dolls

Nettie Jo desperately needs a needle to sew a new dress for her beloved doll, but the three animals she helps during her search do not seem inclined to give her their assistance in return.

The Mennyms, a family of life-size rag dolls living in a house in England and pretending to be human, see their peaceful existence threatened when the owner of the house announces he is coming from Australia for a visit.

Twelve-year-old Petunia is used to living in the shadow of her fourteen-year-old half-sister, Ava, their mother's favorite, but now that the whole family has moved to Paris for a year, Pet finds herself stepping into the light, making new friends, uncovering secrets, and, inspired by the classic French dolls she has found, revealing an unexpected talent for designing dresses--and her beautiful sister does not take it well.

Inspired by traditional Japanese dolls, this story introduces readers to the Kokeshis' kimonos and hair-dos as well as Japanese culture. Contains die-cut pages, flaps and gatefolds.

Things go awry when Annabelle, a fragile, timid porcelain doll who lies in a Victorian dollhouse, tries to share some of her Christmas traditions with best friend Tiffany, a sturdy, adventurous plastic doll who lives in a modern dollhouse.

As Christmas approaches, Edith knits a muffler as a gift for Mr. Bear and gets upset when it turns out too long--but soon she arrives at a grand solution to this problem.

Barbie and Kelly look at photographs of Barbie's ballet performances.

Although her family's prosperity brings her increasingly nicer dolls as Christmas gifts, Rebecca is most fond of her gingerbread doll because it was made from love.

Cassidy, feeling left out at Ghostville Elementary, finds a creepy old doll that even the ghosts seem to be afraid of, and soon realizes she has the power to learn ghostly secrets.

Nancy and her friends watch the principal dig up the school's time capsule, buried over thirty years ago, but when an important vintage doll is discovered missing from the capsule, the Clue Crew is called in to investigate.