Toy Tales

By Helen Cooper

Book Overview

The trials and tribulations of four beloved toys Toys, like children, sometimes get hurt, and Helen Cooper lets readers know how they feel when it happens in this charming book of four stories. Tim's favorite playthings are a teddy bear, a stuffed frog, a duck on wheels, and a piggy bank, and each of them has a trauma to endure. Bear inadvertently ends up in the washing machine. Frog loses all his stuffing one night. Duck has a bit of a crash, as does Pig, who's knocked off his shelf. But each toy recovers from his injury and is no less loved by Tim, even if, in some cases, they look a little worse for wear. This generous picture book, cozily illustrated by Helen Cooper, maintains a rhythmic storytelling pace through all eighty pages, and will be meaningful to any child who's ever broken a toy (is there one who hasn't?).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374479445
• ISBN13: 9780374479442
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wonderful verse for kids!

We discovered these stories when they were published as individual tales. The illustrations are great; the poetry is just right for younger kids. All three of my boys have loved this book.