It'¬?s rare to find a child whose very first best friend wasn'¬?t a fuzzy teddy bear or downy blanket. Whether clutched securely in littl...
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Dec 25, 2008
Rob
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A Xmas '08 gift from the Mom. A bunch of cute little stories about stuffed animals, blankets, and dolls. All of them falling prey to love's entropy. Extra bonus points for featuring Mutt Lee[†] on the cover.
† = Alright, the story for this one identifies it as "Rover" but I had (still have) the exact same "Le Mutt" plush dog. Except mine was called Mutt Lee. (No relation to Duck Fu.)
† = Alright, the story for this one identifies it as "Rover" but I had (still have) the exact same "Le Mutt" plush dog. Except mine was called Mutt Lee. (No relation to Duck Fu.)
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Jul 27, 2010
Ruth
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The photos alone might have earned this book a five-star rating from me. They are so precious! This is truly visible love, to see how the hugging, handling and wear and tear has affected these childish toys and (what the author calls) "love objects." The stories are sweet too, but the author has written the thumbnail sketches about each photo, and in a way I'd really have preferred to have the original owner of each toy comment in his/her own words about the meaning of the toy in th
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Apr 04, 2008
Kristin
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This is the cutest, sweetest, most adorable little book I have ever seen or read! Adorable!
All I could think of was my little sister's Meg's "blankie", which she still has a piece of. It's a corner that I am hoping she will pin to the inside of her wedding dress for something old...and her "Bermuda Bunny" that she won in Bermuda when she was 4 at an Easter egg hunt...and my brother's favorite bear, "Bow-bow", that he named after a little owl in Clash of More...
All I could think of was my little sister's Meg's "blankie", which she still has a piece of. It's a corner that I am hoping she will pin to the inside of her wedding dress for something old...and her "Bermuda Bunny" that she won in Bermuda when she was 4 at an Easter egg hunt...and my brother's favorite bear, "Bow-bow", that he named after a little owl in Clash of More...
Mar 08, 2010
Firda
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Love this book! I finished reading it in just one day. It makes me miss my dear Stinky Teddy of my childhood whose funeral is one of my earliest memories (and yes, there was even a burial) and my old Blankie that I wish I'd taken with me when I moved to Canada.
Nov 11, 2009
Caroline
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I bought this book because that dog on the cover is the exact stuffed dog I had as a baby. Looks the same too, in its current condition, but I have never seen this stuffed animal anywhere!
Apr 14, 2009
Lynnea
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This is more a coffee table book than something you sit down to read. But it was sentimental and cute.
Apr 04, 2008
Claire
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Cute pictures and description of childhood toys that were loved into disrepair. I was particularly struck by the handmade feather pillow that smelled funny and weighed a lot. It was called "Leadball." Also the plastic dog creeped me out a bit. Silly fun.
Jul 19, 2008
Rozanne
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Well. It is what it is. A picture book of grayish, drooled-upon and shredded plush toys and some captions that try very hard to be clever but that are ultimately not very compelling. The best thing about the book may be its title.
Apr 25, 2008
Rachel
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In a wrenchingly traumatic turn of childhood events I lost my blankie, Mr. B, in a hotel room in Missouri in the mid-1980s. But with this book I felt like a little piece of Mr. B returned to me.
Dec 17, 2009
Signe
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Sweet little photos and stories of people's toys from when they were kids. Some of the stories are snarky, some are touching. The photography really honors the character of the individual dolls (and blankets).
Sep 02, 2008
Amy
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Wonderful book about the lovies and security blankets of our childhood. So happy my two girls have theirs all safe and happy. Love to "Bunny" and "Ginky Emma". Forever
in our hearts.
in our hearts.
May 29, 2008
Alice
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A nostalgic tribute to childhood comfort objects, ranging from Blankie to one-eyed & very loved, Bear.
Feb 20, 2008
Norabear
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Adorable little book about childhood stuffed animals and blankies with pictures of the well-loved.
Oct 15, 2008
Sara
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Great book... a quick flip through. Some of the stuffed animals are adorable.
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