The Steadfast Tin Soldier

The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Rachel Isadora
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
ISBN: 0-399-22676-1

My rating: 3 out of 5

This story about a one-legged tin soldier is a good one. The soldier gets knocked out of the windowsill and ends up going on a journey through the storm drains, the canal, and even a fish. I thought that having the soldier have only one leg did not make a difference in the story, because things probably would have ended up the same way, even if he had two. I thought it was a good thing to do this because it can show children that even though someone may only have one leg, they can still do things just as well as those with two.

The only part I did not like about this book was the end of the story. It looks as if all is going well when, all of a sudden, the soldier gets knocked into the stove. I feel that this was not really needed and it seems as if it was just added onto the end just to have a different ending than you expect. If this ending had not occurred, I would have like this book much more.

Overall, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” is just an alright book that I would not go out of my way to obtain for my library.