Annabelle and her family belong to an 8-year-old girl named Kate Palmer, having previously been owned by Kate's great-grandmother Gertrude when she was born in 1898, later her grandmother Katherine, then her mother Annie. The book is set in the present time period and is told in the third person. This children's tale is about a doll made of china named Annabelle, who has existed for more than one hundred years. Others in the series include The Meanest Doll in the World, The Runaway Dolls, The Doll People Set Sail, and The Doll People's Christmas (picture book) Plot introduction

A doll made from china and her new best friend made of plastic try to find her aunt that long ago went on an adventure and never came back.

It tells a story about the imaginary world of dolls when no one is watching. It is illustrated by Brian Selznick, the author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Martin and Laura Godwin, first published in 2000. *this is tagged Canadian author because Laura Godwin was born and raised in Alberta, Canada, though she now resides in the US.The Doll People is a children's novel written by Ann M. I wish I had daughters to read this too, but I, who am well past Grade 6 age, loved the story and will read the next two books in the series.īut I do deserve a slap on the hand for starting a new series! Edited to add: I just found out this book won the Maud Hart Lovelace Award so it qualifies for one of my challenges!!! Now I don't deserve a slapped hand anymore. Highly recommended for Grades 4 to 6, or as a read aloud for youngers. Brian Selznick's illustration bring the characters and setting to life as they decorate every third or forth page and sometimes the text stops for a whole two page spread illustration. The characters are simply charming and this is really a wonderful, fun, adventurous story to read.

This book was pure delight! It was very reminiscent to me of The Borrowers, though the little people here are dollhouse dolls. The Dolls now have some fun neighbours and Annabelle finds a friend with the Funcraft Family. Along her searches she finds another doll family that has come to live with the youngest daughter of the family. Forty-five years ago Auntie Sarah simply disappeared and no one speaks of her anymore but Annabelle Doll finds Auntie Sarah's secret journal and decides she will leave the house and start to search for her.

It had been forty-five years since Annabelle Doll had last seen Auntie Sarah.Ĭomments: The Doll Family has lived at 26 Wetherby Lane for 100 years being passed down from mother to daughter all these years. But, I was at the library and saw book 3 of this series on display and it sent me running to find the first book. I was not going to start any new series unless they were associated with my arc reading. Reason for Reading: I've already broken a new year's reading resolution with this book.

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