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Book The Lonely Doll

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dare Wright
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780395901120
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book The Lonely Doll written by Dare Wright and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lonely doll named Edith finally finds friendship with two visiting teddy bears.

Book The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll

Download or read book The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll written by Jean Nathan and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glamorous, haunted life unfolds in the mesmerizing biography of the woman behind a classic children's book In 1957, a children's book called The Lonely Doll was published. With its pink-and-white-checked cover and photographs featuring a wide-eyed doll, it captured the imaginations of young girls and made the author, Dare Wright, a household name. Close to forty years after its publication, the book was out of print but not forgotten. When the cover image inexplicably came to journalist Jean Nathan one afternoon, she went in search of the book-and ultimately its author. Nathan found Dare Wright living out her last days in a decrepit public hospital in Queens, New York. Over the next five years, Nathan pieced together a glamorous life. Blond, beautiful Wright had begun her career as an actress and model and then turned to fashion photography before stumbling upon her role as bestselling author. But there was a dark side to the story: a brother lost in childhood, ill-fated marriage plans, a complicated, controlling mother. Edith Stevenson Wright, herself a successful portrait painter, played such a dominant role in her daughter's life that Dare was never able to find her way into the adult world. Only through her work could she speak for herself: in her books she created the happy family she'd always yearned for, while her self-portraits betrayed an unresolved tension between sexuality and innocence, a desire to belong and painful isolation. Illustrated with stunning photographs, The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll tells the unforgettable story of a woman who, imprisoned by her childhood, sought to set herself free through art.

Book A Gift From The Lonely Doll

Download or read book A Gift From The Lonely Doll written by Dare Wright and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Holiday For Edith And The Bears

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dare Wright
  • Publisher : Dare Wright Media, LLC
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 9780996582759
  • Pages : 62 pages

Download or read book Holiday For Edith And The Bears written by Dare Wright and published by Dare Wright Media, LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edith, the doll featured in Dare Wright's best-selling "The Lonely Doll" book series, together with her friends, Mr. Bear and Little Bear, leave their city home for a vacation on Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Their summer is spent playing on pristine beaches, discovering the seaside wildlife, getting acquainted with wild ponies, and imagining adventures on the high seas. Little Bear ignores Mr. Bear's warning never to go on a boat without him, and he and Edith soon find themselves drifting dangerously out to sea. Luckily Mr. Bear comes to their rescue, and the two learn a valuable lesson before their vacation ends.

Book Dare Wright And The Lonely Doll

Download or read book Dare Wright And The Lonely Doll written by Brook Ashley and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant biography of Dare Wright, the beautiful and enigmatic photographer and author of The Lonely Doll children's book series, illustrated with over five hundred photographs. As Dare Wright's godchild, author Brook Ashley grew up in a magical world of dolls, bears and fairy tales helping create the scenes for Wright's children's books.

Book Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand

Download or read book Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand written by Dare Wright and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Bear thinks that he needs to take Edith ("The Lonely Doll") and Little Bear away from their beloved New York City to escape the dirty air and streets. But Edith and Little Bear don't want to move to the country, so they take up the cause of cleaning up the city. They carry signs protesting the city's dirty condition as they march in front of City Hall. Later, they find themselves on the evening television news, much to the shagrin of Mr. Bear. But even with their publicity, the protest does not seem to draw the attention of the city's Mayor. So Edith and Little Bear write a letter and send it directly to the Mayor. And the Mayor sends a letter back, urging Edith and Little Bear to do a little bit every day to clean up the city themselves, and to keep watch for any polluters. Edith and Little Bear follow the Mayor's advice, and they begin to clean up their neighborhood themselves. They even report a nearby building's very dirty plume of smoke rising from a chimney. Mr. Bear, seeing how much Edith and Little Bear care for their home and their streets, happily decides they can remain in their home in the city.

Book Lona  a Fairy Tale

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dare Wright
  • Publisher : Dare Wright Media, LLC
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 9780996582780
  • Pages : 92 pages

Download or read book Lona a Fairy Tale written by Dare Wright and published by Dare Wright Media, LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, when magic was common and princesses were many, there lived a powerful wizard named Druth. He could transform a prince into a toad, or a shepherd boy into a sheep by a mere flick of his finger. But no matter how hard he tried he could not enchant a princess by any magic at all. Enraged and humiliated, Druth took revenge upon three kingdoms whose princesses he was unable to enchant. He flooded their lands and imprisoned the people in a deep, unending sleep. He saved one princess alone, however. She was a baby named Lona whom Druth planned to raise himself until she was old enough to enchant. Some new spell, he was certain, would eventually succeed. But when she grew up, Lona showed surprising courage, challenging the mighty wizard's power. Through Dare Wright's rich descriptions and superb photographs, readers will breathlessly follow each moment of Lona's remarkable struggle to remove Druth's spell over the three kingdoms.

Book The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll

Download or read book The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll written by Aingelda Ardizzone and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was once a tiny doll who belonged to a girl who did not care for dolls. One day when the little girl was shopping in the supermarket with her mother, she threw the tiny doll into a deep freeze. So the tiny doll had to stay there, cold and lonely, and frightened by people shuffling all the food round her. But someone came along who felt sorry for her, and thought of ways to make her happier, so the tiny doll began to smile again.

Book The Doll And The Kitten

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dare Wright
  • Publisher : Dare Wright Media, LLC
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 9780996582766
  • Pages : 62 pages

Download or read book The Doll And The Kitten written by Dare Wright and published by Dare Wright Media, LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edith, the doll featured in Dare Wright's best-selling "The Lonely Doll" book series, together with her friends, Mr. Bear and Little Bear, spend a summer vacation on a farm in the mountains of upstate New York. They explore the nooks and crannies of a very large barn, and find the barnyard and hillsides an irresistible playground. It is not long before Edith falls in love with an adorable calf. Mr. Bear, however, will not give Edith permission to bring the calf back to their home in New York City. Edith then tries convincing him to let her keep a newborn colt or a baby lamb, but Mr. Bear will have nothing to do with the adoption of a large farm animal to keep them company in their apartment in New York City. When Edith discovers a tiny kitten living in the hayloft, she's certain that she has found the perfect pet, and waits for the right moment to ask Mr. Bear if she can keep it. But before that happens, the kitten gets stuck on the highest beam in the barn. Edith's plan to rescue the kitten by having Little Bear hoist her up in a basket goes awry when they both end up dangling over the straw. Mr. Bear comes to their rescue, lowering Little Bear gently, and making sure that Edith and the kitten get safely down in the basket. He agrees that Edith can keep her kitten, and the vacation ends happily.

Book The Lonely Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kate Bernheimer
  • Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
  • Release : 2012-04-24
  • ISBN : 0375862269
  • Pages : 41 pages

Download or read book The Lonely Book written by Kate Bernheimer and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a wonderful new book arrives at the library, at first it is loved by all, checked out constantly, and rarely spends a night on the library shelf. But over time it grows old and worn, and the children lose interest in its story. The book is sent to the library's basement where the other faded books live. How it eventually finds an honored place on a little girl's bookshelf—and in her heart—makes for an unforgettable story sure to enchant anyone who has ever cherished a book. Kate Bernheimer and Chris Sheban have teamed up to create a picture book that promises to be loved every bit as much as the lonely book itself.

Book The Dolls  House

Download or read book The Dolls House written by Rumer Godden and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tottie is a loving little wooden doll who lives with her family in a shoebox. The doll family is owned by two sisters, Emily and Charlotte, and they are very happy, except for one thing: they long for a proper home. To their delight, their wish comes true when Emily and Charlotte fix up a Victorian dolls' house - just for them. It's perfect. But then a new arrival starts to wreak havoc in the dolls' house. For Marchpane might be a wonderfully beautiful doll, but she is also terribly cruel. And she always gets her own way . . . First published in 1947, Rumer Godden's classic The Dolls' House has been delighting children for years, and this beautiful edition, illustrated by Jane Ray, will delight future generations for years to come.

Book In My Heart

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jo Witek
  • Publisher : Abrams
  • Release : 2014-10-14
  • ISBN : 164700828X
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book In My Heart written by Jo Witek and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.

Book The Little One

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dare Wright
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-09
  • ISBN : 9780996582797
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book The Little One written by Dare Wright and published by . This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an enchanting tale of the little doll Persis who is rescued from an abandoned house by a kindly turtle. Freed from the old house, Persis discovers a world of flowers and butterflies with her two best friends, Nice Bear and Cross Bear.

Book The Lonely Nest

    Book Details:
  • Author : Concetta Falcone-Codding
  • Publisher : Shetucket River Press
  • Release : 2021-08-05
  • ISBN : 9781736908907
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book The Lonely Nest written by Concetta Falcone-Codding and published by Shetucket River Press. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It would be some time until the steel encasement sealing my lonely nest cracked. Some might say I was too damaged to know any better, having lived with an abuser so long. The truth is hard to accept and far more egregious when I say, we learn to sacrifice the ones we love in order to survive." The secret you buried thirty years ago comes banging at your door. You refuse to open, as you have a new life and remain speechless whenever someone asks, "How did your mother and sister die?" The events described in The Lonely Nest take place in a small New England town and reveal what hides behind time and shame. With a sense of urgency, Concetta Falcone-Codding takes the reader through her family history, narrating four decades of secrets, deadly betrayals, and harm that destroyed the women in her family. Written from the perspective of her child-self, Falcone-Codding's sensitive prose exposes the translucent line between witnessing abuse and being complicit in it. The Lonely Nest is a story of domestic violence, incest, childhood loss, and courage written for all whose stories have yet to be heard. Concetta Falcone-Codding https: //www.facebook.com/TheLonelyNestSeries/ [email protected]

Book Lulu   Pip

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nina Gruener
  • Publisher : Cameron
  • Release : 2014-05-13
  • ISBN : 9781937359607
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Lulu Pip written by Nina Gruener and published by Cameron. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lulu takes her doll Pip on a camping trip, where they make friends with an old donkey, build a tent, eat dessert over a campfire, and fall asleep underneath the stars.

Book The Hidden House

Download or read book The Hidden House written by Martin Waddell and published by Candlewick Press (MA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the owner gone, three dolls watch as their house becomes hidden by growing plants and trees until a man walks by and discovers the residence.

Book The Lonely Doll

Download or read book The Lonely Doll written by and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 1957 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a doll named Edith who had no one to play with and was very lonely.