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Cornhusk Silk and Wishbones: A Book of Dolls from Around the World
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date September 1, 2000
Pages 48
Binding School and Library
Book category Easy Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780618054879
ISBN-10 0618054871
Dimensions 0.50 by 9.50 by 10.50 in.
Weight 1.10 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $15.00
Other format details juvenile
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Summary
Examines a variety of dolls throughout the world, discussing how they have been used at different times and how they reflect the cultures that created them.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
They are fashioned out of materials as varied as themselves — wishbones, apples, clay, bread, ivory, palm leaves, and sealskin. They come from the tropics and the tundra, the desert and the mountains, from times of war and times of peace. What they wear tells us of their homes. Their faces are calm, fierce, beautiful, wistful, ugly, inscrutable. Dolls have been cherished throughout time by children all around the world — children who have carried them, dressed them, and whispered secrets to them.
With haunting photographs and a text that speaks poignantly of the time when children must leave their dolls behind, this book captures the uncanny and enduring comfort of dolls.
Michelle Markel wrote this book out of a deep affection for dolls and for folk art. She was given the idea for her book by “a little green and purple doll, an alebrije, in a glass case at a Mexican folk art exhibit.” She believes that dolls have the power to lead children into worlds not their own.


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9780618054879 | details & prices | 48 pages | 9.50 × 10.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 1.10 lbs | List price $15.00
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