Secrets from the Dollhouse

by Ann Turner

Book Overview

Emma and her family are wooden dolls living inside a dollhouse. When the boy and girl who play with them are not around, the dolls can move -- a little. But Emma is tired of her small world and wishes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060245646
• ISBN13: 9780060245641
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Somewhat disappointing

I bought this book without taking a good look at the illustrations. I wish I'd peered closer. As a fan of antique wooden dolls, I was excited to find a children's story that features wooden dollhouse dolls. However, the illustrations are generic, so that they could be plastic dolls or china dolls and the reader would never tell the difference. I prefer the realism given to "the Doll's House" by Rumer Godden, where the wooden doll *looks* like a wooden doll. This has cute poetry, but I would have prefered more realism in the illustrations.

Excellent read aloud book for the classroom!

As a fourth grade teacher, I have found this book to be an excellent assest to my classroom library. Strong settting and character development allows this story to be a valuable tool in teaching the basics parts of a good story. My students and I read it over and over!