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The Paper Dolls

Julia Donaldson author Rebecca Cobb illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:6th Jun '13

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The Paper Dolls cover

The breathtakingly beautiful story of one little girl and her five paper dolls.

The breathtakingly beautiful story of one little girl and her five paper dolls, from the creators of The Everywhere Bear.

The Paper Dolls is a stunning, lyrical story of childhood, memory and the power of imagination from Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Rebecca Cobb.

A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens . . .

The Paper Dolls is a beautiful and evocative story from Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb, the bestselling creators of The Everywhere Bear.

A picture book that seems simple but gets richer every time you look at it . . . Cobb's illustrations capture the joy of childhood; between them, she and the Children's Laureate have made a book that works like magic. -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *
The Paper Dolls was picked as a top summer read in the Metro. The selectors included George Hanratty from Tales on Moon Lane bookshop and Katherine Woodfine from BookTrust. * metro.co.uk *
Rebecca Cobb's beautifully drawn and colourful illustrations are absolutely charming . . . I don't want to spoil the ending, but I can say that the inherent message of the story, that nothing is truly destroyed once it becomes a memory, left us both feeling surprisingly contented! * muffandteacake.co.uk *

  • Short-listed for The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2014 (UK)

ISBN: 9781447220145

Dimensions: 270mm x 217mm x 5mm

Weight: 164g

32 pages

Illustrated edition