About this title: A family of dolls has lived in the same house for 100 years. Feeling restless, Annabelle, the 8-year-old daughter doll, decides to solve a family mystery and discover what happened to her Auntie Sarah who disappeared 45 years ago. Now exploring the world outside the dollhouse for the first time, Annabelle encounters the Funcraft family, another, more modern, family of dolls. Named one the Best Children's Books 2000 by Publishers Weekly.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780786812400ISBN:0786812400
Description: Selznick, Brian. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. No rips or tears in book or bind. No writing. SMOKE FREE. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Fine. 0439329078 Excellent condition Soft cover book, clean pages, No creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Selznick, Brian. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Some minor edgewear to the cover.1stScholastics Printing. Library binding. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780439056489ISBN:0439056489
Description: Good. A couple small corner creases on bright, clean cover; spine uncreased and solid; ink name inside front cover; bright, unmarked, uncreased pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780786812400ISBN:0786812400
Description: Selznick, Brian. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (Cf) Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Listening Library
Date Published: 2001-06
ISBN-13:9780807205129ISBN:0807205125
Description: Good. Ex library copy. May have a clear plastic book cover, library stamps, catalog numbers, stickers or other markings. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
"I enjoyed listening to this low fantasy story about personified toys. Annabelle Doll and her family of china dolls have lived a happy, yet somewhat boring, life for over one hundred years in their doll house. Annabelle, the most curious of the all wants to find out what happened to her Aunt Sarah, who vanished almost fifty years ago, and is determined to find her even if it means leaving their home and risking the chance of being seen out of place by the humans who own them. Adding to the excitement is a new modern doll family made completely of plastic that moves into the next room. Narrator Lynn Redgrave brings the Dolls Family to life giving each a different voice. A good choice for independent reading time. Grades 2-5"
"Doll people is a fantastic book that explores the adventures of Annabelle the doll and her secret life. Annabelle keeps us in suspense as she dabbles in some dangerous business and threatens her own "permanent doll state."
I literally could not put this put down as I read it. I have always been a huge fan of Ann Martin, but this collaboratively written novel is an excellent new tale. It enlightened me to a new style of writing that I had never read from Ann Martin before (I read the whole babysitters series). I loved the clever use of personified toys and feel like so many of my girls would really enjoy reading it. After the movie Toy Story, I think children's imaginations were heightened even more than before to the idea of toys leading a secret life. I always loved dolls as a child and feel like this book. would have really intrigued me.
"This book was fun. The illustrations were great, the story was cute and I imagine for the target audience (7-9 yo girls I imagine...) it would be a serious page turner. The concept was like "Toy Story" but taken a bit further, and the plot had mystery and adventure. I recommend if you like reading children's fiction and are looking for something besides the books you grew up reading. It would be a good read-aloud bedtime story book with kids also."
"The Doll family is over one hundred years old and has been passed down from Grandma Katherine, her daughter Annie, and her granddaughter Kate (their human family). They are made of China and are very breakable. They live in a beautiful dollhouse. One day Kate's sister, Nora, gets her own dollhouse - modern and plastic. Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft become good friends. Together they decide to try to find Annabelle's missing aunt; but they have to be careful because The Captain, the humans' cat, can cause them much harm. First book in a trilogy.
The audiobook is a fun listen and is performed by an amazing actress - Lynn Redgrave"
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