Josephine Scribner Gates 36 min read

On a magical morning in Cloverdale, every little girl's doll wakes up alive, and Janie and her friends discover the delight and the trouble of caring for dolls that walk, talk, and misbehave.

Josephine Scribner Gates's 1901 novel is a charming fantasy for young children. Warm, whimsical, delightful. Read it for a beloved turn-of-the-century storybook where a child's dearest wish comes true and her dolls come to life, in a gentle tale of tea-parties, mischief, and the tender devotion of little girls.

In its time

Published in 1901, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

36 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Virginia Keep