Product Description

The Mennyms -- that family of living dolls -- are in a terrible state. They have just learned that their wonderful old house at 5 Brocklehurst Grove is to be torn down to make way for the new highway.Then Albert, the first human ever to learn the Mennyms' secret, takes them to live in the country, where they are all quite miserable. Living outside the big old house that's been their only home for all of their forty years is very frightening.The Mennyms begin to wonder if they can survive in this new world ... and keep their secret safe from prying eyes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #896769 in Books
• Published on: 1996-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From Publishers Weekly
In a starred review, PW called this follow-up to The Mennyms "just as good... maybe even better [than the first]; an odd, enchanting and thoroughly satisfying fantasy." Ages 10-up.
-; an odd, enchanting and thoroughly satisfying fantasy." Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8?The Mennyms (Greenwillow, 1994) have returned with a similar dilemma to that of Mary Norton's miniature folk, The Borrowers (Harcourt, 1953): they must leave their familiar and comfortable home. The family of rag dolls, mysteriously given life and personalities by their creator, the deceased Kate Penshaw, has lived peaceably for 40 years in Kate's home in Brocklehurst Grove. Now the Mennyms are being threatened by a proposed motorway that may take their house and others in the Grove. This crisis prompts Kate's ghost to appear to her great-nephew, Albert Pond, asking him to intervene on their behalf. The dolls' contact with humans has been, of necessity, limited; Albert is incredulous, but willing. What ensues is a totally believable series of events in which the man transports them to a country mansion that has long been vacant but is still in his family. Each of the Mennyms reacts to the move differently, and that is the strength of Waugh's writing?the characterizations are exceptionally vivid and true. Plotting is stronger and faster paced than in the first book, and children will enjoy the excitement of motorbike rides and a kidnapping as well as the family's dilemma, which is resolved in the end. A great read-aloud choice.?Connie C. Rockman, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Gr. 4^-6. In this sequel to The Mennyms (1994), a fantasy concerning an English family of life-size rag dolls, highway construction threatens the Mennyms' house, neighborhood, and quiet existence. Called upon by the ghost of his Aunt Kate, the original doll maker, a young man befriends the family and helps them weather the crisis and go on with their reclusive lives, undiscovered by the rest of humankind. Original, consistent, and convincing, the Mennym fantasies succeed in creating a sense of strangeness in the familiar world. Not every fantasy fan will take to this branch of the genre, but readers drawn to the earlier volume will certainly want to read the sequel, which is in some respects stronger than the original. Carolyn Phelan

Customer Reviews

Haley and Annie think this book is destined to be a classic!
we are twins, and usually have the same taste in books. when annie brought home this book and started reading it, she couldn't stop!!! she read the whole book in one day!! then, i tried reading it and read it all in one day! this book really keeps you on your toes. it is full of adventure and is extremely humorous. we especially liked the part when they were following Albert Pond through the wilderness, because it was full of adventure, and you never knew what was going to happen next!!! we think every person should have the oppurtunity to read this wonderful book!

Awsome! A MUST READ FOR BOOK WORMS!
I read this book before I read the prequil, The Mennyms. It didn't really matter, because this one is soooo much better and easyer(sp) to understand than the 1st one. I love my copie. I've read this book( and I'm proud ) 4 TIMES! I read the first one recently, and It was not very informative. I learned more about the Mennyms in Mennyms in the Wilderness than in The Mennyms! I'm not saying don't read The Mennyms, But this is a must read Like I said. Too Bad My Library Only Has The Mennyms and The Mennyms in the Wilderness. I am HOPING to get the rest of the Mennym books this X-mas. See Ya!

An excellent sequel (sp?) to Mennyms
Read aloud. Waugh's second book about the Mennyms, living ragdolls with all too human characteristics. This time the Mennyms lifeis threatened by the local government's plan to tear down the Grove for a new road. Albert Pond, a human relative of Aunt Kate, the dolls' creator, is drawn into their lives, with difficulty on both sides, and helps to preserve their secret. A lot of fun to read aloud (or silently). Waugh writes well; having been a teacher she recognises good writing, i suspect, and is a wonderful developer of character. There are a couple of moments in the plot where i feel it develops a little less strongly than it might -- Albert's interest in another, newfound, relative is one -- but the overall story is a delight.