Black Narcissus

Literature & Fiction

RUMER GODDEN

Contemporary

Penguin

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. 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.

Dolls' House (Young Puffin Books)

Children's Books

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Another of the author's delightful children's stories

Candy Floss and Impunity Jane (Young Puffin Books)

Puffin Books

The Doll's House

From Rumer Godden, one of the foremost authors of the 20th century, and illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor recipient Tasha Tudor, comes a heartwarming tale filled with imagination and creativity that is ideal for any girl who has ever loved a doll so much that it has become real to her. For Tottie Plantaganet, a little wooden doll, belonging to Emily and Charlotte Dane is wonderful. The only thing missing is a dollhouse that Tottie and her family could call their very own. But when the dollhouse finally does arrive, Tottie's problems really begin. That dreadful doll Marchpane comes to live with them, disrupting the harmony of the Plantaganet family with her lies and conceited way. Will Tottie ever be able to call the dollhouse home? An ALA Notable Book "For little girls who love dolls, women who remember dollhouse days, and literary critics who can recognize a masterpiece."--The New York Times Rumer Godden is the author of numerous books for children and adults, including The Story of Holly and Ivy, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, and the bestseller The Black Narcissus. Tasha Tudor has written and illustrated many books for children, including 1 is One and Mother Goose, both Caldecott Honor books.

Activities, Crafts & Games

A young girl and her pony befriend a dour farmer on the Scottish border.

Mr. McFadden's Halloween (Puffin Books)

Tottie: The Story of a Dolls' House

Puffin Penguin Books

Terrible changes occur in the house where Tibby's mother works, but although Tibby knows something that may make all the difference, she doesn't feel she can divulge the secret.

The Rocking Horse Secret

Puffin

The Peacock Spring

Penguin??Books

Greengage Summer (Peacock Books)

Rumer Godden's The Diddakoi won the 1972 Whitbread Children's Book Award . Everyone in Kizzy's town hates her because she's half-gypsy - a diddakoi. But Kizzy doesn't care. All she needs is Gran and her horse, Joe. But when Gran dies and their wagon burns down, Kizzy is all alone. No one wants to look after her and her beloved Joe might get sent to the knacker's yard. Can Kizzy survive in a hostile world - and save Joe?

The Diddakoi

Macmillan Children`s Books

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