“Eight dolls.” “Eight,” Anabelle repeated. Genre: Realistic, Children’s Mama sighed. Rating: 5/5 Recommended Age Range: 8+ Warnings: None. It’s a simple book, but it’s a delightful one, chock-full of beautiful illustrations and virtues. Bravery, friendship, and perseverance are heavily emphasized as Annabelle and Tiffany look for Aunt Sarah. And the book’s simplicity isn’t a bad thing. Why is it so long again?” But then that wonderful thing happened-like with Tom’s Midnight Garden-where I went into the book expecting it to be a bit tedious because the simplicity of the plot doesn’t seem to warrant the length of the book, but then was fully immersed in the world and the characters and the delightful adventures of Annabelle and Tiffany. When I first started reading the book, I thought, “Oh, yeah, this book is entirely about finding Aunt Sarah. The illustrations are delightful and the story itself, simple as it is, is charming. It reminds me of a cross between Toy Story and The Borrowers. I read this book I don’t know how many times when I was younger (and even as I type this my roommate just told me, “Oh, man, The Doll People? I loved that book when I was younger!”). Not a lot has happened to her, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll people, day after day, year after year…until one day the Funcrafts move in. Annabelle Doll is eight years old-she has been for more than a hundred years. Martin and Laura Godwin, was published in 2000 by Hyperion.
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