls. He decides he will show off his new skills by being a bully and scaring everyone. What happens to Tyrone when he does this?

In this delightful tale, the author gives kids an example of what a bully can be and what friendship is. Being kind and good makes friends. One can never have too many friends. The author has written a charming book with its southern accent The drawings add to the story. At the end of the book, there are discussion questions about the story.

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I read a number of reviews of Tyrone the Terrible when it first published, and thought it sounded like a fun story. When I saw it available for review later, I requested it, and read it to my young children. They loved it!
Tyrone and his sister came out of their eggs in Gnarly Tree Bend in the Bayou. Tyrone was a puny little fellow, and everyone made fun of him. He ended up spending time alone until Junior Squirrel challenged him to build up muscle and become stronger than anyone else. Tyrone decided he was going to be as strong as an alligator!
Tyrone worked and worked and ate and ate and practiced being big and strong and MEAN! He got to where he could scare almost anyone. And then one day, the log underneath him moved...and he got an introduction to someone bigger and scarier than himself. What now?
I'm not sure my children caught any of the lesson that was supposed to be taught in Tyrone the Terrible, but they sure enjoyed the fun story! They were sad when we reached the end of this short chapter book. One thing I really like about the book is the nice drawings of swamp animals with each chapter.

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