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I absolutely loved Toys Go Out and was really looking forwad to Toys Come Home. I started out really liking it, but thought it fell a little flat aout half way through. Some small children might think it is a little disturbing how one of the toys gets destroyed in the dryer. The book also raises some big questions like "why are we here" that I don't know will resonate with small children. It's a nice book, but not the special book I was hoping for. It didn't make me feel as warm and cuddly as th...
My kids and I have loved this entire series. Highly recommended for read-alouds. I especially enjoy the onomatopoeia the author uses to create different sounds the toys experience.
it is wonderful and very delightful. I love books with different point of views and especially this one!
I loved this series. G listened to the first two books on audio and we read the third book together. The characters are so funny and endearing. It was fun to learn their origin stories. The third book, being a sort of prequel, was really fun to read with G as he realized what was coming, ‘I bet this is where Sheep loses his ear!’ Or made connections to allusions from the previous books, ‘oh, that’s how Lumphy ended up in the fridge!’. Several scenes had us both laughing out loud. All in all, a c...
This is a prequel to the other Toys books, giving us the origin stories for Stingray, Lumphy, and Plastic and the simple goals and problems of the toys reflect the constrained concerns of young children.I love them. Cute, and importantly, amusing stories, that continue to delight me long after my own kids have stopped pretending their stuffed animals were real. Stories parents could repeatedly read to their children without wanting to kill anyone. Highly recommended.Library copy.
I can't say enough good things about these books - the kids love them, I love them. There are many words and phrases from these books that have made their way into our daily life. When something needs to be washed we say it needs to "go visit Frank" and when Aoife is being a little too imperious with her brothers we say she is a "bossyboots" just like stingray. And we love to quote Plastic "Beach! Beach! Beach!"
This is the first chapter book that I read aloud to my four-year old at bedtime. It was perfect for the occasion. It involved characters that a child could relate to - namely toys. The writing was simple but funny with some things implied. The implications sparked some interesting conversations. The plot was interesting but not so exciting as to keep a tired kid awake and definitely not too upsetting. I didn't find anything questionable about the characters actions. Overall, this was a perfect f...
I'm feeling tetchy. Let's set out some rules when it comes to prequels of children's books then. Number One: You are allowed to write a prequel if you wrote the original book in the first place. Um . . . . okay, that's all I can think of off the top of my head. But it's a good rule in general, don't you think? Follow that rule and you won't have to deal with seeing Anne before she came to Green Gables or speculate as to how Captain Hook got to be so mean. Not that every author should consider wr...
Liked this one better than Toy Dance Party, but maybe not as much as Toys Go Out. Too much puke/vomit.
Alternate title: Toys With Existential Angst. I do like this one lots better than the second one, but it's not as brilliant as the first. Learning about where all the toys came from was a lot of fun. I should have guessed that Sheep was an heirloom. I thought Lumphy was a little whiny here, but maybe it was his inexperience that made him so. Which is to say, why yes, I do believe I'm invested in these characters.
The prequel to the first two books about how all the toys first arrived. First a walrus named Bobby Dot rules girls room. Stingray, the first toy of our band of three in the bedroom meets Bobby Dot and a toy sheep, who when outside is happy to eat grass, but is thrown by a child into a bush and when stingray saves him, ends up loosing an ear. Bobby Dot is put in the dryer but nothing comes out but "fluff and scraps of plush". The girl gets Buffalo as a replacement after Bobby Dot is destroyed an...
Toys Come Home by Emily Jenkins, published 2011Genre: FictionFormat: Hardback PrintPlot: This books introduces the reader to the toy Stingray and chronicles her adventures as she plays with the other toys. She learns the dangers of a child being sick, learns how to help frinds who get stuck in bushes, finds out how to stop a kitten from attacking, and learns how to make new friends when other toys come into the room to live. The book also deals with some existential questions when Stingray and s...
Emily Jenkins does an amazing job of reaching children where they are. The toys do the talking, but you just know that little kids have some of the same thoughts and ideas that Lumphy and StingRay have.
In this book we learn the origins of StingRay, Lumphy, and Plastic-the beloved toys of the Girl and stars of the other books in this series. My kids were a little confused at the idea of reading something that happened before after reading the other stories-this may have been the first true prequel I’d read to them. My son is a rather sensitive soul, so reading about the demise of Bobby Dot, the stuffed walrus was a bit traumatic for him (he is 5). It caught me a little off guard, if you have a
I am 21 years old, which means that it is generally agreed upon that I am too old to be called a child and not quite old enough to become a grown up. So not exactly the target audience for this book. However I recently have been feeling a little sad and have been revisiting books from my childhood to cheer me up. Though I never actually read this one before, I did read Toys Go Out when it was first published, and I remembered it randomly (it was actually because I found myself humming Lumphy's s...
My favorite toys start their adventure in this prequel! The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I thought there were a few times the author may have forgotten she was writing for children ("axe murderers" ?? omg) that I personally found slightly distracted from the otherwise sweetness & innocence that I love about this series. Otherwise, it was a joy to not only read about where our old friends Stingray, Lumphy & Plastic came from, but also why they came. Loved! <3
Sweet book, the prequel to Emily Jenkins' other Toys books (Toys Go Out, Toy Dance Party) and works fine as a stand-alone (though ideally it should be read after the other two). The toy characters have charmingly flawed personalities. It's a good choice for a read-aloud to young children, but be forewarned that one toy meets its demise in a way that some kids may find disturbing or even traumatizing. Features some surprising philosphical depth (discussions about mortality and the meaning of life...
Chronologically, this book comes first and tells how Stingray, Lumphy and Plastic come to belong to the girl. But I think the series can be enjoyed in any order...and Emily Jenkins suggests reading it in the order it was written. The stingray sometimes wears on me just the tiniest bit...but maybe I am/was a bit like Stingray, wanting to show off my knowledge. But overall, they are such believable and fun characters. If I taught 1st grade or probably even 2nd grade, I would definitely read these
We liked hearing the story of how the toys came to live with the girl. Bea loved the kitten that said Mngew and the humor of the book. Neither one of us liked the continued use of puking and nausea as a plot device. Ugh. Really, who likes to read about that. Puking on a favorite stuffed animal and then having it ruined in the wash? That is pretty darn traumatic stuff. It bothered my sensitive girl a lot.
I liked this one. It was fun to see how Lumphy, Plastic, and StingRay came to be with the little girl. I was sad about Bobby Dot, though. :(