THE MENNYMS [Hardcover]

Sylvia Waugh (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 212 pages
• Publisher: Random House (1993)
• ISBN-10: 1856812804
• ISBN-13: 978-1856812801
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative, Perceptive, August 23, 2002

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Katherine Woodbury "Woody" (Portland, ME) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mennyms (Library Binding)

This is one of the most imaginative books I've ever read and also one of the most psychologically astute. On the surface it appears to be a highly original and well-planned fantasy--live dolls coping in a flesh and blood world--but the reader soon finds herself propelled beyond the fantasy into the day to day living of a complex and engaging family. All of the Mennyms, no matter how faintly drawn, have individual and sympathetic characters. Within the context of fantasy, the family deals with age old issues: autonomy versus connection, real versus pretend, mothers and daughters, self-protection versus risk and the need for, as well as the fear of, change. Sylvia Waugh illustrates the provocative theory that fantasy is often the true purveyor of difficult truths and hard realities.

Recommendation: Buy it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review About the Mennyms., April 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mennyms (Paperback)

I am a fourth grader and The Mennyms was suggested to me by my librarian. I read it and thought it was marvelous! I reccomend it to anyone who is interested in this series of books about a family of life-sized rag dolls. The charecters are Sir Magnus and Tulip, who are the grandparents, Vinetta and Joshua, who are the parents, Soobie and Pilbeam, who are the older twins, Appleby, who is a teenage girl, Poopie and Wimpey, who are the younger twins, Googles the baby, and her nanny Miss Quigley, who is the only non-member of the Mennym family but also a rag doll. I found the plot interesting and the charecters well discribed. I hope you read this book because it is fantastic!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Magnolia Bookworms give it a thumbs up!, March 24, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Mennyms (Paperback)

This is a book review by the Magnolia Bookworms a book club of 5 girls ages 9-10. Chelsea: I liked this book because it had a great story. It also went into other adventures instead of just one. Alberta: I liked the book because it was well written and suspenceful. My favorite character was Soobie because he read so much and he didn't pretend. Alice: I did'nt like the book because it was very depressing and sad and it should have started out more exciting so more people would want to keep reading. Hannah: I did'nt like this book because rag dolls trying to be human was weird. Cati: I did like the book because it was very intresting with the rag dolls acting like real humans.My favorite charcter is Vinetta because she was very helpful making the rest of Pilbeam.