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September 11, 2025

REVIEW: Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / cats / children's book / Contemporary / Fantasy / second chances / survival / toys / War / Military2 Comments

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Meet Pocket, created as a good luck charm for soldiers going into battle, whose bravery and loyalty lives on long after the war. Thimble-born from tip to toe, Pocket Bear remembers every moment of his becoming: the glimmering needle, the silken thread, the tender hands as each careful stitch brought ... more >

January 23, 2025

REVIEW: Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / 1960s / 1970s / Business woman / culture / Historical / Historical fiction / novelization / strong women / toys4 Comments

She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment ... more >

April 15, 2020

REVIEW: Golden Threads by Suzanne Del Rizzo, illustrations by Miki Sato

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's fiction / childrens-books / Japan / Japanese culture / kintsugi / picture books / POC / toys4 Comments

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When a storm sweeps Emi’s beloved stuffed fox away from their mountain home, he ends up tattered and alone on a distant shore. A kind old man finds the fox and gives it to his granddaughter, Kiko. As she recovers from an injury of her own, Kiko mends the fox ... more >

March 31, 2020

REVIEW: I’m Afraid Your Teddy Is In Trouble Today by Jancee Dunn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewschildren's fiction / childrens-books / picture books / toys2 Comments

What do your toys do when your back is turned? Mischief — and a bit of wish fulfillment — are in play when a ringleader teddy bear throws a very memorable party. Have you ever wondered what stuffed animals do while their companion humans are at school? What if a ... more >

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