The Doll's Storybook

Stories about dolls who live in our world. Although these stories are suitable for children, they should check with their parents before reading and always be careful online. Readers are invited to donate to a charity supporting pediatric cancer treatment and research. Images shown are taken by the author or from a free image website with attribution and appreciation. The author has no connection with Götz Puppenmanufaktur, but gives them credit for the amazing dolls they produce.

Friday, April 4, 2025

Talking About Boys

“Hey!” Billy popped his head in the door of the workroom where Charlotte and Olivia were putting together a puzzle.

“I was going to ride over to the school to pick up a book,” he said as the girls looked up. “Mariah and Veronika are using two of the bicycles. That only leaves one. Do you need it this afternoon? If you do, I can wait.”

“I’m not planning on going anywhere,” Charlotte replied. “Olivia is spending the afternoon with us. Mandy and Jolena are in the kitchen, if you want to check with them.”

With a quick “Thanks!” Billy turned around and left.

“You’re lucky to have brothers,” Olivia told Charlotte when Billy was gone.

“I only have sisters at my place,” Olivia explained. “Amber only has girl dolls. Of course, there are boy dolls at school with us, but I don’t have any living with me.” Then she looked back at the puzzle pieces and added, “At home we usually look for all the pieces with straight sides when we start a puzzle.”

Charlotte told her that was how they did it, too. “It's easy to start that way,” she said, “because you know they go on the outside. Then you can use them to figure out where the other pieces go.”

“They don’t really make boy dolls that are the kind of doll like us,” Charlotte explained as the two dolls looked through the pieces, “So there aren’t as many of them. Boys, I mean. The company that makes us seems to think that only girls play with dolls and that they want the dolls to be girls, too.”

“Billy started out as a girl, you know,” Charlotte continued. “He tried to tell them at the factory that he really was a boy, but they seemed to only know how to make girl dolls or maybe they didn’t care.”

“Maybe,” Olivia suggested, “the human people in the factory that makes dolls like us don’t really believe in dolls. Maybe they just think we’re toys, or maybe they have to concentrate on their job, so they didn’t hear him.”

Charlotte had never considered that but thought that it made sense. Human people who don’t believe in dolls don’t hear them when their dolls try to talk to them. You have to listen with your imagination. The two girls thought about that. What would it be like to be a human person without enough imagination to hear dolls talk to you?

The two dolls went back to looking for puzzle pieces with one straight edge. “He was glad they let him have a puppy,” Charlotte told Olivia then, “but he hated that they put a dress on him and gave him long hair. Look! I think these are corners.” Corners are special pieces when you're putting together a puzzle. They're even more important than the ones with just one straight edge.

“I remember when Billy came to live with us,” Charlotte continued, “he was too embarrassed to come in to meet us wearing a dress, so Mandy took some boy’s clothes she and Veronika had made for him and went out to him when he got here.”

“He changed his clothes in the driveway before he came in to meet us,” Charlotte remembered, “so we only have ever seen him in boy’s clothes.”

Charlotte told Olivia how Mandy brought Billy’s girl clothes in because he wanted to give them to his sisters. Mandy had put them into a basket for him.

“We went through the basket and picked out what we liked,” Charlotte said.

“He still had long hair, though,” she said. “He hated it.”

“Why did he want to be a boy doll?” Olivia asked. “I mean, girl dolls can do everything that boy dolls do, but we get to wear pretty dresses and fix our hair if we want. Why would you want to give that up?”

Charlotte thought for a moment. “Look!” she exclaimed suddenly, holding out a puzzle piece. “I found another corner!” Sometimes when you're thinking about something else you suddenly notice things you had missed.

Then her mind went back to Billy. She hadn’t considered it before. Why would a doll not want to have long hair? True, she hadn’t liked having to fix her own hair in the beginning, but now she enjoyed it, and she and Mariah often helped each other with their hair.

Even in the beginning, though, she never had wanted to have short hair like the boys. Some girl dolls have short hair, but most of the girl dolls she knew had long hair. They either wore it down, or braided or in a ponytail, or like Veronika, braided and then pulled up and fastened.

Maybe Billy was just a different kind of doll from Olivia and herself. “Billy likes to climb trees up and hang upside down.” she pointed out. “He says long hair would hang in his eyes.”

Even as she said it, though, Charlotte thought that it might be just an excuse. Girl dolls with long hair can hang upside down. It isn’t a problem, and she and her sisters climb in trees all the time.

And even after his haircut Billy had wanted his hair shorter and more like a real boy. That’s why he finally decided to get a wig. Emil decided to get a wig, too, in solidarity.

Then something occurred to Charlotte. “You know,” she said thoughtfully, “I suspect that Billy wanted to be a boy because The Writer needed him to be a boy.”

Meanwhile, Billy was on the trail, riding toward the school to get his book, totally unaware that he was the topic of a serious discussion.

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

Pippa: Götz Little Kidz Lotta

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Friday, March 28, 2025

Going Hungry

Mariah and Jolena were going for a bike ride. The dolls have three bicycles, so they can go for rides two or three at a time, which is more fun than riding alone. They also have three bicycle helmets, so they can ride safely. They put their helmets on before getting on the bicycles.

"This bicycle has a basket," Jolena said. "I can take your water bottle for you."
"I'm not taking a water bottle," Mariah said.
"What if you get thirsty?" Jolena asked.

"I will just be thirsty, then." Mariah replied as they rode to the trail. The dolls stayed on the sidewalks until they reached the trail, where cars are not allowed.
"It's because of Ramadan," Mariah explained as they rode along under the trees. (She said it 'Rah-mah-dahn.') "People and dolls of my faith fast during Ramadan. That means we go without food or water." Mariah explained.

"But you'll have to pretend to be hungry!" Jolena exclaimed, "and human people need water even more than they need food!"

Mariah laughed. "We can pretend to eat and drink," she said, "just not during the day."

"I got up at five o'clock this morning to pretend to eat and drink before sunrise," Mariah explained. "I can pretend to eat and drink again after seven-thirty tonight, after sunset. Then I will be very hungry, so I can pretend to eat a lot! I will have a very big dinner."

"Why do you do that?" Jolena wanted to know. "I mean, why do you fast?"
"It helps us feel closer to Allah," (AH-lah) Mariah said. "Allah is our name for God," Mariah explained. "Fasting also reminds us of what it's like to go hungry, the way some human people have to do because they don't have enough to eat. It makes us grateful for what we have."

"Doesn't it make you have to pretend to feel sick or weak?" asked Jolena.
"Sometimes," Mariah agreed, "but people who are already sick or old don't have to fast. Little children don't have to, either," she continued, "but children often start fasting during Ramadan when they are about six years old just to learn how. It teaches us that we don't have to have everything our bodies want."

"Mandy and I both gave up chocolate for Lent," Jolena said. "We went 46 days without pretending to eat chocolate!"

"That's the same idea, I think," Mariah agreed. "Ramadan lasts 30 days, but we can pretend to eat and drink as much as we want each night and before the sun comes up in the morning. It's like having a special dinner every night."

"During Lent," Jolena said, "our church wants us to be good and to do kind things for others."
"We do that too during Ramadan," Mariah said, "and we raise money to help people and dolls in need."

"Lent is over when Easter comes," Jolena said. "Then we hunt for Easter eggs and have a big dinner to pretend to eat."
Mariah nodded. "Hunting for Easter eggs was fun," she said. "Families of my faith have a big party for three days after the end of Ramadan."

"We should have a big party, too," Jolena suggested. "We're your family, so we should celebrate together."
"That would be fun," Mariah agreed, "and very nice, too."

The dolls stopped for a moment so Jolena could pretend to drink some water.

"I wonder if it's harder to go 46 days without chocolate," Mariah said, "or not to be able to eat or drink all day and then eat what you want at night."

Jolena laughed. "Since dolls only pretend to eat and drink," she said, "it probably doesn't make any difference, but I sure like to pretend to eat chocolate!"

Both dolls thought about what it must be like to eat for real, and not just pretend. They also thought about what it must be like to need to eat for real but have to go hungry.

They rode the rest of the way home without saying anything, while they thought about real children who had no food at all and were not dolls.

Cast--
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend

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Friday, March 21, 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”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/06/little-miss-crocker-and-spider.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/06/existing-outside-box.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-do-dolls-do-on-their-day-off.html

4) July 13, 2018, “Skiing in Summer?”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/skiing-in-summer.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-picnic-by-lake.html

6) July 27, 2018, “Insomnia”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/insomnia.html

7) August 3, 2918, “Dipping Into Art”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/dipping-into-art.html

8) August 10, 2018, “Lemonade”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/lemonade.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-adventures-of-busy-doll.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/where-dolls-come-from.html

11) August 31, 2018, “Reading Things”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/reading-things.html

12) September 7, 2018, “Outdoor Fun”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/outdoor-fun.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/flying-or-lying_14.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcoming-newcomer.html

15) September 28, 2018, “Being Little”

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

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/why-are-there-dolls.html

17) October 12, 2018, “Stars”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/stars.html

18) October 19, 2018, “Being Good”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/being-good.html

19) October 26, 2018, “Scary Things”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/scary-things.html

20) November 2, 2018, “Planting Bulbs”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/planting-bulbs.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/charlottes-birthday.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/reading-writing-and-recycling.html

23) November 23, 2018, “It’s a Boy”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/its-boy.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/you-are-special.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/happy-hanukkah-charlotte.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/caroling-and-dreaming.html

27) December 21, 2018, “Santa Visits”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/santa-visits.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/having-fun-with-toys.html

29) January 5, 2019, “Cousins!”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/cousins_5.html

30) January 11, 2019, “Cooking Lesson”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/cooking-lesson.html

31) January 18, 2019, “Boredom”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/boredom.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/trouble-at-school.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/veronikas-birthday.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/bounce-or-splat.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/meeting-elephant.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/choosing-and-chosen.html

37) March 1, 2019, “Snow!”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/snow.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/soft-warm-and-fun-to-make.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/what-dreams-may-come.html

40) March 22, 2019, “Need a Hobby?”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/need-hobby.html

41) March 29, 2019, “A Good Turn”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-good-turn.html

42) April 5, 2019, “It’s Spring!”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/its-spring.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-birthday-gift.html

44) April 19, 2019, “Celebrations”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/celebrations.html

45) April 26, 2019, “Ups and Downs”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/ups-and-downs.html

46) May 3, 2019, “Gossip”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/gossip.html

47) May 10, 2019, “Going Hungry”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/going-hungry.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/sunshine-in-rain_17.html

49) May 24, 2019, “Paper Fun”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/paper-fun.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-visit-to-mesozoic.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/welcoming-strangera-fairy-tale.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-field-trip-to-dentists-office.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/keeping-up-with-jonesy.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/myrtle-turtle.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-philosophy-of-sad-times.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/fuzzy-towna-play.html

57) July 19, 2019, “Heat Wave”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/heat-wave.html

58) July 26, 2019, “Veronika Sews”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/veronika-sews.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/ice-cream-social.html

60) August 9, 2019, “Money in a Jar”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/money-in-jar.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/an-encounter-with-wolf.html

62) August 23, 2019, “On the Wing”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/on-wing.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-spelling-test.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-last-of-summer.html

65) September 13, 2019, “Getting Answers”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/getting-answers.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-cruise-that-didnt-happen.html

67) September 27, 2019, “Emil”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/emil.html

68) October 4, 2019, “Welcome Emil”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/welcome-emil.html

69) October 11, 2019, “Marmalade”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/marmalade.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/talking-to-animals.html

71) October 25, 2019, “Talents”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/talents.html

72) November 1, 2019, “Keeping Pets”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/keeping-pets.html

73) November 8, 2019, “Besties”

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

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/parts-of-things.html

75) November 22, 2019, “The Surprise”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-surprise.html

76) November 29, 2019, “Gratitude”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/gratitude.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-colorful-story.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/emils-big-problem.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/and-to-dolls-goodnight.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/happy-new-year.html

81) January 3, 2020, “Together”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/together.html

82) January 10, 2020, “Writing Differently”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/writing-differently.html

83) January 17, 2020, “Storytime”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/storytime.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-different-challenge.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/being-green-makes-it-easy.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-baseball-game-with-strange-ending.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentines-day.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/twinkle-twinkle.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/rules-for-success.html

90) March 6, 2020, “Water, Water”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/water-water.html

91) March 13, 2020, “Staying Well”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/staying-well.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-letter-from-ireland.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/while-cats-away.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/playing-at-distance.html

95) April 10, 2020, “Making Do”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/making-do.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/unmasked-retelling-of-old-story.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/ramadan.html

98) May 1, 2020, “Distraction”

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

99) May 8, 2020, “In Bloom”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/in-bloom.html

100) May 15, 2020, “Memories”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/memories.html

101) May 22, 2020, "Growing things"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/growing-things.html

102) May 29, 2020, "Bear"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/bear.html

103) June 5, 2020, "Mandy's Mushrooms"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/mandys-mushrooms.html

104) June 12, 2020, "Cats and Dogs"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/cats-and-dogs.html

105) June 19, 2020, "All About the News"
https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/all-about-news.html

116) September 4, 2020, "Composing Compost"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/composing-compost.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/composing-compost-part-two.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/color-blind.html

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"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/saying-it-right.html

125) November 6, 2020, "The Book"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-book.html

126) November 13, 2020, "Apostrophes!"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/apostrophes_13.html

127) November 20, 2020, "Good Sports"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/good-sports.html

128) November 27, 2020, "Pen Pals"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/pen-pals.html 2020

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/whats-behind-door.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/photo-day.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-tree-grows-in-living-room.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/what-did-you-get.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/eight-favorite-things.html

134) January 8, 2021, "Baby Doll"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/baby-doll.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-story-about-boy.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-is-who-i-am.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/pippas-first-snow.html

138) February 5, 2021, "Sorry!"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/sorry.html

139) February 12, 2021, "Valentines!"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/valentines.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/hearing-with-your-eyes.html

141) February 26, 2021, "Getting Shots"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/getting-shots.html

142) March 5, 2021, "The Survey"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-survey.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/brown-dolls.html

144) March 19, 2021, "Special Glasses"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/special-glasses.html

145) March 26, 2021, "Ripples"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/ripples.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/rising-to-occasion.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-science-experiment-part-1.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-science-experiment-part-2.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-and-me.html

150) April 30, 2021, "Pups and Patients"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/pups-and-patients.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/fasting-and-feeding.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/work-in-workroom.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/when-dolls-sleep.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/wheels-on-court.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-conversation-with-emil.html

156) June 11, 2021, "Best Buds"

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

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/too-big-too-small.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/look-alikes.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-dolls-request.html

160) July 9, 2021, "Lightning."

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/lightning.html

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"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/hair-today-curly-next-week-part-one.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/hair-today-curly-next-week-part-two.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/back-to-school.html

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"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/victor-cultured-vulture.html

177) November 5, 2021, "The Rescue"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-rescue.html

178) November 12, 2021, "Sky Blue"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/sky-blue.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/homework-what-homework.html

180) November 26, 2021, "Giving Thanks"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/giving-thanks.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/charlotte-and-emil-and-festival-of.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/epistles-from-dolls.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-week-before-christmas.html

184) December 24, 2021, "Christmas Eve"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/christmas-eve.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/happy-new-year.html

186) January 7, 2022, "The Visitors"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-visitors.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/earning-living.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-bigger-footprint.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-bigger-footprint-part-two.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-story-about-story.html

191) February 11, 2022, "Kaleidoscope Eyes"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/kaleidoscope-eyes.html

192) February 18, 2022, "Songwriting"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/songwriting.html

193) February 25, 2022, “Winter Games”

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/winter-games.html

194) March 4, 2022, “Mandy’s Adventures in Yarnland”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/mandys-adventures-in-yarn-land.html

195) March 11, 2022, "Bowled Over"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/bowled-over.html

196) March 18, 2022, "Caring for Pets––A Poem"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/caring-for-petsa-poem.html

197) March 25, 2022, "Fan Mail"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/fashion-show.html

198) April 1, 2022, "Dirty Laundry"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/dirty-laundry.html

199) April 8, 2022, "Fashion Show!"

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/fashion-show.html

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/whos-boss.html

201) April 22, 2022, "Disappointment"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/disappointment.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-little-friend.html

203) May 6, 2022, "Friendly Surprises"

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/friendly-surprises.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/goodnight-pauly.html

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"

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

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

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/paulys-trial.html

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

https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/back-from-down-under.html

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”

http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-november-story.html

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

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