Friday, July 11, 2025

Gossip

Jolena and Billy came looking for Veronika. They found her sitting in the living room, working on a very large quilt. She has been working on it for a very long time.


"Is everything OK?" Veronika asked. "You two look upset."
"I'm so angry!" Billy cried. "I wanted to hit that doll, but I know I'm not supposed to hit anyone."
"I'm angry, too," Jolena said. "I'm even more angry, because it isn't about me, it's about you, Veronika!"
"Yes," agreed Billy, "and it isn't even true!"


Veronika put aside her quilting. "Tell me about it," she said.


"Well," Jolena began, "You know Lucy, one of the girls in our class. She has been telling everyone that you used to belong to another person."


"She said that the other person sold you because you were naughty!" Billy added.
Veronika thought for a moment. "That's gossip," she said, "but it's partly true."


Billy and Jolena stared at Veronika. They couldn't believe the story was true.
"But you're never naughty!" Billy cried.


"You're the one who shows us how to be good dolls!" Jolena exclaimed.


"This," began Veronika, "is why gossip is so bad. Someone hears something that might be true. Then that doll tells another doll, but he or she might not remember it exactly the way it was told, or might misunderstand it, so the story changes a bit."


"I know a game that shows how this happens. Let's go get some of the other dolls, and we can play the game," Veronika suggested.


The three dolls went off into other parts of the house to find some other dolls. Each doll came back with a doll. That meant they had six dolls to play the game.


"We're going to play a game called Gossip," Veronika explained to them. "Everyone sit down."

The dolls sat in a row on the couch. 
"Now," said Veronika, "here's how we play the game. I'm going to whisper something in Billy's ear. Billy will listen carefully and whisper what I said in Jolena's ear. Jolena will whisper it to Mandy, and so on, until the message gets to Mariah. Mariah will tell us what she heard." Veronika looked around at the other dolls. "Any questions?"


"So we just whisper, so no one can hear except the person we're whispering to?" Charlotte asked.


Veronika nodded. "That's right," she agreed.

The dolls were ready to play the game. Veronika whispered in Billy's ear. "The weather will be nice today," she whispered.


Billy turned and whispered in Jolena's ear. He whispered exactly what he heard from Veronika.


Jolena whispered what she heard to Mandy.


Then Mandy whispered what she heard to Charlotte.


Charlotte whispered it to Mariah.


"OK, Mariah," Veronika said then, "what was the message? Tell us what you heard."


"I heard that we will have snow and ice today," Mariah answered. "It sure doesn't look like it to me, though. The sun is out, and it's warm!"


"That's because it isn't what I said. I said, 'The weather will be nice today,' but the message changed a little bit with each doll. Sometimes it's because we don't hear something quite the way it was said, or maybe we were expecting something a little different."

"Now I understand how a story changes," Billy said. "You said part of the story Lucy was telling is true, Veronika," Billy said. "So does that mean that someone heard that part and misunderstood the other part?" he asked.


"I don't know for sure, but it could be," Veronika replied. "The story may have gone through four or five dolls before it got to Lucy. Here's the true part: I used to belong to a very nice man. He had several dolls. He made pretty things for us to wear and we modeled them. We wore the dresses and sweaters, and he took photos of us."


"It was a hobby," Veronika went on. "After a while, he decided his dolls weren't getting enough attention, so he sold all of the dolls except one to other people. I was one of the ones he sold. He knew The Writer had been looking for a doll just like me, so he knew I would be happy with her."


"So it wasn't because you were naughty!" Jolena exclaimed.


"I may have been naughty at some time," Veronika explained, "but he was never angry with me, and that wasn't why I was sold."
Billy was thinking. "I can see how Lucy could get the story mixed up, but I don't understand why she has been telling that story to everyone. It seems like she wants to make you look bad," he said.


"People are like quilts," Veronika said, picking up her very large quilt. "You can see what's on the outside, but not what's inside." 


Veronika pulled up the cloth at the edge of the quilt where it wasn't sewn down yet, so they could see what was inside. It was filled with some white, fluffy stuff.


"I know what's inside the quilt," Veronika explained, "because I put it there. This is cotton batting, and it's made to go inside a quilt, but I didn't make Lucy, so I don't know what's inside her. I only know what I see on the outside. Maybe she's unhappy with who she is. Maybe she thinks she's bad and wants to think other dolls are bad, too, or maybe she did it to get attention from other dolls."


"What are you going to do about it," Charlotte asked.


"I think," Veronika said slowly, "I'll talk to Lucy when we're alone. I'll explain what actually happened to me. Then I'm going to forgive her."


"She's a doll like me," Veronika explained, "and I would want to be forgiven if I had said bad things about her. If I hate her for what she did, it would hurt me more than what she said could hurt me. Having hate in your heart hurts you."
"Dolls have hearts?" Billy asked.
"Of course dolls have hearts, Billy," Veronika exclaimed. "If you take a doll apart, you may not be able to find a heart, but it's there."
"So you do you just forget about what Lucy did?" Mariah wanted to know.


"No, you can't make yourself forget. Forgiving isn't the same as forgetting, but forgiving can take a lot of work. I will just think about how Lucy is like a quilt, and that there might be something inside her, that I can't see, that makes her the way she is. Then I will try to set a good example for her."


"It's important," Billy agreed, "for dolls to be good examples for each other, so they can be good examples for children."


"So will you tell her you forgive her?" Jolena wanted to know.
"No," Veronika answered, "not unless she asks me to. Telling her would be like saying I know she was unkind. It could make things worse. Forgiving isn't for the person who hurt you. Forgiving is something you do for yourself, so you can be nice to the person you forgive, and it makes you feel ever so much better!"


All the dolls thought about it and agreed that Veronika made sense.


"One way we can set a good example," Jolena said, "is not to gossip...ever!"


They all agreed with that, too. If you gossip, you can hurt others, even if you don't mean to.


Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London

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Friday, July 4, 2025

The Doll's Storybook Table of Contents: All the Stories with Dates and Links

                                   Table of Contents

Here are all the story titles with dates and links, in order:


1) June 22, 2018, “Little Miss Crocker and the Spider”

2) June 29, 2018, “Existing Outside the Box”

3) July 6, 2018, “What Do Dolls Do on Their Day Off? 

4) July 13, 2018, “Skiing in Summer?”

5) July 20, 2018, “A Picnic by the Lake”

6) July 27, 2018, “Insomnia”

7) August 3, 2918, “Dipping Into Art”

8) August 10, 2018, “Lemonade”

9) August 17, 2018, “The Adventures of a Busy Doll”

10) August 24, 2018, “Where dolls Come From”

11) August 31, 2018, “Reading Things”

12) September 7, 2018, “Outdoor Fun”

13) September 14, 2018, “Flying or Lying”

14) September 21, 2018, “Welcoming the Newcomer”

15) September 28, 2018, “Being Little”

16) October 5, 2018, “Why Are There Dolls?”

17) October 12, 2018, “Stars”

18) October 19, 2018, “Being Good”

19) October 26, 2018, “Scary Things”

20) November 2, 2018, “Planting Bulbs”

21) November 9, 2018, “Charlotte’s Birthday”

22) November 16, 2018, “Reading, Writing and Recycling”

23) November 23, 2018, “It’s a Boy”

24) November 30, 2018, “You Are Special”

25) December 7, 2018, “Happy Hanukkah, Charlotte!”

26) December 14, 2018, “Caroling and Dreaming”

27) December 21, 2018, “Santa Visits”

28) December 28, 2018, “Having Fun With Toys”

29) January 5, 2019, “Cousins!”

30) January 11, 2019, “Cooking Lesson”

31) January 18, 2019, “Boredom”

32) January 25, 2019, “Trouble at School”

33) February 1, 2019, “Veronika’s Birthday”

34) February 8, 2019, “Bounce or Splat?”

35) February 15, 2019, “Meeting the Elephant”

36) February 22, 2019, “Choosing and Chosen”

37) March 1, 2019, “Snow!”

38) March 8, 2019, “Soft, Warm and Fun to Make”

39) March 15, 2019, “What Dreams May Come”

40) March 22, 2019, “Need a Hobby?”

41) March 29, 2019, “A Good Turn”

42) April 5, 2019, “It’s Spring!”

43) April 12, 2019, “The Birthday Gift”

44) April 19, 2019, “Celebrations”

45) April 26, 2019, “Ups and Downs”

46) May 3, 2019, “Gossip”

47) May 10, 2019, “Going Hungry”

48) May 17, 2019, “Sunshine in the Rain”

49) May 24, 2019, “Paper Fun”

50) May 31, 2019, “A Visit to the Mesozoic”

51) June 7, 2019, “Welcoming a Stranger––A Fairy Tale”

52) June 14, 2019, “A Field Trip to the Dentist’s Office”

53) June 21, 2019, “Keeping Up With Jonesy”

54) June 28, 2019, “Myrtle the Turtle”

55) July 5, 2019, “The Philosophy of Sad Times”

56) July 12, 2019, “Fuzzy Town—A Play”

57) July 19, 2019, “Heat Wave”

58) July 26, 2019, “Veronika Sews”

59) August 2, 2019, “Ice-cream Social”

60) August 9, 2019, “Money in a Jar”

61) August 16, 2019, “An Encounter With a Wolf”

62) August 23, 2019, “On the Wing”

63) August 30, 2019, “The Spelling Test”

64) September 6, 2019, “The Last of Summer”

65) September 13, 2019, “Getting Answers”

66) September 20, 2019, “The Cruise That Didn’t Happen”

67) September 27, 2019, “Emil”

68) October 4, 2019, “Welcome Emil”

69) October 11, 2019, “Marmalade”

70) October 18, 2019, “Talking to Animals”

71) October 25, 2019, “Talents”

72) November 1, 2019, “Keeping Pets”

73) November 8, 2019, “Besties”

74) November 15, 2019, “Parts of Things”

75) November 22, 2019, “The Surprise”

76) November 29, 2019, “Gratitude”

77) December 6, 2019, “A Colorful Story”

78) December 13, 2019, “Emil’s Big Problem”

79) December 20, 2019, “And to Dolls a Good Night”

80) December 27, 2019, “Happy New Year”

81) January 3, 2020, “Together”

82) January 10, 2020, “Writing Differently”

83) January 17, 2020, “Storytime”

84) January 24, 2020, “A Different Challenge”

85) January 31, 2020, “Being Green Makes It Easy”

86) February 7, 2020, “A Baseball Game With a Strange Ending”

87) February 14, 2020, “Valentine’s Day”

88) February 21, 2020, “Twinkle, Twinkle”

89) February 28, 2020, “Rules for Success”

90) March 6, 2020, “Water, Water”

91) March 13, 2020, “Staying Well”

92) March 20, 2020, “A Letter from Ireland”

93) March 27, 2020, “While the Cat’s Away….”

94) April 3, 2020, “Playing at a Distance”

95) April 10, 2020, “Making Do”

96) April 17, 2020, “Unmasked. A Retelling of an Old Story”

97) April 24, 2020, “Beliefs and Facts”

98) May 1, 2020, “Distraction”

99) May 8, 2020, “In Bloom”

100) May 15, 2020, “Memories”

106) June 26, 2020, "A Ski Trip for Jolena?"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-ski-trip-for-jolena.html

107) July 3, 2020, "Mariah's Play"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/mariahs-play.html

108) July 10, 2020, "The Boys Cook Dinner"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-boys-cook-dinner.html

109) July 17, 2020, "The Homecoming"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-homecoming.html

110) July 24, 2020, "Courage"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/courage.html

111) July 31, 2020, "Little Billy"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/little-billy.html

112) August 7, 2020, "Getting What You Want"
http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/getting-what-you-want.html

113) August 14, 2020, "Masks"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/masks.html

114) August 21, 2020, "A Hair-raising Adventure"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-hair-raising-adventure.html

115) August 28, 2020, "A Hair-raising Adventure, Part Two"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-hair-raising-adventure-part-two.html

116) September 4, 2020, "Composing Compost"

117) September 11, 2020, "Composing Compost, Part Two"

118) September 18, 2020, "Color-blind"

119) September 25, 2020, “Fire!”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/fire.html


120) October 2, 2020, “The Interview”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-interview.html


121) October 9, 2020, “Big News”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-post.html


122) October 16, 2020, “Pippa”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-ballot.html


123) October 23, 2020, “On the Ballot”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-ballot.html


124) October 30, 2020, "Saying It Right"

125) November 6, 2020, "The Book"

126) November 13, 2020, "Apostrophes!"

127) November 20, 2020, "Good Sports"

128) November 27, 2020, "Pen Pals"

129) December 4, 2020, "What's Behind the Door?"

130) December 11, 2020, "Photo Day."

131) December 18, 2020, "A Tree Grows in the Living Room"

132) December 25, 2020, "What Did You Get?"

133) January 1, 2021, "Eight Favorite Things"

134) January 8, 2021, "Baby Doll"

135) January 15, 2021, "A Story About a Boy"

136) January 22, 2021, "This Is Who I Am!"

137) January 29, 2021, "Pippa's First Snow!"

138) February 5, 2021, "Sorry!"

139) February 12, 2021, "Valentines!"

140) February 19, 2021, "Hearing with Your Eyes"

141) February 26, 2021, "Getting Shots"

142) March 5, 2021, "The Survey"

143) March 12, 2021, "Brown Dolls?"

144) March 19, 2021, "Special Glasses"

145) March 26, 2021, "Ripples"

146) April 2, 2021, "Rising to the Occasion"

147) April 9, 2021, "A Science Experiment, Part 1"

148) April 16, 2021, "A Science Experiment, Part 2"

149) April 23, 2021, "You and Me" (Story #150)


151) May 7, 2021, "Fasting and Feeding"

152) May 14, 2021, "Work in the Workroom."

153) May 21, 2021, "When Dolls Sleep."

154) May 28, 2021, "Wheels on the Court"

155) June 4, 2021, "A Conversation with Emil"

156) June 11, 2021, "Best Buds"

157) June 18, 2021, "Too Big, Too Small"

158) June 25, 2021, "Look-alikes"

159) July 2, 2021, "The Dolls' Request"

160) July 9, 2021, "Lightning."

161) July 16, 2021, “The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-boy-doll-who-cried-wolf.html


162) July 23, 2021, "Hair Today, Curly Next Week? Part One"

163) July 30, 2021, "Hair Today, Curly Next Week? Part Two"

164) August 8, 2021, "Back to School"

165) August 13, 2021, “Speaking in Tongues”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/speaking-in-tongues.html


166) August 20, 2021, “Life on Wheels”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/life-on-wheels.html


167) August 27, 2021, "Veronika's Vocabulary Verses"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/veronikas-vocabulary-verses.html


168) September 3, 2021, “Working Without Pay”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/working-without-pay.html


169) September 10, 2021, “About a Doll Without Hair.”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/about-doll-without-hair.html


170) September 17, 2021, “Little Green Greatcoat––A Fairy Tale.”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/little-green-greatcoata-fairy-tale.html


171) September 24, 2021, "Petrified!"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/petrified.html


172) October 1, 2021, "Finding Treasure"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/finding-treasure.html


173) October 8, 2021, "A Year of Pippa!"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-year-of-pippa.html


174) October 15, 2021, "Taking Off"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/taking-off.html


175) October 22, 2021, "To Flap or Not To Flap"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/to-flap-or-not-to-flap.html


176) October 29, 2021, "Victor, the Cultured Vulture"

177) November 5, 2021, "The Rescue"

178) November 12, 2021, "Sky Blue"

179) November 19, 2021, "Homework? What Homework?"

180) November 26, 2021, "Giving Thanks"

181) December 3, 2021, "Charlotte and Emil, and The Festival of Lights"

182) December 10, 2021, "Epistles from Dolls"

183) December 17, 2021, "The Week Before Christmas"

184) December 24, 2021, "Christmas Eve"

185) December 31, 2021, "Happy New Year!"

186) January 7, 2022, "The Visitors"

187) January 14, 2022, "Earning a Living"

188) January 21, 2022, "A Bigger Footprint?"

189) January 28, 2022, "A Bigger Footprint? Part Two"

190) February 4, 2022, "A Story About a Story"

191) February 11, 2022, "Kaleidoscope Eyes"

192) February 18, 2022, "Songwriting"

200) April 15, 2022, "Who's the Boss?"

201) April 22, 2022, "Disappointment"

202) April 29, 2022, "A Little Friend"

203) May 6, 2022, "Friendly Surprises"

204) May 13, 2022, "Goodnight, Pauly"


205) May 20, 2022, “Puzzled”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/puzzled.html


206) May 27, 2022, "A Scary Story

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-scary-story.html


207) June 3, 2022, “A Friend Moves Away”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-friend-moves-away.html


208) June 10, 2022, "Rolling Into Summer Camp"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/rolling-into-summer-camp.html


209) June 17, 2022, "The Perils of Pauly and Pippa"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-perils-of-pauly-and-pippa.html


210) June 24, 2022, "The Anniversary Party"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/an-anniversary-party.html


211) July 1, 2022, "Changes"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/changes.html


212) July 8, 2022, "Marbles from the Sky"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/marbles-from-sky.html


213) July 15, 2022, "The Balancing Trick"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-balancing-trick.html


214) July 22, 2022, "Time on the Beach"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/time-on-beach.html


215) July 29, 2022, "Shhhhh"


216) August 5, 2022, "Pauly's Trial"

217) August 12, 2022, "Back from Down Under"

218) August 19, 2022, "A Snake in the Garden"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-snake-in-garden.html


219) August 26, 2022, "Camping on Wheels"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/camping-on-wheels.html


220) September 2, 2022, "Brought Back with the Tide"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/brought-back-with-tide.html


221) September 9, 2022, "School Days"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/school-daysa-poem.html


222) September 16, 2022, "Salary or Celery"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/salary-or-celery.html


223) September 30, 2022, “We’ve Got Email!”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/weve-got-email.html


224) October 7, 2022, "A Doll in a Hat"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-doll-in-hat.html


225) October 14, 2022, "Fall Is for Falling"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/fall-is-for-falling.html


226) October 21, 2022, “The Problems With Dogs and Cats"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-problems-with-dogs-and-cats.html


227) October 28, 2022, "Good Cookies"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/good-cookies.html


228) November 4, 2022, “Mischief”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/mischief.html


229) November 11, 2022, "It Snowed!"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/it-snowed.html


230) November 18, 2022, “Too Tiny To See”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/too-tiny-to-see.html


231) November 25, 2022, "A Dolls Thanksgiving"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-dolls-thanksgiving.html


232) December 2, 2022, "A Christmas Carol"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-christmas-carol.html


233) December 9, 2022, “Taking Out the Trash”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/taking-out-trash.html


234) December 16, 2022, “An Interview with The Writer.”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/an-interview-with-writer.html


235) December 23, 2022, "Pauly's First Christmas Eve"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/paulys-first-christmas-eve.html


236) December 30, 2022, “Goodbye to 2022”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/goodbye-to-2022.html


237) January 6, 2023, "The Interview—In Print

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-interviewin-print.html


238) January 13, 2023, "Holly and Sam Get New Wheels"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/holly-and-sam-get-new-wheels.html


239) January 20, 2023, "Wrapping Paper"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/wrapping-paper.html


240) January 27, 2023, "Looking for Snow"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/looking-for-snow.html


241) February 3, 2023, "Dolled Up"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/dolled-up.html


242) February 10, 2023, "Photography"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/photography.html


243) February 17, 2023, "Taxed"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/taxed.html


244) February 24, 2023, "Giving Up Disappointment"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/giving-up-disappointment.html


245) March 3, 2023, “Pink Floyd”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/pink-floyd.html


246) March 10, 2023, "On the Road Part One"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-road-part-one.html


247) March 17, 2023, "On the Road Part Two"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-road-part-two.html


248) March 24, 2023, "Homesick"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/homesick.html


249) March 32, 2023, "Puppy!"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/puppy.html


250) April 7, 2023, "Pawternity Leave!"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/04/pawternity-leave.html


251) June 2, 2023, “Growing Up”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/06/growing-up.html


252) June 23, 2023, “Silver and Gold”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/06/silver-and-gold.html


253) July 14, 2023, “The Secret”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-secret.html


254) August 25, 2023, “Bad Air”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/08/bad-air.html


255) September 15, 2023, "The Arithmetic Problem."

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-arithmetic-problem.html


256) October 13, 2023, "Forgiven"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/10/forgiven.html

 
257) November 10, 2023, “A November Story”

258) December 15, 2023, “Finding What Fits”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/12/finding-what-fits.html


259) January 12, 2024, “It Isn’t Her Fault”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/01/it-isnt-her-fault.html


260) February 23, 2024, “Winning the Game”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/02/winning-game.html


261) March 15, 2024, “Anticipation”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/03/anticipation.html


262) April 19, 2024, "Good Friends"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/04/good-friends.html


263) May 24, 2024, "The Patch"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-patch.html


264) June 14, 2024, "Skiing with Kiwis"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/06/skiing-with-kiwis.html


265) July 19, 2024, "A Hole in the Sky"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-hole-in-sky.html


266) September 6, 2024, "Sam and Holly Go Camping"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/09/sam-and-holly-go-camping.html


267) March 7, 2025, "Baking on the Moon?

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2025/03/baking-on-moon.html


268) April 4, 2025, "Talking About Boys"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2025/04/talking-about-boys.html


269) July 4, 2025, "Working Dolls

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2025/07/working-dolls.html






Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are available from booksellers worldwide. Royalties go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you have to pay for shipping, buy from BookBaby, where half of the price goes to St. Jude. 


Stories included in Mariah: 

Being Little: https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/being-little.html

Besties: https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/besties.html

Distraction: https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/distraction.html



Stories included in Emil:

Best Buds, https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/best-buds.html

Getting What You Want, http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/getting-what-you-want.html

The Boys Cook Dinner, https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-boys-cook-dinner.html



Stories included in Classic Tales Retold:

Little Green Greatcoat: https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/little-green-greatcoata-fairy-tale.html

The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf: https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-boy-doll-who-cried-wolf.html

Lost in the Woods: https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-scary-story.html



Poems included in Our Favorite Verses:










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