Friday, November 14, 2025

An Interview With Jolena

 "Let's sit in the living room, Jolena," Mariah suggested. "That way you can be comfortable."

"I've never been interviewed before," Jolena told her friend. "What do I do?"

"Just answer my questions," Mariah replied. "It's easy. You'll be fine."

The girls settled themselves on the couch.

Mariah had her notebook and pencil. She had already written down some questions she wanted to ask. "Let's get started," she said. "First, when did you realize you wanted to do aerials and slopestyle skiing?" she asked.

Jolena thought for a moment. "Well," she replied, "when I was in my box on the shelf in the warehouse, I noticed I was wearing ski clothes." She thought for a moment, as Mariah wrote. "I mean, I just noticed at first that I was very warmly dressed," she said. "I had on long underwear, waterproof pants, a warm jacket, heavy plastic boots, and mittens. My jacket had a hood. Then I saw that I had skis, ski poles, a ski mask and a helmet to protect my head, and I realized I was meant to be a skier."

Mariah carefully wrote as much as she could of what Jolena said. "So then you thought about doing tricks on your skis?" she asked.

"No," Jolena replied. "I just thought I was going to ski just for fun."

Mariah wrote all that down. "So what made you think of doing tricks on your skis?" she asked then.

Jolena thought back.

"Well," she said, after a moment, "I was on my way to this country, although, at the time, I didn't know exactly where I was going. I just could feel my box moving." Jolena paused and thought some more. "I remember it got very warm, and I was wishing for cooler clothes. I found out later that my box had been sent through through Florida on my way to Utah by mistake. It was May, and it was already warm there in Florida, but at the time I didn't know where I was. All I knew was that I was uncomfortable, so I tried to take my mind off of it by thinking about what I could do on skis. I didn't really know, but it was good to think about all that nice, cold snow. I tried to imagine flying down the hill, and then in my mind, I was flying through the air!"

"What happened next?" Mariah urged.

"When The Writer opened my box," Jolena said. "I found out I was in Utah and that I had three sisters. That was before you came to live with us, Mariah."

"That's right," Mariah said. "I arrived right after the family moved to Oregon."

"Well," Jolena went on, "I found out that we lived close to the Utah Olympic Park, where they have ski jumps and bobsled runs, and that the Doll Ski Team had training in the summer. The Writer told me about it and asked me if I thought I would like to take part in the training. I got signed up right away!"

"Were you excited?" Mariah asked.

"Yes," Jolena said, "very excited, but it was hard work, too. I wanted to make the most of it, because I knew we were moving at the end of the summer, so this was my only chance. I was very tired when I came back from training each day."

"How did you train without snow?" Mariah asked. She knew that Utah didn't have snow in the summer except in the very highest mountains.

"That's very interesting," Jolena said. "You see, at the Utah Olympic Park, the big ski jumps are carpeted with special grass. Not real grass, but some kind of plastic. It lets the skis glide across the grass, so it feels just like skiing on snow."

Mariah's eyes would have widened, but they don't move, so she just looked intent.

"When you get to the bottom of the ski jump, you go flying through the air," Jolena explained. "Then you land in the pool. That's why I had to wear a bathing suit."

"The pool?" Mariah asked. "There's a pool?"

"Yes," Jolena replied, "a pool at the bottom of the ski jumps. So you can do your tricks and land in the pool when you're practicing. That way you don't get hurt."

Mariah continued to write as Jolena answered. "So the pool had water in it, then, right?" Mariah asked then.

"Yes!" Jolena exclaimed. "It wouldn't have been very good empty."

"But didn't you get water in your eyes?" Mariah asked. 

"That could happen," Jolena agreed, "only the dolls on the Doll Ski team who train in water have special ski masks that keep the water out. We could fill up with water and sink, so the special masks help with that, and the coaches who teach us get us out of the water quickly."

"Was that all you did?" Mariah asked. "I mean, did you just go off and train on your skis every day?"

"No," Jolena said. "I got to know the other dolls in the family. We did stuff. Read books. We sat around and talked."


"One day," Jolena went on, "I decided I should start learning to dance. One of the trainers said that dance and gymnastics were good training for aerials and slopestyle skiers, so I started learning ballet. It was good for stretching, for one thing, and it was good for balance, too," Jolena went on.


"Now," Mariah said, "you have gone to South America two summers in a row, so you can ski and practice in real snow. What's that like?"

"Oh, it's wonderful!" Jolena exclaimed. "I get to spend a couple of weeks practicing all kinds of new tricks on real snow with other members of the US Doll's Ski Team and trainers. Last year we went to Argentina (ar-jen-TEE-nah). This year we went to Chile (CHIH-leh). Both of those countries have mountains with great ski resorts, and now I'm learning to speak Spanish. We have plans to go to Australia (os-TRAYL-ya) and New Zealand (new-ZEE-land) next summer and the summer after."

"Do you always see the same dolls?" Mariah asked.

"A lot of the same dolls come each year," Jolena replied, "and we see each other at competitions, too."

"Have you won many medals?" Mariah asked then.

"Not yet," Jolena replied. "I've only been at it for a couple of years, and it takes a lot of training and practice, but I keep getting better, so I'm pleased."

"Yes," Mariah said. "That's how I am with my writing. Now tell me please what you think is the most important thing you have learned since you started skiing."

"I really like dancing," Jolena said, "but I'm happiest when I'm in the snow."


"I think," Jolena said finally  "whoever put those skis in my box with me knew what they were doing. I think that the people who work in the doll factory must be very smart."

"Well, I'm sure glad they did," Mariah said. "Skiing and doing tricks on your skis sure seems to make you happy. Now," she went on, "I have one more question: The first story in The Doll's Storybook was about you, so you sort of helped get this story blog started. Tell me how that happened."

Jolena thought back. It had been a long time, but it was very important to her, so she remembered it well. She just wanted to be sure she explained it correctly. "Mandy knitted me a blue dress," she said.

"I was wearing it," Jolena continued, "and sitting in the rocking chair on the front deck, pretending to eat some cottage cheese."

"The Writer's husband had found a spider––a toy one," Jolena continued, "and put it on The Writer's laptop, for fun. It made her laugh. She put it on one of the posts for me to look at so I could pretend it was a real spider." 

"Then the story hit her," Jolena said. "I think that was how she put it, but I don't think it hurt. It doesn't hurt when a story hits you."

"So," Mariah exclaimed, "the stories started because of a spider!"


"This spider didn't spin a web; it spun a story!" Mariah added.
Jolena did go to visit Australia and New Zealand. If you would like to read about her travels, here are some stories about her trips:

Skiing With Kiwis

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

Knitting patterns used in the costumes for the dolls in this story:
Jolena's white cardigan and Mandy's pink cardigan: Charlotte's Twinset, free pattern on Ravelry.
Charlotte's black cardigan with collar: Wonderland Turtle, free pattern on Ravelry.

You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.
Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.

Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.

"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.

Do you like our stories? Some of them are available in print:

The stories in Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Being Little, Besties and Distraction.

The stories in Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Best Buds, Getting What You Want and The Boys Cook Dinner.

The stories in Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Little Green Greatcoat, The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf and Lost in the Woods.

Our book of poems, Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook includes Valentine's Day, Keeping Pets, Back to School, Victor the Vulture, The Week Before Christmas, Insomnia and Veronika's Vocabulary Verses.

The stories in More Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Welcoming a Stranger, The Rescue, Unmasked, Fuzzy Town––A Play and Sky Blue.

Available now from BookBaby and for presale from other booksellers: Billy: Stories from The Doll's Storybook. The Stories in Billy: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Talking About Boys, Changes, Shhhhh!, Staying After and Money in a Jar.


If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less, because the vendor gets a cut. My author's page at Book Baby is here. Scroll down and click on any of the books that interest you. Find my books at Barbara's Bookstore as well, or ask your library to get them for you.

Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.

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Friday, November 7, 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


270) October 24, 2025, "Dangerous Waves

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2025/10/dangerous-waves.html



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Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.

"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.

Do you like our stories? Some of them are available in print:

The stories in Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Being Little, Besties and Distraction.

The stories in Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Best Buds, Getting What You Want and The Boys Cook Dinner.

The stories in Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Little Green Greatcoat, The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf and Lost in the Woods.

Our book of poems, Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook includes Valentine's Day, Keeping Pets, Back to School, Victor the Vulture, The Week Before Christmas, Insomnia and Veronika's Vocabulary Verses.

The stories in More Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Welcoming a Stranger, The Rescue, Unmasked, Fuzzy Town––A Play and Sky Blue.

Available now from BookBaby and for presale from other booksellers: Billy: Stories from The Doll's Storybook. The Stories in Billy: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Talking About Boys, Changes, Shhhhh!, Staying After and Money in a Jar.


If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less, because the vendor gets a cut. My author's page at Book Baby is here. Scroll down and click on any of the books that interest you. Find my books at Barbara's Bookstore as well, or ask your library to get them for you.

Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.

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