The Brave Little Toaster [Import] [Hardcover]

Thomas M. Disch (Author), Karen Schmidt (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Collins (September 25, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0246130806
• ISBN-13: 978-0246130808
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,261,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thouroughly delightful!, August 6, 2005

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Nanci "Book Dragon" (Tri-Cities, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brave Little Toaster, The (Hardcover)

I found this book thouroughly delightful, and am hoping it is an introduction for me of a thouroughly delightful writer. I enjoyed every moment of the story, just enough tension, just enough truths (without sermonizing or platitudes), just the right descriptions (a poet, of course). Children should thouroughly enjoy this book, and it would be a wonderful read aloud story. My copy is in the Fantasy Annual IV, edited by Terry Carr (Timescape Books,1981). If you just want a tale that is lighthearted and not too childish for an adult to read, this is a lovely vacation book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, but nowhere near as good as the movie, July 2, 2010

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Lauren "Marshmallow" (NS, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brave Little Toaster, The (Hardcover)

I've seen the movie, and I really love it. I don't really feel the same about the book. It's very different. Maybe if I had read the book first, I would think that the movie is too different, and not like it much... however, it is still a nice book, and without it, there would be no movie.

One thing I liked a lot in the book was the flower scene. Again, done differently than the movie, but still good and the flower's way of talking in rhymes was fun to read. I also love the poem at the beginning.

6 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the movie, May 1, 2001

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Dark Helmet (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brave Little Toaster, The (Hardcover)

Yes, this is one of the rare cases where the movie based on the book is better than the book itself. I felt that in an effort to make the characters more 'appliance-like' the author totally eschewed any characterization. The characters are rather flat and boring, with almost no individual personalities. They do not even have names, rather going by 'the toaster' 'the lamp' 'the blanket' ect. While most of the plot points are the same, the ending is vastly different than the movie's, and almost an anticlimax. The fact that you can buy the movie at almost any video store and the book is out of print IMHO speaks volumes. I gave the movie 4 stars. The book barely makes two.