Just as great as the first one. My absolute favorite plot development in either book is when the sheep toy, shark toy, and various toy mice form a club called the Chewing Society of North America, that is devoted to chewing various things. And then they get all excited when there are new things to chew. The Chewing Society of North America is the perfect example of why I love these books.Would any of my friends enjoy "Toy Dance Party?" All of my friends would enjoy "Toy Dance Party." I'm not sur...

This is my favorite of the three chapter books! I love the dance party. I felt so bad for the poor shark. There is so much humor and delight in these books. Just such fun!

So sad! Sad that this book is over - all my kids are listening to it. What will we read next? I need tuktuk to help me dry my tears

I didn't care for this book as much as the first one, Toys Go Out. I even read it over 3 days, just to see if it was my mood affecting my disinterest. I guess the novelty of the toys who talk didn't work as well as the first, where the reader was wondering who Plastic was and was enchanted by Sting Ray and Lumphy. There were too many other toy characters in this book and in the first book, each of the linked chapters/episodes seemed more touching than this book. The dialogue was even contrived i...

Well, now I know why Emily Jenkins recommends this trilogy be read in the order in which they were written, not the order in which they occur in time. Unfortunately, I didn't read her recommendation until I had finished the prequel Toys Come Home. This has a rather sad ending as "Honey" is growing up. I would much preferred to have ended with Toys Come Home. But what a wonderful trilogy!

The first chapter of this involves them going outside in the snow, to much less success than in the picture book (Toys Meet Snow by the same author). The girl receives a shark, and they fill it with garbage because they are afraid of it. They have a party for the repaired dryer. A toy mouse gets trapped in the vacuum and the shark chews to get him out. The toys put nail polish on the Barbie box and the girl takes the blame to her angry parents rather than get the toys in trouble. I found the mom...

Loved reading with and to my 5yo son. He has a rich imagination for what his toys do when he’s not there and when he with them. He was a great fit for this book. (Sequel to the excellent TOYS GO OUT.)

Audio. This one was a different narrator than the first book. This narrator sounded more juvenile which fits the book, but I did miss the smoothness of the first one sometimes. Similar stories to the first book in terms of toys working out their differences or dealing with changes. I actually really liked it for my 6 year old for that reason. It was also more fun to come back to the same characters.

Me and my 4yo love this book. She listens to the audiobook over and over and over - and I don't even mind! The characters are well developed with their own personalities and the plots of the chapters (each chapter can stand on it's own, but fit into the overall story as well) are interesting as well. This is a classic that we will read many times!

Love these books and these characters, their seemingly innocent simple fears and concerns that mirror our own, and the lessons they learn. Great for kids and parents alike.

This is a book that makes me wish I had a younger child to read it to. I love those little toys, and the things they get up to when the people aren't around. And I particularly loved Honey's effort to make pink milk. Oh, and a cautionary tale about nature programs with sharks.Library copy.

Toy Dance PartyPlot: The little girl (who we later find outs name is Honey) goes on a winter vacation, but she doesn’t take StingRay, or Lumphy or Plastic. Lumphy starts to get worried when days go by and she doesn’t come back. So, he goes out (in the snow) and tries to find her. Only he gets stuck in a hole and StingRay has to go out and rescue him. But they both get stuck. Luckily Honey and her family return and bring them in and dry them off. Honey is starting to be more into Barbie’s than st...

Charming, bittersweet, often funny, with interesting (and not always nice) characters kids will identify with. I read this to my daughter; she had read the previous book (Toys Go Out) in school (I have not read it). It's keeping in the Winnie-the-Pooh/Toy Story tradition but feels different from both. Toy Dance Party can be understood and appreciated without any knowledge of Toys Go Out, though if you can get your hands on it, it's probably better to read Toys Go Out first. Includes some interes...

I can't recommend this series enough; but it seems to be on the top of a lot of lists so it doesn't need my help. I've bought copies of the first one as holiday gifts THAT is how much I like them. I've also bought the second and third one so the library can have copies, as it currently doesn't.

This was always popular when I used it in children's lit class.

Toy Dance Party is the second book in the Toy's Go Out trilogy. I read Toys Go Out with my second grade students in the winter and they adored it so much we checked out Toy Dance Party. Emily Jenkins is a skillful writer and takes the reader inside the world of bedroom toys. My students gained great practice engaging in directing reading thinking activities throughout both books. They would make thoughtful predictions, ask questions, and cite evidence from the text. Throughout the entire book, t...

What a wonderful sequel to the must-read children's book, Toys Go Out. Plastic, Lumphy and StingRay are so entertaining! The addition of Spark, Frank and some drama with Dryer round out a great read - one I recommend to friends as a family summer read-aloud. Be warned, some readers (me) might get choked up when the toys begin to notice that Honey is growing up. In the end, all is happy and you may find yourself (again, me) headed to your children's closets to love on some former Specials that ha...

My kids found this one absolutely hysterical thanks to the addition of the Shark to the toy crew. Overall there’s not much” new” here, but if you’d like further Toy adventures then there are plenty to be had. StingRay, Lumphy, and Plastic all join back in. Their main dilemma is wondering if the Girl has outgrown them, which is a somewhat sad topic (as a parent, and as a toy I guess)! It is sad to acknowledge that children do in fact grow up and outgrow things they once loved.

3.5 stars for this charming book. I think kids would enjoy it, and I will recommend it to my 7 year old nephew. I think the sounds the toys make should be written differently to sounds more like sounds one could imagine them actually making instead of random noises, but maybe that’s just me.

I love this series! The characters are so endearing and genuine. My boys and I loved getting to know "the humans" a little more this time, and venturing more into the toys friendships. This book made us laugh and made me cry. Such a perfect read aloud for young kids.