L Frost’s Reviews > Hitty, Her First Hundred Years > Status Update

Who would have guessed that a story about a toy could be interesting? I guess this was the early version of Toy Story, and so far it is holding my attention. Well written. Sadly, you can see the deterioration of our use of the English language when you compare the vocabulary in this 1929 Newbery Award winning children’s book to the vocabulary used in today’s comparable books.