- Paperback: 365 pages
- Publisher: Red Fox; New edition edition (21 July 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099301679
- ISBN-13: 978-0099301677
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 68,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Mennyms are a devoted family living together at No 5, Brocklehurst Grove. It is a big household in which the five children are fussed over by their mother and the father worries about his job. Any normal family, you might think - but you would be wrong, for No 5 is home to a deception.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought this book was very good indeed. The Mennyms are a family of living rag dolls who somehow have been able to keep this secret from the rest of the world. Then a letter comes from the owner of the house, wishing to visit them. I'm not going to give the plot away, but the next bit is quite hard to put down. However, I think that possibly the characters are better drawn in the later books.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is about a family of rag dolls who try to live a normal life and keep themselves to themselves but, oneday they get a letter from Australia form a man called Albert Pond who says he's going to visit. Well worth reading to find out what happens. This is a book which you will read over and over again.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Review About the Mennyms.
16 April 2000
Format: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!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Imaginative, Perceptive
23 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The Magnolia Bookworms give it a thumbs up!
24 Mar 2001
Format: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.
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