Starving artists, RENT, Indian in the Cupboard

[Scott]

Laurin wrote:
"Actually, for his ninth birthday, I bought my nephew
all of the Indian in the Cupboard books (4), and he
loved them!  Then he used his allowance money to buy
the movie and insisted I watch it with him.  It really
was very well done, in spite of losing its British
setting.  It retained the moral struggle the boys went
through over their responsibility to these tiny
creatures who were not just toys, but real people with
real lives.  Oddly, in retrospect, Omri reminds me of
Harry, and Patrick of Ron..."

--There were four? I only remember reading two, but I might have read 
them all. "The Indian in the Cupboard" and...and...I can't remember 
the title "The mystery of the Cupboard" maybe? It was the one where 
the figure of the woman was some relation to him, and it was about 
time travel and she- I don't want to give it away if anyone ever 
reads it.

As a kid I had hundreds of those little figurine things, and so I 
*loved* to dream of making them come to life. 

Scott