Secret Life of the Lonely Doll Children's Books on Adoption two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo

two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo brings us this first of three tales celebrating unlikely friendship and the power of sharing stories and doing the right thing--a soon-to-be classic brought to expressive life by the full-color illustrations of Carmen Mok

named Agnes--her world starts to change

oh-so-true portrait of a brother and sister’s relationship in this winning picture book

Paul despairs

the girl in the apartment next door has hobbies of her own -- very loud hobbies

Secret Life of the Lonely Doll Children's Books on Adoption two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamilloIn 1957, a children's book called The Lonely Doll was published. With its pink and white checked cover and photographs featuring a wide eyed doll, it captured the imaginations of young girls and made the author, Dare Wright, a household name. Close to forty years after its publication, the book was out of print but not forgotten. When the cover image inexplicably came to journalist Jean Nathan one afternoon, she went in search of the book and