Title: An excellent sequel (sp?) to Mennyms
Product review: 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.
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