The original Toy Story wasn’t the only 1995 family film about toys coming to life. The Indian in the Cupboard (streaming on Netflix and available to rent on Amazon) is worth a look. Adapted by E.T.

Lynne Reid Banks, pictured in 1956: in 1963 she decided to go and live on a kibbutz and (though she was not Jewish) to devote herself to the cause of Zionism - Mirrorpix Lynne Reid Banks, the writer, ...

A scene from Frank Oz's film of The Indian in the Cupboard The recent death of the author Lynne Reid Banks, at the remarkable age of 94, has led to the usual outpouring of tributes for any well-known ...

Lynne Reid Banks, a versatile British author who began her writing career with the bestselling feminist novel “The L-Shaped Room” but found her biggest success with the popular children’s book “The ...

Introduction. The study of Hollywood's Indian: still on a scholarly frontier? / Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor -- Absurd reality II: Hollywood goes to the Indians / Ted Jojola -- The white ...

Lynne Reid Banks, a British writer whose best-selling, sometimes contested works ranged from the feminist novel “The L-Shaped Room” to “The Indian in the Cupboard” and its sequels, a chapter-book ...