The Lonely Doll

by Dare Wright

Overview

Once there was a little doll. Her name was Edith. She lived in a nice house and had everything she needed except someone to play with. She was lonely! Then one morning Edith looked into the garden and there stood two bears! Since it was first published in 1957, The Lonely Doll has established itself as a unique children's classic. Through innovative photography Dare Wright brings the world of dolls to life and entertains us with much more than just a story. Edith, the star of the show, is a doll from Wright's childhood, and Wright selected the bear family with the help of her brother. With simple poses and wonderful expressions, the cast of characters is vividly brought to life to tell a story of friendship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395899267
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/28/1998
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	475,262
Product dimensions:	8.75(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Dare Wright was born in Canada and raised in the United States. She started her career as a photographer's fashion model, then went around to the other side of the camera and became a highly successful freelance photographer. Her photographs appeared in such magazines as TOWN AND COUNTRY, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, VOGUE, and HARPER'S BAZAAR. She created several books about Edith and her friends, including the classic favorites The Lonely Doll and Edith and Mr. Bear.

Editorial Reviews

Remembering a good many coy atrocities, this ready usually shied away from photographic stories of dolls and other toys. There is, however, something very disarming about Edith, the lonely doll, and her companions, the patriarchal Mr. Bear and Little Bear. Edith with her unconventional face, her pony-tail hair-do, her cunningly arranged poses has personality and paradoxically, although she is all doll, she seems in these photographs, lifelike, too. Little girls will undoubtedly recognize their own moods in hers: her rainy-day crossness, her innocent mischief (dressing up in grown-up finery and lipstick), her contrition and final relief when all is forgiven. One suspects too that real-life little girls will go on making up new adventures for Edith. - New York Times - October 13, 1957

New York Times