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The Little Toymaker

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

Cat Min's debut Shy Willow gave us a delicate, thoughtful and wholly original story. Her follow up, The Little Toymaker, follows in those footsteps for another beautiful work of art. Every year, towards the end of the Gregorian calendar, toys are given to the children of the world. But what's often overlooked are the gifts made for the older generations. The parents, grandparents and friends who have taken care of us and the world for so long. That's where The Little Toymaker comes in. With a focus on the magic of giving gifts instead of receiving them, Cat Min's fable is a perfect alternative to traditional holiday stories, but one that can and will be embraced by all.

We all know about the guy in the red suit at the North Pole. But what if the world’s toymaker was a little boy?

From the author and illustrator of Shy Willow comes the adorable little Toymaker, who makes wonderful toys… not for children, but for their grandparents and other older folk. (People often forget that they, too, like toys!) But it isn’t always easy.

One morning, an old woman brings the little Toymaker a candy tin she played with as a girl.

The little Toymaker takes the tin and TA-...

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