The concept of dressing up, and
playing with, paper dolls has been around for a long time, but the
delivery in this book is decidedly fresh and new. The Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls
truly is fabulous. Young children will thoroughly enjoy this
The book comes with 6 paper people and loads of paper clothes. Replacing old-fashioned paper tabs are
adhesive dots that are re-stickable. As well, perforations replace
the need for scissors. The result is a favorite pastime, made accessible to younger children.
The dolls are reversible and have different shades of skin
color. On one side, the faces are drawn, while the other sides are
blank and ready to personalize. There are babies and pets as well.
Footstands for propping the dolls are included, in addition to a
wealth of clothes and accessories (13 pages filled with
The book features
backdrops for play time (6 in all, including a winter scene,
ballroom, and so forth), as well as a cute and handy storage that
is built right into the book--it looks like a wardrobe! Included
are instructions for making your own clothes. Very
By Julie Collings.
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