The Magic Toybox
Edited by Denise Little
In the Introduction to The Magic Toybox, editor Denise Little remembers her childhood love of toys and her
childhood belief that they all contained a spark of magic, a life beyond the toybox. That is the basis for all 13
tales in The Magic Toybox. I love short story collections for their ability to serve up such incredibly
varied tone and style of stories unified by a single theme, and the stories in this collection are wonderfully
different. Jody Lynn Nye’s "The Revenge of Chatty Cathy" made me laugh out loud (just a note, when planning a car
jacking, always check for dolls in the backseat). Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s "Losing Dolly" made me cry and Mel
Odom’s "The Affair of the Wooden Boy" gave me a nice case of the creeps, I was sorry when it was over. I can’t say
I loved every story - both "Roadshow" and "Cubby Grumbles Makes a Change" seemed like stories that would have been
better if they didn’t run on quite so much. But I really connected with the book’s theme and found all the varied
explorations of it fascinating. |
The Book |
Daw Books/Penguin Putnam |
August 2006 |
Paperback |
0756403790 |
Fantasy |
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Excerpt |
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The Reviewer |
Jan Fields |
Reviewed 2006 |
NOTE: Reviewer Jan
Fields is the editor of Kid Magazine Writers emagazine and has written dozens of
stories and articles for the children's magazine market. |
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