The Paper Dolls
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- Author：Julia Donaldson
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Summary
Embark on a fantastical adventure with a little Female and her string of paper dolls。 The dolls step into the garden and try to escape the claws of a toy dinosaur and the snapping oven-glove crocodile but see if they can escape a pair of scissors！ Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb， this wonderful picture book is filled with sweet pictures and features beautiful rhyming text。 Quick Facts: Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb Rhyming text
Reviews
MG
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I have always found this book unsettling and today realised why。 It reminds me of being bullied by boys as a child， and internalising that pain， shame and bewilderment while feeling unable to speak out against the perpetrator who faced no punishment and continued to bully。It is also confusing and unnecessary for the girl to be portrayed growing up and becoming a mother。 After understanding the context that this is a book about loss， I can see the value in its core message。 The rhymes are charmin I have always found this book unsettling and today realised why。 It reminds me of being bullied by boys as a child， and internalising that pain， shame and bewilderment while feeling unable to speak out against the perpetrator who faced no punishment and continued to bully。It is also confusing and unnecessary for the girl to be portrayed growing up and becoming a mother。 After understanding the context that this is a book about loss， I can see the value in its core message。 The rhymes are charming and illustrations wonderfulHowever， these elements don’t overcome the messages that girls should accept casual cruelty， boys face no repercussions for their behaviour， and that a girls need not worry if bad things happen to them because they get to become mothers。 These are damaging messages for young children and particularly girls。 I cannot read this to my children （one girl， one boy）， particularly in a post #metoo era。 。。。more
Alejandro
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I didn´t like much this book because the paper dolls were cut。
Deborah Duncan
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Julia Donaldson is pure magic。 This book has the rollicking rhymes and imaginative adventures of childhood。 Cobb's illustrations are perfect， as she joins one adventure to the next visually， and creates the paper dolls' personalities。 The jarring moment when a little boy actually snips the dolls into bits is glossed over， and I see that some reviewers see this as a serious fault in the book。 But the little girl remembers her dolls， and re-creates them with her own child in a very poignant way。 S Julia Donaldson is pure magic。 This book has the rollicking rhymes and imaginative adventures of childhood。 Cobb's illustrations are perfect， as she joins one adventure to the next visually， and creates the paper dolls' personalities。 The jarring moment when a little boy actually snips the dolls into bits is glossed over， and I see that some reviewers see this as a serious fault in the book。 But the little girl remembers her dolls， and re-creates them with her own child in a very poignant way。 She had them for a short time， they disappeared and were re-born。 I don't have a problem with the little boy's actions， little kids do destructive things after all and kids move on。 That moment could lead to a good discussion with young children， should he have been punished？ Maybe he was off-stage？ The joy and creativity live on， however。 What a great read， I would love to read it to a group of preschoolers and see what they say about the boy。 Maybe this book could lead to making paper dolls together。 Great stuff！ 。。。more
Raquel
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The boy came out of nowhere to destroy the paper dolls of a random girl。 No consequence for the boy， the girl did not build the paper dolls again。 A beautiful end， but no need for this transition。
Francine
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Very cute！ I love the art style。 The story made me a lil teary at the end， heart-wrenching climax， great ending。（Read this at work。 😋）Concerning the boy: I think the moral of the story is that sometimes bad people hurt us， but we have the power to control our own emotions and turn them into something positive。 Other reviews say they didn't like that the boy got away with it and felt no remorse。 This is a valid opinion， and the book might have been a little better if they had shown the boy in an Very cute！ I love the art style。 The story made me a lil teary at the end， heart-wrenching climax， great ending。（Read this at work。 😋）Concerning the boy: I think the moral of the story is that sometimes bad people hurt us， but we have the power to control our own emotions and turn them into something positive。 Other reviews say they didn't like that the boy got away with it and felt no remorse。 This is a valid opinion， and the book might have been a little better if they had shown the boy in an illustration encountering some consequences。 On the other hand， I think this book focuses mostly on the little girl's perspective， and how she deals with what happened。 I was personally a little bored with the story until the boy showed up， I think his action was the most interesting part of the story: consider the number of discussions people are having about it here！On the other hand， it's a lil gendered to have a little boy be mean to a little girl and the girl just sucks it up without a fuss。 🤔🤷♀️ 。。。more
Jade
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The Paper Dolls is the story of a young girl who makes some paper dolls which she plays with and takes them on adventures but one day when a boy cuts them up they end up in her memory instead。 When I started reading this book I wasn't sure where it was going as I didn't think there'd be much to a story about paper dolls but I was pleasantly surprised about the ending。 The children enjoyed looking at each of the paper dolls and seeing all the places the young girl took them and it made them want The Paper Dolls is the story of a young girl who makes some paper dolls which she plays with and takes them on adventures but one day when a boy cuts them up they end up in her memory instead。 When I started reading this book I wasn't sure where it was going as I didn't think there'd be much to a story about paper dolls but I was pleasantly surprised about the ending。 The children enjoyed looking at each of the paper dolls and seeing all the places the young girl took them and it made them want to make some paper dolls too。 I really like the ending and how we see that even if something or someone is gone they're still in our memories。 This is a hard concept for young children to understand but the book shows it beautifully。The illustrations are lots of fun to look at with a cartoon and hand drawn style to them。 The children particularly liked seeing the page on the girls memories and some of the creatures that made an appearance in the book。 This is a lovely book that shows even if something is gone it can always be found in our memories。 。。。more
Guilherme Semionato
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Lucy
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I absolutely love this book， but also find it very hard to read without weeping！ I accept some mention the scissor snipping bit with anger， but the story isn’t about the boy that does a mean thing - it’s about learning to let go and treasuring your memories。 To go into details about telling the boy off would detract from the purpose of the story。 That’s for the adults to discuss afterwards with the kids。 There is so much to get from this book in so few words， it resonates on many levels。 It is a I absolutely love this book， but also find it very hard to read without weeping！ I accept some mention the scissor snipping bit with anger， but the story isn’t about the boy that does a mean thing - it’s about learning to let go and treasuring your memories。 To go into details about telling the boy off would detract from the purpose of the story。 That’s for the adults to discuss afterwards with the kids。 There is so much to get from this book in so few words， it resonates on many levels。 It is a family favourite that gets read again and again and never tires。 I also love Rebecca Cobb’s whimsical childlike illustrations， I think they are the perfect foil for the text。 。。。more
Shiraz Bosman
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My absolute favourite Julia Donaldson book！ My daughter and I met her and got 3 books signed at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival 💛
Fi's Journey
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The Paper Dolls is the first picture book I read by Julia Donadson without Axel Scheffler's illustrations （I really like them！）。 I thought the meaning behind the story is beautiful: creating memories by making paper dolls with your mother and playing with them。 Then someone comes along and destroys those paper dolls （you might say it was about to happen at some point） but the irony is that through the destruction of the paper dolls they become an ever greater memory to the girl way into her own The Paper Dolls is the first picture book I read by Julia Donadson without Axel Scheffler's illustrations （I really like them！）。 I thought the meaning behind the story is beautiful: creating memories by making paper dolls with your mother and playing with them。 Then someone comes along and destroys those paper dolls （you might say it was about to happen at some point） but the irony is that through the destruction of the paper dolls they become an ever greater memory to the girl way into her own motherhood where she does the very same thing with her own daughter: creating Paper dolls。 This was what it feels to me: creating memories and no matter what happens no one can take away those memories as they do not live on in the physical world but in our hearts。All of that said I'm not giving it more than 4 stars as I found the illustrations not to my taste and not good illustrated to me 。。。more
Ashleigh
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Read twice due to work。 Enjoyed more the second time round。
Becky Kilcoyne
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"There's Ticky and Takey and Jackie the backie。 Jim with two noses and Jo with a bow！" "There's Ticky and Takey and Jackie the backie。 Jim with two noses and Jo with a bow！" 。。。more
Zunairah Mohammad
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This is the story of a little girl， her kind mother， and her paper dolls。 It's amazing to read the story and adventures of the paper dolls。 Do you want to know more？ Should I tell you more？ Oh！ no no no， Cause I won't let go。 This is a must-read for all kids like me。 Julia DonaldsonListen to this story from my channel https://youtu。be/aBwGiG3mBww This is the story of a little girl， her kind mother， and her paper dolls。 It's amazing to read the story and adventures of the paper dolls。 Do you want to know more？ Should I tell you more？ Oh！ no no no， Cause I won't let go。 This is a must-read for all kids like me。 Julia DonaldsonListen to this story from my channel https://youtu。be/aBwGiG3mBww 。。。more
Micky Sahi
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The only Julia book i know that you didnt like。
Emma
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I loved this picture book and how the girl's five paper dolls managed to overcome all the challenges they faced together。 The ending was lovely and really showed the importance of memories as the girl always remembered the paper dolls even when she didn't have them and went on to make more paper dolls with her daughter。 I think this is a really positive story， children could have a go at making their own paper characters and the story could develop children's imagination with all the adventures I loved this picture book and how the girl's five paper dolls managed to overcome all the challenges they faced together。 The ending was lovely and really showed the importance of memories as the girl always remembered the paper dolls even when she didn't have them and went on to make more paper dolls with her daughter。 I think this is a really positive story， children could have a go at making their own paper characters and the story could develop children's imagination with all the adventures their own paper dolls could have。 。。。more
Ella
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A little girl makes some paper dolls with her mum。 She goes on lots of adventures with them。 The way they keep escaping from different problems reminded me of the three little pigs story。 In the end， they get cut up by a little boy， although they are physically gone， they remain in the girl's imagination with multiple other things including her grandma。 The book could help children to understand loss through a positive view of no one ever completely leaving， suggesting they can always be with yo A little girl makes some paper dolls with her mum。 She goes on lots of adventures with them。 The way they keep escaping from different problems reminded me of the three little pigs story。 In the end， they get cut up by a little boy， although they are physically gone， they remain in the girl's imagination with multiple other things including her grandma。 The book could help children to understand loss through a positive view of no one ever completely leaving， suggesting they can always be with you。 Some of the text also made me think of little red riding hood and there are lots of links to this in the image of the girl's imagination， including her grandma， a house in the woods and a wolf。 Children could explore these links to well know fairy tales。 If it was not appropriate to discuss loss in detail with a particular class， the book could still easily be enjoyed without putting a focus on that discrete link。 A good book to use in KS1 alongside looking at fairy tales to see if children can notice the links or simply as a read-aloud story。 。。。more
Lalacerullo1993hotmail。Co。Uk
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A magical story which explores the cycle of life and addresses themes such as friendship and family relationships。 Children can also practise Rhythm and rhyme with the repeating chorus。
Grace Steed
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A sweet book about a little girl and the paper doll her mum makes her。 Could be used to discuss the topics of loss， friendship and the importance of sticking together to overcome adversity。
Bee Whitaker
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This is an absolutely beautifully written and illustrated book that is very helpful in supporting children through loss。 It also portrays the relationship between mother and daughter and the idea of paper dolls passing through the generations as the girl grows up to be a mother who makes paper dolls with her own children。 Younger readers can really connect with this book as the illustrations are so childlike （but yet so delicate） that they could have created them themselves。 It's also a great ac This is an absolutely beautifully written and illustrated book that is very helpful in supporting children through loss。 It also portrays the relationship between mother and daughter and the idea of paper dolls passing through the generations as the girl grows up to be a mother who makes paper dolls with her own children。 Younger readers can really connect with this book as the illustrations are so childlike （but yet so delicate） that they could have created them themselves。 It's also a great activity for after you've read the book。 。。。more
Alexandra Guest
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This is a lovely story a one I was pleasantly surprised Master 3。5 loves it。
Bijender
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What a practical book。 How mother and daughter play and memory pass on to next generation。 Absolute love the thought process behind this story
Amy
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Beautiful story and illustrations - this is my favourite illustrator for Julia Donaldson books。 Lovely message about how things are never gone， we have our memories。
Anthony
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A little girl spends some fun time with her mother making paper dolls。She and the dolls embark on a fantastic adventure， full of danger and derring do， facing crocodiles and rampaging dinosaurs。Julia Donaldson is the author of ‘The Gruffalo’ and a number of excellent and highly successful books， but this is probably my favourite。The book is a tribute to children's innocence and imagination。 The writing is lyrical and the illustrations have themselves a childlike quality， but they are beautiful a A little girl spends some fun time with her mother making paper dolls。She and the dolls embark on a fantastic adventure， full of danger and derring do， facing crocodiles and rampaging dinosaurs。Julia Donaldson is the author of ‘The Gruffalo’ and a number of excellent and highly successful books， but this is probably my favourite。The book is a tribute to children's innocence and imagination。 The writing is lyrical and the illustrations have themselves a childlike quality， but they are beautiful and perfect for this story。 For ages 2-6 。。。more
Lin
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Argh can't read this without crying。 Rather embarrassing when you're trying to read this aloud to the toddler。 Thanks motherhood。 Argh can't read this without crying。 Rather embarrassing when you're trying to read this aloud to the toddler。 Thanks motherhood。 。。。more
peppersocks
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Reflections and lessons learned: when I first heard this short story I wasn’t a fan， and could only see the darkness in the story - kids don’t seem to see that though - to them it’s a story of fun and resilience - an oft quoted family favourite！
Stacey Grayson
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This might actually be the most depressing book I’ve ever read。 More so than The Road and HandMaids Tale。 Bloody Donaldson。
Steve Chant
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The Paper Dolls starts off as just another run-of-the-mill Julia Donaldson book （catchy rhyme， repetitive sentences） but， just after the halfway point， I fell in love and I think this is easily her best work （sorry， Gruffalo！）It's actually rather deep for a children's book， with a beautiful ending that is strong in nostalgia。 Perhaps the mean little boy could have faced some kind of reprimand， but that's nitpicking。 This is a delightful book that my son and I really enjoyed！ The Paper Dolls starts off as just another run-of-the-mill Julia Donaldson book （catchy rhyme， repetitive sentences） but， just after the halfway point， I fell in love and I think this is easily her best work （sorry， Gruffalo！）It's actually rather deep for a children's book， with a beautiful ending that is strong in nostalgia。 Perhaps the mean little boy could have faced some kind of reprimand， but that's nitpicking。 This is a delightful book that my son and I really enjoyed！ 。。。more
Abinaya
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This book is really a hit among my two-year old twins， but I'm quite don't understand the need for the little girl in the story growing up to become a mother and start making dolls for her own daughter。 This book is really a hit among my two-year old twins， but I'm quite don't understand the need for the little girl in the story growing up to become a mother and start making dolls for her own daughter。 。。。more
Kin
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Possibly my favourite Julia Donaldson book for the kids。 Very unique。
Bethy Clarke
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Another 5/5 for Donaldson！In love with the illustrations in this story！ The delicate， pencil/watercolour mix and child-like style is right up my street and fits the content of the story perfectly。The storyline is just lovely and completely relatable to most children - creating adventures out of all the inanimate objects lying around the house。The story also gently eludes to and introduces the topic of death/loss through the paper dolls entering the girl's memory and discovering what else is hidd Another 5/5 for Donaldson！In love with the illustrations in this story！ The delicate， pencil/watercolour mix and child-like style is right up my street and fits the content of the story perfectly。The storyline is just lovely and completely relatable to most children - creating adventures out of all the inanimate objects lying around the house。The story also gently eludes to and introduces the topic of death/loss through the paper dolls entering the girl's memory and discovering what else is hidden there eg。 a kind granny。 Donaldson has done it again in this book by creating brilliant rhyming patterns that are easy to remember and recite。 Another KS1 must have！ 。。。more
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