The Indian Trilogy Boxed Set: The Indian in the Cupboard, The Secret of the Indian, Return of the Indian

Banks, Lynne Reid

ISBN 10: 0006743129 / ISBN 13: 9780006743125

Published by HarperCollins Lions, London, 1988

About this Item

AS NEW mass market paperbacks, later printings; 160, 144, 159 pages respectively, all with line drawn illustrations; books in very clean and unmarked unread condition; I would blush to call a now 30-year old book as new, but no flaws are evident to my tired old eyes other than age toning to all pages of Indian in the Cupboard (pages of the other two remain fresh and white) slipcase has only tiny traces of shelf wear and bumping to corners.

Seller Inventory # 044738

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Indian Trilogy Boxed Set: The Indian in the Cupboard, The Secret of the Indian, Return of the Indian
• Publisher: HarperCollins Lions, London
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006743129
• ISBN 13: 9780006743125
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Robin Jacques, Graham Philpot, William Coldart
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Fiction
  • Fantasy Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction

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Review

What could be better than a magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures? Omri's big brother has no birthday present for him, so he gives Omri an old medicine cabinet he's found. Although their mother supplies a key, the cabinet still doesn't seem like much of a present. But when an exhausted Omri dumps a plastic toy Indian into the cabinet just before falling asleep, the magic begins. Turn the key once and the toy comes alive; turn it a second time and it's an action figure again.

The Indian in the Cupboard is one of those rare books that is equally appealing to children and adults. The story of Omri and the Indian, Little Bear, is replete with subtle reminders of the responsibilities that accompany friendship and love. For kids, it's a great yarn; for most parents, it's also a reminder that Omri's wrenching decision to send his toy back to its own world is not so different from the recognition of their children's emerging independence.

The Indian in the Cupboard is also available in Spanish (La Llave Magica.) (The publisher recommends this book for children ages 9-12, although younger kids will enjoy hearing it read aloud.)