About this title: On his birthday, Omri receives a number of unusual gifts--a dilapidated cupboard from his brother, an old key (that, strangely enough, fits the cupboard's lock) from his mother, and a small plastic toy shaped like a Native American warrior from his friend Patrick. When Omri locks the toy in the cupboard, he is shocked when it magically becomes a real live Native American warrior who is still the small size of the toy.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385170512ISBN:0385170513
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385170512ISBN:0385170513
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Cole, Brock. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light crease along spine, light aging, stk #2335ddm8. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 229 p. Contains: Illustrations. Indian in the Cupboard, 1. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
"I thought that this book was really good, but it wasn't my favorite. It was a good realistic fantasy story. It had a little adventure, but it wasn't too too suspensful! I like the parts where they put into detail about how the little indian was building a longhouse out of bark, twigs, and bits of grasses. This author really hooks you with her detail!"
"What a racist, dull, unimaginative book. Full of stereotypes and negative images, this book should be taught only to teach young people how NOT to write books. I only read this book for a grad class and would never recommend it to anyone. First, the writing is cliched and boring. Secondly, the way Lynne Reid Banks has portrayed the Indian (apparently, Little Bear is Iroquois) is racist and offensive. Little Bear only speaks in grunts and incomplete sentences, and the cowboy Boone wants only to kill the dirty, smelly Injun. Omri, the little boy who is given Little Bear as a present (one he doesn't want--again, this is a terrible book), refuses at first to gather the materials for Little Bear to make a longhouse--which is traditionally the lodging of an Iroquois, not a tepee. This is only one example of how Banks has made her book a metaphor for how ignorant white people have subjugated and marginalized the Indian populations of America by refusing to understand, listen to, or accommodate Indian heritage. No one should willingly pick up this book."
"I have mixed feelings about this book. It was a well-written, exciting story. Many children have fantasized about their toys coming to life and will find this a fun read. However, reading this with an eye toward its treatment of Native Americans, I did see some troubling things. Little Bear speaks in the stereotypical one or two word phrases, and his speech is described as "grunting" or "snarling" rather than "speaking." Little Bear's headdress and behavior also encourage stereotypes. The irony is that in a few scenes, Banks shows her main character actually realizing that not all Indians are like the Indians on TV, yet Little Bear is never shown as anything but a caricature. I don't know if I could recommend this to children for independent reading, but used in a classroom where the teacher took time to examine its stereotypes it might have some value."
"This book is so good, I found it hard to hold myself back from reading ahead of my kids, but it was worth doing because we got to share the laughs and suspense together. The story is perfect for school-aged boys: plastic toys coming to life. It begins with an Indian, but later there's a cowboy and for a few brief and not-so-brief cameos, a WWI medic, an Indian girl, an Indian chief, and a medieval knight. As I said, it's funny, suspenseful, and best of all, the protagonist, Omri, shows real respect for his little humans, understanding that they're not simple playthings. I'm looking forward to the sequels!"
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