When Tommy is done with his medical task, and Omri asks him if he’s ready to “wake up” now, and return to his proper time and size, he says: “Still and all, perhaps it’s a change for the better. The whole rotten war’s nightmare enough, though, without giants and-and-” He stared around Omri’s room.
“A dream, is it? Well … I should’ve guessed. He thinks he’s dreaming, and he’s so grateful for this unexpected break from the horrors of the front. Tommy emerges from the cupboard straight out of the trenches. He is really a side character, a tiny plastic toy brought to life by Omri not to be a protagonist, but just someone to tend to the wounds of the titular Indian (Little Bull) and Boone, the cowboy (another recurring character). She has written many books for children, teenagers, and adults, including the bestselling The Indian in the Cupboard adventures.In the first book, The Indian in the Cupboard, Tommy is one of these plastic figures. She later became a freelance journalist and playwright and in 1955 became the first female TV news reporter. Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award, California Young Reader Medal, Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award, A Virginia Young Readers Award.Ībout the Author Lynne Reid Banks was evacuated from England to Canada during World War II, and she then returned to England in 1945 to study for the stage. Skyhigh fantasy that will enthrall readers.- Publishers Weekly Best novel of the year (1981).- The New York Times. Will Omri be able to keep Little Bear without anyone finding out and taking his new friend away? Little does Omri know that by turning the key, he will transform his ordinary plastic toy into a real live man from an altogether different time and place! Omri and the tiny warrior called Little Bear could hardly be more different, yet soon the two forge a very special friendship.
Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts his present in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeleton key that once belonged to his great-grandmother. About the Book A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.īook Synopsis Adventure abounds when a toy comes to life in this classic novel! It's Omri's birthday, but all he gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic warrior figure.
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