by Emily Jenkins, Paul O. Zelinsky
Toys Go Out is a middle grade novel that follows 3 toy friends that come to life when their little girl goes to sleep. Lumphy (stuffed buffalo), Sting Ray (dry clean only), and Plastic (a bouncy ball) are the main characters with distinct (albeit simple) personalities. The primary story revolves aro...
1/2012 Yep, I still love this book.1/2007 I loved this book. It's simply written, engaging, and so funny that it will be hard to read aloud without dissolving into helpless giggling. Charmingly illustrated by Paul Zelinsky, this book is a little slice-of-life from the floor of a 6-year-old girl's be...
I read this out loud to my kids - I had seen it suggested that it was a good one, particularly because it's written/formatted in a way that makes it easy to read aloud, which was true. It's a cozy read, simple and not scary at all. The toys had unique personalities and I especially loved the charact...
This was incredibly boring (sorry, Andy!) and I just didn't fall in love with this story like I did with the Toy Story movies. It lacks all the charm that those movies exude. Maybe that's an unfair comparison, but I felt like this book was trying to capitalize on the popularity of the Pixar films. T...
This was incredibly boring (sorry, Andy!) and I just didn't fall in love with this story like I did with the Toy Story movies. It lacks all the charm that those movies exude. Maybe that's an unfair comparison, but I felt like this book was trying to capitalize on the popularity of the Pixar films. T...
There’s always a book that looks like it will be the best; Toys Go Out was the book I thought I’d like best. Actually, I wasn’t taken with the story. A group of toys have little adventures. Perhaps it was too close to reading the book about the adventurous wooden doll from the 1920’s.
Oh, we were enchanted. Charming, without being too twee. this was my first, but since reading it I've discovered that Emily Jenkins is a goddess among writers.
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