It’s such a cute little story that everyone can identify with. Nope, these appliances do NOT accept their fate! They're calling the shots now!Īfter everything they go through to find their master, it ends, appropriately, like a fairytale.

It’s adorable!īut first they have to survive the pirates! People who steal appliances from their rightful owners and force them to do their bidding instead! And when the radio is held hostage by a pirate in the junkyard, they will have to break a couple rules to free him. Toaster wants to give its all to its master, and just thinking of toasting a perfect english muffin for him fills the toaster with glee. The way it’s described made me feel the toaster's joy, feel its hope. One of my favorite details is the description of the toaster taking time out to be by itself and toast pretend pieces of bread, since it lacks real bread or english muffins. For example, the blanket is not too friendly with the air conditioner because the blanket doesn’t have any good feelings for an appliance whose function is to make things colder. Each appliance sees the world a little different.

It imbues appliances with hopes, dreams, and even fears, all related in some way to their function.

It loosely creates the world of the inanimate objects. It never explains itself, which encourages us to accept it and move on. It just takes for granted that appliances come to life when people aren't looking. It’s written like Bambi and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and the old-style children’s story format makes it seem more authentic. They take matters into their own hands, all thanks to the toaster who pushes them out the door. They love their master, and they're not going to believe they've been abandoned. Most appliances just sit alone and accept their fate, but not them. These ordinary household appliances are in the forest on a journey to find their master. Think Homeward Bound, but with a toaster, a hoover, an electric blanket, a radio and a lamp. Written with all the formality and eloquence of a children’s book from the nineteenth century, The Brave Little Toaster is the story about five appliances in a remote, abandoned cabin who travel across the forest to find their master.

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