Cornhusk Silk and Wishbones: A Book of Dolls from Around the World Hardcover - 2000
by Markel, Michelle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
Description
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Details
- Title Cornhusk Silk and Wishbones: A Book of Dolls from Around the World
- Author Markel, Michelle
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Printing
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin & Co., Boston
- Date 2000
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 01049697
- ISBN 9780618054879 / 0618054871
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.31 x 10.61 x 0.42 in (23.65 x 26.95 x 1.07 cm)
- Ages 06 to UP years
- Grade levels 1 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Dolls, Dolls - Social aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99089789
- Dewey Decimal Code 688.722
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Summary
With haunting photographs and a text that speaks poignantly of the time when children must leave their dolls behind, this book captures the uncanny and enduring comfort of dolls.
Michelle Markel wrote this book out of a deep affection for dolls and for folk art. She was given the idea for her book by “a little green and purple doll, an alebrije, in a glass case at a Mexican folk art exhibit.” She believes that dolls have the power to lead children into worlds not their own.
