This is a very sweet book that encourages you to hunker down with your kids and drink hot chocolate while you enjoy the story. It also has plenty of humor and action as a young boy's toys try to save him from his illness by retreiving his father's old teddy bear from the wilds of the attic. The boy is near death's door and the father is missing and at war, so there are some very sad and anxious moments, but the toys save the day and all is well in the end!