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Book Rec – The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Edward and Aingelda Ardizzone (category – first chapter books)

The cover of 'The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll' by Edward and Aingelda Ardizzone
The cover of ‘The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll’ by Edward and Aingelda Ardizzone

 

The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Edward and Aingelda Ardizzone (ISBN 978-0141359441)

I love this book. I loooooove this book.

It is super short (45 pages!), and has lovely half page illustrations throughout, but it’s also a proper paperback so it’s great for children who are just ready to start having chapter books read to them.
The story is about a tiny doll who ends up in a supermarket freezer, and the little girl who spots her. As I child I loved the idea of finding something small to care for, as a child who sewed and made things I wholeheartedly approved of the little girl’s solution to the tiny doll’s problem.
Plus the adults in the book are kind, and thoughful and I like that.

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Watch “Fauxdori Traveler’s Notebook walkthrough May 2016” on YouTube

https://youtu.be/ET0kd4ehxyg

Oops I seem to have a youtube channel. Bit really you (though obviously I mean me), can only watch only so many planner walkthroughs and unboxings before you’re itching to have a go yourself. Plus it’s easier, quicker, and hopefully clearer to explain how my planner works via video, rather than through photos.

This time round I’ve go through my fauxdori traveler’s notebook set up. I don’t use this for my day tp day planning. Instead it is a collect of inserts that I use for different collections of note I am currently making. Some are home ed/homeschool specific (though I’m planning to do another video all about how I use my fauxdori for planning and recording our home education), others are notes about running a business, and still others are for books and blog-posts I’m reading and want to remember.

Anyway I hope you enjoy it.