the indian in the cupboard by lynne reid banks

But this, too, was a good message to pass on. I was much more messed up how Omri had this little life in his hands, but it took him such a long time before he sent the little people back to their own time. That message feels kind of not racist to me and something that we can still learn from. We are all human and that we can all get along. Also, the whole message of this book was about being ignorant of a certain type or types of person/ people and then learning about them, their culture, and realizing that you are all the same. You know how sometimes, society thinks that just because it’s an older era, that everyone from that time must not have been as smart or “good” as we are in our current era? I felt like it was more that sort of thing going on.

I think people might have been a little too quick to jump on this book for being racist. There are some stereotypes for sure, for the Native American AND the cowboy… mostly with the way they both talked. I don’t necessarily feel that this was uber racist. Looking at some other people’s reviews, more then a few of them thought it was an extremely racist book. I was afraid it was going to be horribly racist by 2019 standards. I’ll be honest, I was a little wary when I went to re-read this story. I originally read this in the early 90s when I was in elementary school. My edition is a hardback, large print edition from the Library, 213 pages. Book # 1 in the Indian in the Cupboard series. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks.

But when he puts it in his old cupboard and turns the key, something extraordinary happens that will change Omri’s life for ever.įor Little Bear, the Iroquois Indian brave, comes to life… At first, Omri is unimpressed with the plastic Indian toy he is given for his birthday.

The indian in the cupboard by lynne reid banks