A Little Maid in Toyland


Lu par Gloria Begemann

(2 stars; 1 reviews)

The story portrays the adventures of a young girl and her friends as they magically go through the door of her doll house into a strange world called Toyland. (Summary by gloryb) (4 hr 14 min)

Chapitres

THE WALKING HOUSE 14:21 Lu par Gloria Begemann
THE HOUSE IS FURNISHED 13:42 Lu par Gloria Begemann
THE TEDDY BEARS TAKE A HAND 14:29 Lu par Gloria Begemann
BEDELIA GROWS A TAIL 14:44 Lu par Gloria Begemann
MARY AND HER LITTLE LAMB AND SOME OTHERS 10:54 Lu par Gloria Begemann
THE LITTLE BACK DOOR 13:01 Lu par Gloria Begemann
D. TABLET, ESQ. 14:58 Lu par Gloria Begemann
THE TALKING SIGN POST 15:50 Lu par Gloria Begemann
JOYTOWN 16:05 Lu par Gloria Begemann
SALLY AND BEDELIA ARE PRESENTED AT COURT 21:41 Lu par Gloria Begemann
THE POLLY-NOSED SAPHEAD 20:43 Lu par Gloria Begemann
THE WEATHER PROPHET 20:53 Lu par Gloria Begemann
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE 19:46 Lu par Gloria Begemann
THE ECLIPSE 19:06 Lu par Gloria Begemann
SALLY FINDS THE ENCHANTED WOOD 24:43 Lu par Gloria Begemann

Critiques

Strange


(2 stars)

I couldn't bring myself to give this any more than two stars. It's a weird children's fantasy from more than 100 years ago, about a little girl and her toys who are mysteriously transported to Toyland. As such, I feel the plot is best suited to very young readers. However, while not long, the book is more lengthy than I would expect for this age. And the vocabulary is quite advanced. Perhaps older children of the past were happy to read about toys. One saving grace in this story is the author avoided the moralising typical of her generation. It was simply a story, told for the story's sake.