The Magic Toybox - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0756403790 ISBN 13: 9780756403799

Publisher: DAW, 2006

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13 all-new tales about the magic of childhood.

In this exciting short story collection, toys come to life through the love and belief of the children who play with them. Thirteen authors take up the challenge of filling readers' fantastical toyboxes with intriguing playthings. A tiny Mr. Magoo yearns to escape the Old Things Roadshow and get home to the woman he'd been stolen from. A child slave in Rome dreams of owning a wooden gladiator. Could an act of magic fulfill his dream? Can a ghost who's found refuge in a what-not doll solve a case of unrequited love?

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About the Author

Denise Little worked for Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton Bookseller for many years, first as a bookstore manager, then as their national book buyer for romance, science fiction, and fantasy fiction. She then joined Kensington Publishing, where she edited her own line of romance, Denise Little Presents. She's currently executive editor at Tekno Books.

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This theme anthology plays with the notion of toys brought to life by the love and belief of the children who play with them. In Mel Odom's Sherlock Holmes pastiche, "The Affair of the Wooden Boy," a wooden puppet saves a boy from having his body stolen by a vicious sorceress. In Diane Duane's "The Fix," a wooden gladiator that a child slave in ancient Rome dreams of owning eventually gains him his freedom. In Jean Rabe's antic "Roadshow," a stolen Mr. Magoo car breaks away from The Old Things Roadshow to get back to its rightful owner.A toy castle solves the problems of an adult woman in Laura Resnick's "Lady Roxanne La Belle," while in Gail Selinger's "Jack Tar," a toy sailor protects a family's sons. The other nine entries are likewise enjoyable for their plots and individual styles. Scary, funny, tragic, triumphant; set in past, present, future, and at least one alternate world, these stories make up a nicely original collection. Frieda Murray
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