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emkoshka 's review for:
The Mennyms
by Sylvia Waugh
I picked this up for $2 at an op shop several years ago and had a feeling the other day that now was the right time to read it. I wasn't disappointed. As a story about a family of life-size rag dolls, it has shades of The Borrowers, but also a very snarky and adult humour. It's also worth mentioning that it won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1994. The characters are surprisingly well fleshed out, though I had to laugh when being first introduced to the young twins with the unfortunate names of Poopie and Wimpey. I really enjoyed my time with this odd family and it's comforting to know that Sylvia Waugh wrote another four books about them, all of which were published in the 1990s. Tracking them down will be half the fun!