Katie Walsh, bummed out after her best friend moves away, agrees to a sleepover at new girl Whitney's house, but after spending a night being scared by Whitney's obsession with her dolls and threats she believes were being made by the toys, Katie decides maybe she and Whitney were not meant to be friends, but Whitney has a different idea.

Lucy had seventeen doll babies but Smelly Baby was her favorite, so when the doll goes missing, Lucy is sad until it is returned and eventually, after taking her with her everywhere, becomes smellier than ever.

Two girls imagine that their dolls, one a princess and the other a secret agent, learn to work together to foil a villain.

Rhyming tale of a sick dolly, the care she receives from her doctor and Miss Polly, and the treat she is offered when she becomes well.

The Barbie doll is not just the world's most popular toy, she's a Rorschach test, revealing attitudes about sexuality, body image, gender roles and creativity. Journeying from Barbie conventions to anti-Barbie demonstrations, from girls' play dates to Barbie web pages, Barbie Nation plumbs the cult of the Barbie doll, telling the Barbie stories of men, women and children. At the center of Barbie Nation is the story of Barbie creator and Mattel co-founder...

Jasmine makes a wish for a pet flamingo on the special daruma doll her grandmother sent from Japan, then sets out to prove herself responsibile enough for a pet.

Describes the ceremonial masks, costumes, and functions of many of the Kachinas of the Hopi Indians.

Amelia and her best friend, Princess Sparkle-Heart, do almost everything together, so when the Princess suffers an accident, Amelia's mother puts her sewing box to good use and makes the doll better than ever.

When Karen's friend Nancy is hospitalized, Karen lends her the expensive English baby doll Karen's grandparents brought back from London, and Nancy mistakenly thinks Karen has given her the doll for keeps.

Charlotte has a talent for anything technological, so when she receives a doll as a present, she upgrades it with a few spare parts and some code to create a new and improved friend.