The China Doll,Used

Product Descriptionmovingly Told And Amazingly Illustrated, This Timeless Tale Of A China Doll'S Determination To Get Her Owner A Special Birthday Present Will Become A Children'S Classic.Sarah Had Been Waiting For Jessica'S Fifth Birthday For What Seemed Like Forever. She Knew Exactly What She Wanted To Get Her Owner Too: A Tea Set. It Was The Perfect Gift, But There Was Only One Problem: Where Was A China Doll Going To Find Such A Tea Set?When Sarah The Doll Slips Out Of Her Owner Jessica'S Arms One Night And Goes In Search Of A Tea Set, She Cannot Imagine What Adventures Await Her And What Creatures She Will Meet. By The Time She Clasps The Desired Gift In Her Arms, Her Dress Is Torn And Muddy, Her Silk Ribbon And Handsome Bonnet Gone, And Her Delicate Porcelain Head Cracked.The Perseverance, Resolve, And Bravery Shown By A Pretty China Doll As She Pursues Her Goaldespite Many Dangers Along The Waywill Touch Young Readers' Hearts And Teach Them An Unforgettable Lesson In Selfless Love.The Poignant And Surprising Ending Will Stir The Emotions Of Every Young Readerand The Evocative Paintings Will Make Every Affecting Moment Of The Story Seem Almost Real.From School Library Journalkindergartengrade 2In This Sweet Fantasy, A Doll Sets Out To Find A Tea Set For Her Owner'S Fifth Birthday. Familiar Plot Elements Include An Allknowing Rat That Demands A Reward For Helping Her And Scary Encounters With A Cat And A Dog. She Is Assisted By A Goose And A Cow That, While Friendlier Than The Rat, Also Expect A Gift. The Doll Returns Dirty And Broken But Jessica'S Mother Fixes Her. You Must Have Been Through Quite An Ordeal, She Says. The Doll Is Named Sarah, But The Author Frequently Refers To Her Also As The China Doll, Which Makes Her Seem More Like An Object Than A Character. Unfortunately, The Artist'S Palette Is Too Dark And Limited To A Few Colors, Giving The Paintings A Somber And Eerie Quality. Given This Shortcoming, The Book Is A Limited Purchase.Kirsten Cutler, Sonoma Library, Cacopyright Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.From Booklistgr. 13. Porcelain Doll Sarah Wants To Give A Birthday Tea Set To Her Owner, But 'Where Was A China Doll Going To Find Such A Gift?' Her Quest Requires Bravery And Sacrifice (She Ruins Her Outfit And Cracks Her Forehead), But It Concludes Happily With The Discovery Of A Set That'S Both A Perfect Gift And A Longlost Family Heirloom. The Story Hits The Same Buttons As Sentienttoy Classics Such As Rachel Field'S Hitty: Her First Hundred Years (1929) And Don Freeman'S Corduroy (1968), But Not Every Child Will Have Patience For The Overlong Text Or Fully Appreciate The Brooding Acrylic Paintings By Spanish Newcomer Segovia, All Distressed Surfaces And Dark, Earthtoned Pigments. But There Aren'T Many Contemporary Picture Books About Dolls, And Even Children Who Don'T Connect With The Pictures Will Enjoy Imagining Their Own Cherished Toys As Stouthearted Adventurersand Will Melt At The Classic Doll'S Denouement, In Which Bedraggled, Damaged Sarah Is Perfectly Tidied And Mended 'So That No One Would Be Able To Tell There Had Ever Been A Crack At All.' Jennifer Mattsoncopyright American Library Association. All Rights Reserved