The Mystery of the Cupboard

I know this is a children's book and I know it is the fourth in a well-worn series, but goodness, I started it this morning and finished it this afternoon: Lynne Reid Banks is such a compelling writer! Her style doesn't grate, her characterisation of Omri and his brothers is spot on, and I just love......more

Omri finally discovers the complex history of the cupboard which has the ability to bring plastic figures to life in this fourth book in the series. His parents decide to move to the country. At first he's appalled that they would uproot the family just because this mother has inherited a cottage fro......more

The 4th book in the series, and it was just as riveting as all the rest! It explained about the cupboard, the key, and the magic. One of my all time favorite series!......more

At last, after over a year, I'm finished! It was good. I'm always excited to meet new little people from different eras, and there were some good ones in here. The story of how Omri's great-great-aunt and first-cousin-twice-removed created the magical key and cupboard together was very far-fetched,......more

I enjoyed this much more than I expected to. I think children's books used to be written more carefully and complexly even as recently as the 90s. Considering it was the fourth in a series (the first was even made into a movie) I really wasn't expecting much. Omri and his family are relatively believ......more