Friday, August 1, 2025

Making Do

The car wouldn't start. It had to be towed away to be fixed. Emil brought the bad news to the other dolls, one or two at a time. First he told Billy, because he hangs out Billy a lot, so he knew where Billy was.


Then Emil told Veronika, because it's important that you tell Veronika everything. She was in the workroom, picking out thread to go with her fabric.


Then he told Charlotte, because she was nearby, practicing her violin.


Then he told Jolena and Mariah, because they were sitting on the stairs, helping each other with their hair. (He didn't understand why the girls like to have long hair. It's so much trouble.)


He didn't tell Mandy. He couldn't tell her. The Writer had planned to take him shopping for Mandy's birthday present. The Writer had planned to take each of them to buy their presents for Mandy. Now that could not happen. Each doll had to come up with a Plan B. That's something you have to think up to do when your first plan (Plan A) isn't going to work out.
There are no stores close enough to walk to or to ride their bicycles to. There was no bus that came down their street except the school bus, and Emil could not use the school bus to go to the store.


After Emil had explained the problem to each of the other dolls, he sat down and thought. What could he give Mandy for her birthday? He couldn't think of anything. He wondered what the other dolls were going to do.


He decided to ask them, so he went back to where he had found each of them last.
First Emil asked Billy. He found him still in the hall upstairs. Now he was messing with the camera phone, where the light from the laundry room lit up the hall. He had Marmalade with him. The cat was standing on a chair.
"What do you plan to give Mandy, now that we can't go to the store?" he asked him. 
"I came up with a great idea," Billy said. "I'm going to give Mandy a photo of Marmalade."


Emil agreed that was a great idea and told him so.
When Emil went back to Veronika, he found her looking through her fabric.
"What do you plan to give Mandy, now that we can't go to the store?" he asked her.


"I'm going to make Mandy some new leggings," Veronika replied. "I can have them done in time. I just have to find the stretchy fabric."


Emil thought that was a great idea and told her so.
Then Emil went back to Charlotte, who was putting her violin away.
"What do you plan to give Mandy, now that we can't go to the store?" he asked her.


"I've decided to play and record an Irish jig for Mandy," Charlotte said. "I can record it on the phone and send it to her, so she can listen any time she likes. It will remind her of the fun she had in Ireland."


Emil thought that was a great idea and told her so. "That could be just as fun for her as having something from the store," he said. "Maybe even better."


Emil went back down the stairs. Mariah and Jolena were still working on their hair.
"What do you plan to give Mandy, now that we can't go to the store?" he asked them.


"We have been talking about that," Jolena said. 
"When you have a problem," Mariah explained, "it helps if you can talk it over with someone. That gives you ideas." 


"Yes," Jolena agreed. "We have it all figured out. I'm going to bake Mandy her favorite cookies."
"And I'm going to give Mandy this," Mariah said, holding up a piece of paper with "I.O.U." written on it.


"It will be for the new knitting book Mandy has been wanting," Mariah said. "Then she and I can go to the store together to buy it after the car is fixed."


"What does 'I.O.U.' stand for?" Emil asked.


"An I.O.U," Mariah explained, "is something you give someone when you don't have the real thing yet. It means I owe you something and will give it to you later." 


Emil thought about that. "I.O.U.," he said. "I owe you. I get it. Clever!"
Emil thought the girls had great ideas for presents for Mandy and told them so.
He decided to go off and think about what each of them had told him. Each doll had solved their problem in a different way. Some of them had used their special skills or talents. They had thought about Mandy and what she enjoys. They had put those things together. 


Emil thought about what Mandy was like and what she enjoyed doing. He knew Mandy liked to knit.


Emil knew that Mandy enjoyed being outdoors.


He knew she loved science and liked to do experiments.


Emil knew Mandy loved animals, especially Marmalade.


Emil thought about what he was good at doing. His special gift is he can listen to animals talk with their minds and tell others what the animals are thinking. Aside from that, he didn't think he had any special talents. How could he use that to give something to Mandy? He thought hard. Then he thought about other things for a while, to see if that helped him come up with an idea.


That worked! "I know what I'll do!" Emil said to himself. "I'll ask Marmalade what Mandy would like!" He went off in search of the cat.
Marmalade was not in the hall with Billy anymore, but Emil found him curled up on one of the windowsills. The cat got up when Emil came in. He seemed to know already that Emil was needing something important from him.


"Marmalade," Emil said to the cat in his head, "What do you think Mandy wants for her birthday? I need something I can get without going out in the car." He looked at Marmalade and thought about Mandy's present.


Marmalade looked back at Emil and showed him a picture of a video playing on the tablet the dolls used. It was a new movie, about a girl who lived long ago.


Emil knew which movie it was. "That's perfect!" he whispered softly. "I can get that for her to watch on the tablet without going anywhere. I'll get The Writer to download it, and I'll give her the money. Thank you, Marmalade!"


Right before the party for Mandy Emil wrote a note telling her that her movie was now in the tablet movie library, and she could watch it any time she liked.


He wrapped the note in birthday paper.
Mandy was thrilled with all of her presents. She was happy that each doll had thought about what she would like and had managed without going anywhere. "Everything is so lovely," she said happily, as they cleared the dishes and wrapping paper. "You've all made my birthday so special. It means a lot to me. Thank you!"


Then she looked at Emil. "I do have one question, Emil. How did you know I wanted to have this movie? I never told anyone."


"A little birdie told me," Emil replied, trying to keep a straight face.


"I think that birdie was more likely a cat," Mandy replied, looking at Marmalade, who was watching from across the room, trying to look...like a cat.




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
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Marmalade: Purrrfect Cats from KTL

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Thursday, July 31, 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



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