Too Many Toys!

by Heidi Deedman, Heidi Deedman (Illustrator)

Overview

Lulu has so many toys she can't find room for them all. She needs a plan!

Ever since Lulu was a little baby, she's had Jupiter, her cuddly and most-favorite-ever teddy bear. But with each new birthday she gets new toys. And every Christmas she gets even more toys. Lulu's toys are absolutely everywhere! And now she can't even fit into her own bed. So Lulu decides to throw a very special party for all her toys—and all her friends. Charming and humorous, here is a story sure to resonate with toy-hungry children and slightly indulgent parents everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763678616
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	09/29/2015
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Heidi Deedman is a recipient of Anglia Ruskin University's Sebastian Walker Award. This is her first picture book. She lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

Lulu comes across as a reasonable child: “What are we going to do, Jupiter?” she wonders. “I can’t play with everybody!” Her philanthropic solution, the Great Toy Giveaway, may not be embraced by every reader, yet it serves as a practical conversation-starter.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Children will be captivated by the later pictures of all those toys, individually good-natured little dolls and animals that become an overwhelming crowd cavorting about Lulu’s room at bedtime. A good read-aloud choice, this picture book leaves children with something to think about as well.
—Booklist

A polished debut for this British author/illustrator, who might invent more challenges for the newly minimalist Lulu.
—Kirkus Reviews

Refreshing.
—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2015-08-12
Little Lulu finds a creative way to clear out her huge collection of toys. Lulu has a favorite toy, a golden teddy bear she calls Jupiter, who has been her best friend since she was a baby. He is always by Lulu's side, playing with her and helping her. Lulu receives more and more toys as she gets older, and by Christmas when she is 5, she is inundated with far too many possessions. Her bedroom is wall-to-wall toys, and there is no longer any room for Jupiter in her bed. Lulu solves her own problem by putting together a "Great Toy Giveaway." She invites all her friends and gives all her toys away, except for her bear, the only toy she really needs. This calm, well-paced story shows the disadvantages of too much of a good thing as well as the importance of one special toy or friend with great meaning. In her first book, Deedman shows a strong sense of style with her children and toy characters. Her mixed-media illustrations have a 1920s-style flavor, and Lulu has the bobbed hair and simple, plaid dress of that era, though one of her toys is a robot. Lulu and her friends are all Caucasian, with the possible exception of a dark-skinned, curly-haired boy who attends her birthday party and comes to her sale. A polished debut for this British author/illustrator, who might invent more challenges for the newly minimalist Lulu. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews