Doll Fiction for Young Readers
Discover enchanting doll fiction books for young readers! Explore magical stories and adventures with beloved doll characters perfect for kids' imaginations.
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The Story of Holly and Ivy
by Rumer Godden
Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a lonely couple and a doll named Holly.
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The Doll's House
by Rumer Godden
The activities, sorrows, and joys of a family of dolls living in an old doll house are related from the dolls' point of view.
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The Best-Loved Doll
by Rebecca Caudill
For a doll contest at a party, a little girl chooses to enter a doll that seems least likely to win a prize.
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Raggedy Ann Stories
by Johnny Gruelle
Since Raggedy Ann first appeared in print in 1918, she has charmed millions of readers with her always warm and optimistic outlook and calm approach to difficulties. Now she returns to delight a new generation in this carefully produced reissue, which restores the book to its original appearance. All the original stories are here, as Raggedy Ann comes to Marcella's nursery and quickly becomes the leader of the dolls. After learning a lesson from a naughty raid on the pantry, Raggedy Ann's adventures show her striving to be good -- and succeeding. She and the other dolls rescue Fido, the family dog, from the dogcatcher. When, in one adventure, Raggedy Ann has to have her stuffing replaced, she gets her famous "I LOVE YOU" candy heart. Raggedy Ann also goes up in a kite, teaches two new dolls to be tolerant, and shares the excitement of a baby brother for Marcella, among several other tales. Johnny Gruelle's delicate illustrations are the perfect companions to the well-loved stories in this American classic, the only edition authorized by the Gruelle family. A brief biography of the author-artist by his grandson, Kim Gruelle, makes this edition especially valuable.
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The Doll in the Garden
by Mary Downing Hahn
Ten-year-old Ashley follows a kitten through an opening in the hedge; into a garden she has been warned never to go to.
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Miss Hickory
by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.
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Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
by Rumer Godden
When orphan Nona Fells goes to England to live with her aunt's family, she is homesick for the India she left behind. But when two dainty Japanese dolls arrive at Nona's doorstep, everything begins to change.
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Hitty Her First Hundred Years
by Rachel Field
Hitty is a doll of great charm and character. It is indeed a privilege to publish her memoirs, which, besides being full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal her delightful personality. One glance at her portrait will show that she is no ordinary doll. Hitty, or Mehitable as she was really named, was made in the early 1800s for Phoebe Preble, a little girl from Maine. Young Phoebe was very proud of her beautiful doll and took her everywhere, even on a long sailing trip in a whaler. This is the story of Hitty's years with Phoebe, and the many that follow in the life of a well-loved doll.
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Among the Dolls
by William Sleator
Vicky is disappointed in her birthday gift of a dollhouse, but she experiences real terror when she is drawn into the house and the lives of its malicious inhabitants.
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The Doll People
by Ann M. M. Martin
Annabelle Doll is eight years old-she has been for more than a hundred years. Not a lot has happened to her, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll family, day after day, year after year. . . until one day the Funcrafts move in.
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Big Susan
by Elizabeth Orton Jones
After six weeks of neglect, a family of dolls comes to life on Christmas Eve wondering if they will have a tree or gifts this year from the girl who normally takes such good care of them.
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Magic Elizabeth
by Norma Kassirer
An eight-year-old girl is transported into the past while looking for a lost doll in her aunt's memory chest.
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Lady Daisy
by Dick King-Smith
Nine-year-old Ned faces a lot of teasing when he decides to keep a Victorian doll that speaks only to him.
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Racketty-Packetty House and Other Stories
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A collection of short stories, including "The Story of Prince Fairyfoot," "The Proud Little Grain of Wheat," and "Behind the White Brick."
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Yesterday's Doll
by Cora Taylor
Meg's Great Great Grandmother's doll is handed down to her, and she learns that it can transport her through time. 8-11yrs.
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When the Dolls Woke
by Marjorie Stover
The intertwined lives of a human and a doll family and a dollhouse that Gail receives from Great-Great-Aunt Abigail.
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Midnight in the Dollhouse
by Marjorie Stover
A family of dolls helps their young owner, who has been left lame by an accident, find a clue to hidden treasure.
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Mindy's Mysterious Miniature
by Jane Louise Curry
A young girl finds an old dollhouse with unsuspected magic powers.
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Henriette
by Tracy Friedman
Henriette the doll has never been outside on her own. Somehow she will get to Atlanta and find the orphanage where Amanda is staying.
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The Witch Doll
by Helen Axford Morgan
Linda tries to find out the truth about her doll's evil presence and terrifying past before it is too late.
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The Dollhouse Caper
by Jean S. O'Connell
The roughly handled Dollhouse family, uncomfortably aware that they may soon be discarded, must find a way to warn their Humans of an impending full-scale burglary.
