The Doll People

This wholesome, award-winning classic that has sold more than 1 million copies is written by bestselling authors and illustrated by a Caldecott-winning artist, telling the story of a 100-year-old china doll who discovers surprising friendships and thrilling adventures.

The Doll family, beautifully crafted china dolls, has been passed down through four generations of girls in one American family. Annabelle Doll is eight years old and has been for over 100 years. Not a lot has happened to her, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll people, day after day, year after year...until the Funcrafts move in. Unlike the cautious, traditional Doll family in every way, the Funcrafts are carefree and delivered straight from the factory shelves. Tiffany Funcraft is made entirely of plastic and lives in the scariest room of the house, but she's an adventurer and after 100 years of boredom, that's just what Anabelle needs. Especially when she vows to solve a decades-long family mystery.

This fresh twist on the beloved genre of doll stories will spark imagination and a sense of wonder in young readers and will send them on a search for the second book in the series, The Meanest Doll in the World.

Author: Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 08/01/2000
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.34w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9780786803613
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 41789 / Doll People


Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2000 pg. 1200
Booklist 08/01/2000 pg. 2140
New York Times 11/19/2000 pg. 45
School Library Journal 11/01/2000 pg. 128
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/2001 pg. 1378
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 76 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 76 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly 07/03/2000

About the Author

Ann M. Martin is the bestselling author of the momentous Baby-Sitters Club series as well as the Main Street series. Her other acclaimed novels include A Dog's Life, Belle Teal, Rain Reign, and the Newbery Honor Book A Corner of the Universe. She lives in upstate New York.

Laura Godwin lives and works in New York City but grew up in Alberta, Canada. She has written many well-loved books for children, including Owl Sees Owl, Christmas in the Manger, This Is the Construction Worker, and Oh, Cats!

Brian Selznick is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Invention of Hugo Cabret, winner of the Caldecott Medal and a National Book Award nominee. He has illustrated many other books for children, including Frindle by Andrew Clements, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz Ryan, and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which received a Caldecott Honor. Brian lives in Brooklyn and San Diego.