A doll named Fannie belongs to an Irish girl named Molly, who emigrates to New York with her father after her mother dies in the Irish potato famine. When her father is killed in an accident, Molly is sent on a train to Salisbury, North Carolina, where she is adopted by a widow. Fannie witnesses Molly's life as she grows up and has a daughter of her own.
All Fanny wants in the world is a Connie doll, but Mom says "NO!" But no one ever said she couldn't make one instead! With some scissors, glue, and her craft box in hand, Fanny sets out to replicate Connie, but it's Annabelle who is the result of her efforts. A little lopsided and a little unkempt, Annabelle turns out to be the companion Fanny has always wanted. Though at first her friends turn up their noses, in the end everyone learns that using your imagination and working with your own two hands can result in the best toy of all!
A big-hearted coming-of-age debut set in civil rights-era New Orleans—a novel of Southern eccentricity and secrets When Ibby Bell’s father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother Fannie and throws in her father’s urn for good measure. Fannie’s New Orleans house is like no place Ibby has ever been—and Fannie, who has a tendency to end up in the local asylum—is like no one she has ever met. Fortunately, Fannie’s black cook, Queenie, and her smart-mouthed daughter, Dollbaby, take it upon themselves to initiate Ibby into the ways of the South, both its grand traditions and its darkest secrets. For Fannie’s own family history is fraught with tragedy, hidden behind the closed rooms in her ornate Uptown mansion. It will take Ibby’s arrival to begin to unlock the mysteries there. And it will take Queenie and Dollbaby’s hard-won wisdom to show Ibby that family can sometimes be found in the least expected places. For fans of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt and The Help, Dollbaby brings to life the charm and unrest of 1960s New Orleans through the eyes of a young girl learning to understand race for the first time. By turns uplifting and funny, poignant and full of verve, Dollbaby is a novel readers will take to their hearts.
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Examines the author's sudden end to her lucrative writing career in a study that sheds light on both Sanford's career and the domestic lives of women in the 1920s and 1930s.
From the bonds of love, encouragement, and more, the collection of stories in “The World Has Many Wonders for the Eyes to See and explore” offers many lessons for young readers. In the title story, A Dog Name Hazel, a young man finds a dog and takes steps to alert his community he found a missing dog. The story Dianne and Fanny, A young girl doll is missing. The parents take steps to find out the reason for its disappearance. The story Antoine and Edwin, two brothers, remember the times they shared with their friends living in a community in Dallas, Texas. The story Kate and Shondra, two perfect strangers grow to love one another as if they were sisters. In the story Peter and Mr. Blake, a young man is willing to be obedient and learn how to be responsible. He is blessed to be around people who want to pour out blessings after blessings. In the story James and Derrick, sometimes you can miss out on great possibilities if you only take the actions to inquire about your interests and desires. In the story, Mickey learns his lesson, if your parents’ shares beware conversations with you, do not brush it off. It could come to pass.
