The Doll Shop Downstairs
Title | The Doll Shop Downstairs PDF eBook |
Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2011-08-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1101543450 |
Nine year old Anna and her sisters like helping out in their parents' doll repair shop, because once their chores are done, the fun can begin. The girls are allowed to play carefully with the dolls until they're fixed and ready to be returned to their owners. But when World War I begins, and an embargo on German-made goods threatens to put the shop out of business, it's up to Anna to come up with an idea to save the day.
The Cats in the Doll Shop
Title | The Cats in the Doll Shop PDF eBook |
Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2011-11-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1101548118 |
When Anna spots a cat in the yard behind her parents' doll shop, she is excited. Then she realizes the cat is about to have kittens--even better! And Anna has something else to look forward to: her cousin Tania is coming from Russia to stay with Anna's family. Anna already has two sisters, but she and Tania are the exact same age--eleven--and she imagines they will get along perfectly. But Tania doesn't respond to Anna's friendly overtures, and her sisters don't seem to like Tania at all. Luckily, Anna finds a creative way to use her love of dolls and cats to bring everyone together.
The Doll with the Yellow Star
Title | The Doll with the Yellow Star PDF eBook |
Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company BYR Paperbacks |
Pages | 78 |
Release | 2016-01-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1250110289 |
A tender story about the power of love in the face of loss Nine-year-old Claudine doesn't want to leave her much-loved home in France to go live in America, not without her parents. But she knows about the shortages, about the yellow stars Jews must wear, and about Adolf Hitler. And she knows that there are some things she needs to do even when she doesn't want to. It's wartime, and there is much that is different now. There are more things that Claudine will lose to this terrible war. But not everything that is lost must be lost forever. Here is a moving story about lost and found lives, and the healing power of love.
The Dollhouse Magic
Title | The Dollhouse Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2000-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780805064643 |
During the Depression, intrigued by the beautiful dollhouse they see in a house window, sisters Lila and Jane befriend its elderly owner and ultimately have a very different Christmas.
The Store-bought Doll
Title | The Store-bought Doll PDF eBook |
Author | Lois Meyer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Dolls |
ISBN | 9780307020444 |
Christina receives her first store-bought doll and finds her old rag doll superior in a number of ways.
The Hand-Me Down Doll
Title | The Hand-Me Down Doll PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Kroll |
Publisher | Two Lions |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-01-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781662522680 |
A lonely doll without a name endures a series of terrible misfortunes before she finally finds someone to love her.
Dolls in the Attic
Title | Dolls in the Attic PDF eBook |
Author | Dina Sprenger |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2015-04-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1504903862 |
The muddied jeep flew off the cliff and Chancey floated above questioning if Rake meant to kill her. Chancey Coolidge, a forty something stay-at-home mom, trades in her dream for fame and fortune in exchange for her perception of the American dream. Struggling to be noticed by her husband, she ponders her purpose in life, and volunteers at the Humane Society, hopeful her encounter there will prove to be more fulfilling than her relationship with her husband. In search of companionship, she meets Rake, twenty years her junior, and forms a connection she never knew two souls could share. Bonded by their views on life and death, Chancey begins an affair that can only end one way. On the eve of her passing her husband discovers her poetry, revealing her inner most thoughts and feelings. Mortified her secrets are revealed, her journey as an angel flourishes while nine dolls, tucked away in attics, come to life, as symbols of the abuse and torture Chancey experienced as a child. She relives her pain and torment through these dolls and finally realizes what love truly looks like. While her spirit begins to make amends to her husband, the nine dolls become one.