Part of the popular Famous series, Famous Dolls celebrates dolls in film, TV, cartoons, books, comics and comic strips, as well as toys such as Hamble in Playschool. It also explores the world of celebrity dolls including stars such as Shirley Temple and Mae West, pop star dolls including Michael Jackson and Cher, and dolls representing royalty. Written by leading doll expert, Susan Brewer, the author of British Dolls in the 1950s and British Dolls...

Of Smoke and Sand deals with the lives and events surrounding the fictional Badaraque Plantation in Baldwin County Alabama beginning in 1835 until falling victim to the Civil War. There is travel by three masted schooner from Philadelphia to New Orleans and by steamboat to St. Louis. A train ride then takes us to the Black Hills of Montana, which concludes the book. It was early a time of wealth and peace, but also a later time of great violence....

Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.

From the writer of The Secret Garden and A Little Princess comes the story of how Queen Crosspatch and her band of fairies help to save the Racketty-Packetty House. With classic illustrations by Harrison Cady, "Racketty-Packetty House" is Frances Hodgson Burnett's whimsical tale of wonder with a positive message that will enchant and delight young readers.

A child, a doll, and an adult go for a walk on the beach one late afternoon of a cold winter day, before heading home to dinner and a bedtime story.

"A Council of Dolls is the moving and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award-winning Sioux author Mona Susan Power, spanning four generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day"--

The last and final installment of the series, this volume has over 850 pictures covering over 35 categories, with some of the larger and more popular toy lines from the decade included within. Star Wars (Includes foreign releases), Stretch Armstrong, Sunshine Family, Super Jrs., Tree Tots, Viewmaster, Weebles, Wizard of Oz, Wonder Woman, World's Greatest Super-Heroes by Mego, and MANY more! This book, along with the others in the series, will help...

Create dolls with personality from head to toe with tips from the self-taught artist, weaver, woodworker, and author of Needle Felting. A step-by-step visual guide to making a lighthearted and charming collectible for the doll-lovers you know! Bring these endearing characters to life with patterns you can personalize for a chef, gardener, knitter, mother, scrapbooker, shopper, or lover of all things handmade. Learn face-painting techniques that make...

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.

Bear is the storyteller. He tells us about his new friend and how he offers him encouragement and support with his big bear smile. When Bear loses his friend, his newfound bear friends bring comfort to his heart.