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Hitty, her first hundred years

1957
Hitty, a doll carved from mountain ash in the nineteenth century, has many adventures as she travels around the world with different owners.

Baba Yaga & the wise doll

a traditional Russian folktale
1998
A little girl called Too Nice is sent by her playmates, Horrid and Very Horrid, to Baba Yaga the witch's hut to bring back a magical toad. Too Nice's doll, a gift from her mother, helps her on her mission.

Yours affectionately, Peter Rabbit

miniature letters
1983
Letters to and from Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, and other Beatrix Potter characters extend invitations to tea and record such events as the ousting of Samuel Whiskers from Farmer Potatoes' barn.

Dollmaker

the eyelight and the shadow
1981
Examines the process of making a sculpted head portrait doll from mold to costuming in the studio of a master dollmaker.

Mennyms alone

1998
Seventy-year-old Sir Magnus, grandfather of a family of life-size rag dolls living in a house in England and pretending to be human, has a premonition that all of them will soon die and that they will return to being lifeless and useless.

The wobbly wand

2005
A story designed to strengthen children's speaking and listening skills, in which a fairy doll tries to use her magic wand to keep the other toys from waking the children with their noise.

Edith & Mr. Bear

1964
Edith, a doll, feels bad when she breaks Mr. Bear's clock.

My first Raggedy Ann

Raggedy Ann's wishing pebble
2002
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy finally recover the magical wishing pebble which had been stolen from them.

The mouse family

2000
The Mouse family's pantry is bare, so Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy, and their friends come to the rescue by making a trip to the kitchen in the middle of the night.

Through the doll's house door

1991
Two girls lose interest in playing with their doll house after moving from London to Wales but the dolls in the house amuse themselves by telling stories about their exciting pasts.

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