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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
Omri gets a plastic Indian from his friend Patrick for his birthday; he also gets and old cupboard from his brother and a key from his mom. Together these items make magic. When Omri puts the Indian in the cupboard and locks it the Indian comes alive. Suddenly he finds himself in possession of Little Bear an Iroquois brave who wants things and has to be taken care of. When Patrick finds out about Little Bear he wants his own and chaos ensues. Soon the boys realize that they have real people who were sucked from their real lives not toys in their possession. They realize the best thing to do is to send them back through the cupboard.
This little book was a fun read. It doesn't really seem dated at all even though it is over 30 years old. Omri and Patrick act like real little boys who want what they want no matter the consequences. Their adventures with Little Bear and Boone are a little dangerous and a lot exciting. I really enjoyed how the boys differed in their reactions to the toys coming to life. Omri accepted the responsibility and Patrick was less cautious and more reckless with them. But in the end the boys make the right decision for everyone even if it isn't the easiest.
This little book was a fun read. It doesn't really seem dated at all even though it is over 30 years old. Omri and Patrick act like real little boys who want what they want no matter the consequences. Their adventures with Little Bear and Boone are a little dangerous and a lot exciting. I really enjoyed how the boys differed in their reactions to the toys coming to life. Omri accepted the responsibility and Patrick was less cautious and more reckless with them. But in the end the boys make the right decision for everyone even if it isn't the easiest.
This was um..... yeah. I guess if I were a socially unaware 7 year old I might have thought this was fun but as an adult reading this for class it’s just... extremely racist. I’m kind of horrified this was written only 40 years ago.
(Sorry, no decent review - I was without the internet for about a week, and I read more than one book each day which is far too many to write about now!)
Funnily, I was reading this because I thought I ought to - not expecting to think that highly of it - and I loved it. An old-fashioned feel to the writing, but very fitting. And a lovely story.
Funnily, I was reading this because I thought I ought to - not expecting to think that highly of it - and I loved it. An old-fashioned feel to the writing, but very fitting. And a lovely story.
One of my all time favorite books.. Never realized it was a series, must read them all!!!
I'm going to ignore the obvious political correctness issues, given that this was written 37 years ago. That aside, I really enjoyed this story. The characters were well written, all very well fleshed out. They were all given great humanity, and I appreciated that the story didn't feel dumbed down for children. I haven't read this story since childhood, so though I recall liking it back then, I didn't recall much else. Found that I enjoyed it almost as much as I probably did when I first read it about 30 years ago. I started immediately on the second book.
While the story itself is fantastical, I think the best writing of the book is showing the growth of the main character, Omri. The beginning of the novel shows him to be a typical child, but throughout the events of the story, he matures into child that not only thinks about the thoughts and feelings of others, but also begins to examine his own behavior and motivations. I think that he is incredibly well written and I think that's what really drove me to appreciate this book.
I really enjoyed reading this book to my boys when they were younger. Fun and entertaining.
This book, oh man. This was the book I used to read and re-read and re-re-read as a kid. That book that the cliche reader goes through so many times that he wears out the cheap mass-market paperback and has to beg his parents to buy him another copy from the Scholastic book order forms from school ('membah dem?).
Now I get to share it with my daughter, and rediscover how grand an adventure it truly is.
OH! And anyone who hasn't read it, and is scanning down through the reviews to see if it is right for you and/or your children, let me say this: any of the reviewers complaining about racism don't understand the context of racism. "The Indian speaks like a stereotypical Indian!" That's because English is a second, or more likely a fourth or fifth, language for him. His dialog is in a stereotypical Indian voice because that's how YOU are reading it. Little Bull simply doesn't speak English all that well. He's speaking the way anyone would speak broken English, be it a Mexican or Swede or Iroquois or Martian. English is a hard language, man! Back off.
There are a few racial slurs from a cowboy character, and a few casual drops of the term 'Red Indian.' But those are kind of the point. This story shows Little Bull as brave, shrewd, caring, and most of all human. It shows the reader (as it showed me when I was young) that the slurs are from stupidity or fear. It helped me see these words should not define the people they're directed at, but rather the people they issue from.
Wow, went off on a tangent, there, huh? Sorry. Bottom line: this is a beautiful story, full of magic and acceptance and wonder.
Now I get to share it with my daughter, and rediscover how grand an adventure it truly is.
OH! And anyone who hasn't read it, and is scanning down through the reviews to see if it is right for you and/or your children, let me say this: any of the reviewers complaining about racism don't understand the context of racism. "The Indian speaks like a stereotypical Indian!" That's because English is a second, or more likely a fourth or fifth, language for him. His dialog is in a stereotypical Indian voice because that's how YOU are reading it. Little Bull simply doesn't speak English all that well. He's speaking the way anyone would speak broken English, be it a Mexican or Swede or Iroquois or Martian. English is a hard language, man! Back off.
There are a few racial slurs from a cowboy character, and a few casual drops of the term 'Red Indian.' But those are kind of the point. This story shows Little Bull as brave, shrewd, caring, and most of all human. It shows the reader (as it showed me when I was young) that the slurs are from stupidity or fear. It helped me see these words should not define the people they're directed at, but rather the people they issue from.
Wow, went off on a tangent, there, huh? Sorry. Bottom line: this is a beautiful story, full of magic and acceptance and wonder.
A children's book that came out after my time.It's got some pretty dated references but much of that is covered by indications by The Indian and The Cowboy that the boys don't know how life really was for the characters. Didn't do it for me regardless.
It was nostalgic to share a book with my son, that I loved at his age. Some parts haven't age as gracefully as others but the message was still there. We both enjoyed it.