The Mysterious Toyshop: A Fairy Tale

by Cyril W. Beaumont

Book Overview

A new toyshop, full of wonderful dolls and miniatures for both children and adults, is found to harbor an amazing secret. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870994298
• ISBN13: 9780870994296
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not only for children!

This is certainly not a book written solely for children, and in fact it will be utterly uninteresting for babies, unless they simply like the sound of your voice. Preschoolers will have a very difficult time following it. Written in 1924, it is a compelling example of relatively early science fiction, combined with a bit of the Brother's Grimm. Its writing style is reminiscent of the Victorian era. A toymaker comes to a small town, opens a shop, and begins to create mechanical toys that amaze the towns' people. Then, an arrogant aristocrat demands that a toy be made for him, but the old toymaker resists. A short story, very interesting, intended to be read aloud to older children and adults,