The Daily Mail (London, England), April 30th, 2004
Byline: AMBER PEARSON
AS A child, I secretly suspected that the moment I closed my bedroom door behind me, my toys would spring to life (only to hurriedly return to their places when I walked back in).
I can't have been alone in this belief, as not only is it the premise upon which Disney's Toy Story was based but, before that, it was the starting point for a thrilling series of novels by Lynne Reid Banks.
The Indian In The Cupboard, the first in the series, was written in 1981 and was an instant success, selling well over ten million copies worldwide.
Banks, who was born in London in 19...
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