My girl and I have started reading the Doll Hospital series and they are so great!! The books are about two sisters that have to go to live with their grandma for a year. Their grandma runs a doll hospital in part of her house so there is always old and broken dolls coming there. Not only does their grandma fix the dolls but she can talk to them. So as she is fixing them she tells the story of the doll's life... where she came from, where she lived, how she got injured.. so its basically a story within a story. You get to read about what is happening to the sisters but you also get to hear a really cool story about a doll. The best part is getting to hear from the doll's point of view. I love hearing about the adventures that other dolls have with their girls.
Sadly, there are only six books in the series... so we have already read most of them. So far my favorite one is called Goldie's Fortune. Its about a girl that grew up during the great depression. She lived in a big house and had a lot of fancy toys, including a really nice doll named Goldie. Once the great depression happened her family had to sell most of their stuff. The only thing that the girl got to keep was Goldie. Despite the fact that Goldie was there for the girl during all the hard times, the girl eventually feels the need to sell her doll to make some extra money for her family. Both the girl and Goldie are devastated. But somehow, because Goldie and her girl have such a strong bond, Goldie's spirit is able to leave her doll body and stay with her girl. The girl's mom surprises the girl and Goldie by making a new body for Goldie out of old rags she found. Even though Goldie goes from being a fancy, expensive doll to a rag doll, her girl loves her just as much. Its such a wonderful story because it shows how strong of a love that dolls have for their girls.
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