Dress a pert miss in charming, authentic 19th-century fashions: pleated party dress, calico day dress, lace-trimmed day suit with velvet jacket, several more. 1 doll, 8 full-color costume plates.

Ever wonder what little girls wore 100 years ago? Twenty-four reusable stickers let you dress a little Victorian girl in dresses, bonnets, and all the proper accessories. 1 doll — printed on inside back cover — plus 24 full-color stickers.

These two-in-one volumes feature the first two books in four of the most popular and well-reviewed Ready-for-Chapters series published by Aladdin. Illustrations.

4 mouse dolls plus costumes for Midsummer Eve's Ball, visiting a castle, first day of school, holidays, more. Numerous accessories.

Paper dolls might seem the height of simplicity--quaint but simple toys, nothing more. But through the centuries paper figures have reflected religious and political beliefs, notions of womanhood, motherhood and family, the dictates of fashion, approaches to education, individual self-image and self-esteem, and ideas about death. This book examines paper dolls and their symbolism--from icons made by priests in ancient China to printable Kim Kardashians on the Internet--to show how these ephemeral objects have an enduring and sometimes surprising presence in history and culture.

Collectors and non-collectors will experience the passion for collecting dolls in Ms. Garrett's second, FULL COLOR, black-doll reference book, which is a comprehensive celebration with up-to-date values of over 1000 vintage-to-modern black dolls. Doll genres celebrated, referenced, and valued include early dolls and memorabilia, cloth, fashion, manufactured, artist, one-of-a-kind, celebrity, and paper dolls. `A to Z Tips on Collecting,¿ `Doll Creativity,¿ and loads of `Added Extras¿ will entertain, enlighten, excite, and encourage the most discriminating collector. Readers will experience five years of the author's continuous and extensive doll research combined with nearly 20 years of doll-collecting experience. Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion, is an informative, must-have reference for any doll collector¿s library.

Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer Thomson, accompanied by texts offering sharply drawn vignettes of laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and more.