Handbag Friends [Board book]

Sally Lloyd Jones (Author), Sue Heap (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 0 and up

Meet six little handbag friends—Harry, Hopspot, Binky, Balloon-Bird, Semolina, and Loud Milly—as they go an adventure, rescue lots of baby handbags from the horrible Clasp (move over Cruella De Vil), and find a new home inside Princess’s pink handbag.

With warm, utterly charming illustrations by Sue Heap and the inimitable voice of Sally Lloyd-Jones, the Handbag Friends are set to take the children’s book world by storm!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"My daughter fell in love with it at first sight... a highly imaginative story with irresistible characters... deserves to be a big hit." -- The Guardian, London, October 2005

"Purse-loving gals will be unable to resist Handbag Friends" -- Publishers Weekly, 2006

"Stylishly illustrated... recounts the hilariously surreal adventure of a collection of toys, sneaking in some satire on designer culture. You'll end up singing the (very silly) Handbag Song yourself." -- The Times, London, Ocotber 2005

From the Author

CAUTION
side-effects may include:
dancing, singing, skipping,
bouncing, laughing, very high jinks
and alarming amounts of fun.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 0 and up
  
• Board book: 64 pages
• Publisher: David Fickling Books (July 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038575096X
• ISBN-13: 978-0385750967
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,372,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sally Lloyd-Jones is a Brit who came to the US in 1989 "just for a year." She's still here.

Born in Kampala, Uganda, raised in East, and West Africa and at a boarding school in the New Forest, the first book she ever remembers reading all the way through was THE COMPLETE NONSENSE by Edward Lear. Things have not been the same since.

She lives in Manhattan and enjoys dividing her time between the front half of her apartment and the back.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most delightful, endearing, original children's books ever!, August 8, 2006

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Stuart ("Stoo") Hample (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbag Friends (Hardcover)

If you have a young daughter - round 5 to 9 - or if she's extra, adorably silly, maybe she could be 10 or 11 - buy this book instantly! It guarantees you a sweet, hilarious, musical time with your child that will banish all sadness, patches of picque, ambivalence about where this world seems to be heading. The language occupies its own universe, the illustrations are totally organic to the text - a perfect literary marriage. Both have been whelped by two brillianty funny English women who instinctively intuit what little girls will love. No miracle, certainly, since it's likely that they were themselves once little girls who responded with unconditional love to ineffably fabulous books. This one, bordering on picture book genius (I deal in understatement) will become a classic. To me, it harbors greatness because I, too, am a children's book practitioner, and it passes the true test: I'm abject that I wasn't clever enough to create such a kiddie masterpiece.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the handbag song (sung by the Handbag Friends), July 14, 2008

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Sally Lloyd-Jones "Sally" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbag Friends (Board book)

Length:: 1:14 Mins

Handbag FriendsThe Handbag Friend movie clip! Gives you a sense of the fun and laughter and joy packed inside this adventure storybook--and how children up to 6 or 7 once they see it, just can't stop watching it, singing the song and wanting to hear or read the story.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who wouldn't love a pink handbag?, January 3, 2007

By 

Maryann V. Macdonald (new york, ny United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handbag Friends (Board book)

No girl I know...especially those under 10. My two-year-old granddaughter was immediately captivated by the book and wanted it read to her every night at bedtime. It's got everything...cute characters, a not-too-scarey villain, and a singalong theme song even the most muscially challenged can manage. What fun to carry it with you, too, in its chic packaging! A winner.