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Author: Krystyna Poray Goddu
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-10
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0805072578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfiles five of the women behind the most important dolls of the past century, and introduces six women making dolls today.
Author: R. M. Romero
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2017-09-12
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1524715417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the vein of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Number the Stars, this fusion of fairy tales, folklore, and World War II history eloquently illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times. In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Kraków, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past. The Dollmaker has learned to keep to himself, but Karolina’s courageous and compassionate manner lead him to smile and to even befriend a violin-playing father and his daughter—that is, once the Dollmaker gets over the shock of realizing a doll is speaking to him. But their newfound happiness is dashed when Nazi soldiers descend upon Poland. Karolina and the Dollmaker quickly realize that their Jewish friends are in grave danger, and they are determined to help save them, no matter what the risks.
Author: Harriette Arnow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-10-12
Total Pages: 691
ISBN-13: 1439164517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dollmaker was originally published in 1954 to immediate success and critical acclaim. In unadorned and powerful prose, Harriette Arnow tells the unforgettable and heartbreaking story of the Nevels family and their quest to preserve their deep-rooted values amidst the turmoil of war and industrialization. When Gertie Nevels, a strong and self-reliant matriarch, follows her husband to Detroit from their countryside home in Kentucky, she learns she will have to fight desperately to keep her family together. A sprawling book full of vividly drawn characters and masterful scenes, The Dollmaker is a passionate tribute to a woman's love for her children and the land.
Author: Krystyna Poray Goddu
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2004-10-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1429925728
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Dolls are not a luxury. They are as necessary to a child's life as a loaf of bread . . . What a doll does for a little girl is develop her capacity to love others and herself." -Madame Alexander A wonderful offering for young doll enthusiasts and women's history buffs alike This fascinating book tells the stories of courageous dollmakers, all of whom were-and continue to be-filled with passion, vision, and determination. They are the unsung heroines behind some of the most important dolls of the last hundred years-such as Barbie (Ruth Handler) and Madame Alexander's collection (Beatrice Alexander). Entrepreneurs and feminists of their time, these strong women displayed both creative genius and astute business acumen, serving as excellent role models for today's young female readers.
Author: Nina Allan
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1590519930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Advocate and Tor.com A love story of two very real, unusual people, and a novel rich with wonders that shines a radically different light on society's marginal figures. Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to be trapped; and as they knit closer together, he weaves a curious plan to rescue her. On his journey through the old towns of England he reads the fairytales of Ewa Chaplin—potent, eldritch stories which, like her lifelike dolls, pluck at the edges of reality and thread their way into his mind. When Andrew and Bramber meet at last, they will have a choice—to remain alone with their painful pasts or break free and, unlike their dolls, come to life.
Author: Jenny Doh
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781454702498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrates stitched doll art by providing full-sized templates for twenty-three human, animal, and creature doll projects, and features artist profiles, studio photographs, and descriptions of signature techniques.
Author: M. B. Goffstein
Publisher: Sunburst
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780374427405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGoldie, the dollmaker, created each doll with great love and sincerity, and the pleasure from this and her acquisition of a lamp whose maker was equally careful made her poverty and loneliness bearable.
Author: Kirby Larson
Publisher: Yearling
Published: 2012-05-08
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0375850899
DOWNLOAD EBOOKI am Miss Kanagawa. In 1927, my 57 doll-sisters and I were sent from Japan to America as Ambassadors of Friendship. Our work wasn't all peach blossoms and tea cakes. My story will take you from New York to Oregon, during the Great Depression. Though few in this tale are as fascinating as I, their stories won't be an unpleasant diversion. You will make the acquaintance of Bunny, bent on revenge; Lois, with her head in the clouds; Willie Mae, who not only awakened my heart, but broke it; and Lucy, a friend so dear, not even war could part us. I have put this tale to paper because from those 58 Friendship Dolls only 45 remain. I know that someone who chooses this book is capable of solving the mystery of the missing sisters. Perhaps that someone is you.
Author: Mary Burton
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781503938441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr. Tessa McGowan teams up with her estranged husband to find out who's kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble life-size dolls.
Author: Louise Fecher
Publisher: Reverie Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781932485189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince making her first doll in 1989, artist Nancy Wiley has earned recognition and accolades both within and outside of the doll field. Her stylise and imaginative figures have been featured in magazines such as 'Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion', 'In Style' and 'George', as well as all the major doll-making publications. The book showcases 85 of the Nancy Wiley's dolls in full colour photos, organised by theme and presented with insightful commentaries from the artist, and includes a step-by-step photo essay that demonstrates the development of one doll from start to finish. The collection includes several pieces created for debut at the artist's one-woman show held in Iowa in 2004. The author is a long time writer and researcher in the field of contemporary artist dolls and has extensively interviewed Ms Wiley's family, friends, colleagues and critics to create an engaging biographical profile that traces the evolution of this dynamic artist.
