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Once, I was Loved by Belinda Landsberry (view source)
Revision as of 07:49, 7 August 2020
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Flynn loved Tock. Tock made him smile and gradually Flynn got better and was able to go home, but as Flynn leant out of the window to wave at the soldiers returning from the war, Tock slipped from his grasp.
And so Tock moved from child to child, joining them in their games and seeing them grow up. We see a potted social history of the last sixty years of the twentieth century. By the fifties , there was rock and roll and the sixties saw the first moon landing. In the seventies , we had flower children. Through the eighties , the yachting world fought for the America's cup. In the nineties , we saw the beginnings of the internet and finally the last of Tock's children moved away and he found himself in the charity box.
I cried, unashamedly. I admit it. But all was not lost. We see the charity-shop volunteer unpacking the box. Her name is Sam.
I liked the way that the book encourages sharing and the moving on of toys, of believing that another child could give - and receive - the same love. The story will read well at bedtime and will ensure that the child's own favourite toy will have a special cuddle and be kept very close. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
If this book appeals then you might like to take a look at [[Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson]]. You might also enjoy [[A Book of Feelings by Amanda McCardie and Salvatore Rubbino]].
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