Welcome to Litsy!

I colored this picture and wanted to talk about a memory I have of playing with Barbies when I was a little girl.

#haiku #haikuhive

“It‘s scary to break the rules, but sometimes you have to if you want to find out what‘s really out there”

This book could be used in a classroom for social-emotional learning. There are various themes of friendship, empathy, courage, and freedom.

Published in 2000, speculative fiction. What if the dolls on your shelf were alive and they had their own secret world when you weren‘t looking? This book brings you into an old dollhouse that gains a new doll family and a mystery must be solved.

A pure joy. Early 20th century Toy Story. Raggedy family of cheerful dolls versus a new, boring, and haughty family of dolls. The haughty ones learn to love the shabby ones right before the Princess rescues them from being burned.

I didn't know Burnett moved to Tennessee as a child.

#ChildrensClassicRead @TheBookHippie I am so grateful for this list.

Going back to the days of security and no worries. Curled up and listening to the rain. Frances Hodgson Burnett was always one I usually had in my hands when I needed comfort. #ChildrensClassicRead @TheBookHippie

This was a sweet read. I loved the dolls and their positivity despite hard times. Hip! Hip! Hooray for the Fairies 🧚‍♀️
I was pleasantly surprised by 2 colored illustrations towards the end of the book!

#Read2025

Finished last Sunday for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 & one of my #Roll100 May picks (#70: Any Children‘s Book). Written in 1906, is a sweet story about a unique group of dolls & their dollhouse. While I didn‘t love it, I liked it well enough for it to be a pick.

I love finding these wacky foreign covers! I guess that's supposed to be Queen Crosspatch? Who's so obviously a sexy minx! 😂

This was cute but a little sappy for my tastes. Burnett was better at writing for older children, I think. I did wonder if this inspired Rumer Godden's wonderful doll stories.

#CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025