Peggy Stuart's Blog, page 7
October 11, 2024
A Different Kind of Challenge
Veronika was sitting on the windowsill, reading, when she heard Emil come in through the door.
"How was your day at school?" she asked.
Then she noticed that Emil looked concerned or worried. "What's the matter?" she asked when he looked up at her.
"Well," Emil began, as he climbed up on the windowsill, "there's a boy in my class who is strange," he said. "He coughs a lot, even though he isn't sick, and sometimes he says a bad word. The teacher doesn't scold him. It surprises me that he doesn't. Instead, the teacher scolds the kids who laugh at the bad word."
"Are you talking about Max?" Veronika asked.
"Yes," Emil replied. "How did you know?"
"I know Max," Veronika said. "He's a nice kid. He doesn't mean the bad words he says. He can't help saying them or the coughing. Sometimes his mouth twitches, too," she added. "He can't help that, either."
"You're right!" Emil exclaimed. "He does that, too. I can't even make my mouth move that way. Why does he do that?"
"It isn't something he means to do," Veronika explained. "He can't help it. He came out of the factory that way. That happens sometimes."
"So he's a little like me," Emil said. "I came out of the factory unable to hear and almost unable to see."
"That's true," Veronika agreed. "Your problem has been mostly fixed with your special glasses, but Max's problem is harder to fix."
"Can they do anything for Max?" Emil asked.
"I know he's taking some special pills," Veronika said. "The medicine helps, so it isn't as bad. He's having to learn ways to keep from saying bad words, but it isn't easy."
"The poor kid!" Emil said. "I guess I'm lucky! I think maybe my problem isn't as hard to live with as Max's problem."
"We're very happy you can see and hear with your special glasses, Emil," Veronika agreed.
"You know," Emil said, "I'm glad I'm not the only doll who isn’t perfect. I'm sorry Max has to go through this, but at least I know there's another doll who has problems."
Veronika looked at Emil. Then she said, "No one is perfect. We each have something that we have trouble with, maybe not always something others can see, but everyone has problems, and that isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes what doesn’t work right makes us better in some other way," she explained.
"Like the way I can hear what animals are saying?" Emil asked.
"Yes!" Veronika exclaimed. "Exactly like that! Maybe Max has a superpower no one knows about."
"Is that why some of the other boys pick on Max," Emil asked, "because they're afraid of him?"
"I know the boys you mean," Veronika agreed. "They are bullies. They pick on anyone who is different. They were mean to Mariah, because her vinyl is brown. It made her cry."
"She has learned to ignore them, so they have stopped," Veronika added.
"Do you mean they stopped because Mariah stopped getting upset?" Emil wanted to know.
"Yes," Veronika agreed. "Well, she still gets upset, but she ignores them. The bullies decided it was no fun anymore if they didn't see they were hurting her."
"If they enjoy hurting others," Emil pointed out, "they have a bigger problem than Max has."
"Yes," Veronika said, nodding. "They try to hurt dolls who are different because dolls who are different make them afraid."
"Wow!" Emil exclaimed. "I'm different, but they don't bully me." Then he thought of something. "Wait! Maybe they were trying to bully me when they called me 'Four Eyes,' but I thought it was a compliment. Having four eyes sounds better than having only two eyes. I think I even laughed."
"That's because you're grateful you can see at all," Veronika pointed out, "and by laughing you spoiled their fun."
Emil said, "That was when I was new here. They did it a couple of times and then stopped." Then he thought a moment. "They stopped because I wasn't hurt!"
"Yes," Veronika said. "They must be very unhappy dolls. Being afraid of dolls who are different is a real problem, and one those dolls have to fix for themselves, but we don't have to let it be a problem for us or for others."
"Today the bullies were picking on Max in the school yard," Emil said. "I saw Jolena walk over to where they were. She ignored the bullies and showed Max a book she had. She started talking to Max about the book."
"Max was interested in the book," Emil continued, "and stopped looking at the bullies."
"What did the bullies do then?" Veronika asked.
"They turned around and left," Emil said. Then Emil looked surprised. "I'll bet Jolena did that on purpose to get the boys to leave Max alone!" he exclaimed. "What a great idea!"
Veronika smiled. She knew he was right. It was just what Jolena would do. She also knew that Emil and other dolls were watching...and learning.
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Max the doll has what's called Tourette Syndrome a neurobiological disorder, like attention deficit and depression, that can occur in real human children and teenagers. It can be treated but not cured, although human people sometimes grow out of it.
You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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"How was your day at school?" she asked.
Then she noticed that Emil looked concerned or worried. "What's the matter?" she asked when he looked up at her.
"Well," Emil began, as he climbed up on the windowsill, "there's a boy in my class who is strange," he said. "He coughs a lot, even though he isn't sick, and sometimes he says a bad word. The teacher doesn't scold him. It surprises me that he doesn't. Instead, the teacher scolds the kids who laugh at the bad word."
"Are you talking about Max?" Veronika asked.
"Yes," Emil replied. "How did you know?"
"I know Max," Veronika said. "He's a nice kid. He doesn't mean the bad words he says. He can't help saying them or the coughing. Sometimes his mouth twitches, too," she added. "He can't help that, either."
"You're right!" Emil exclaimed. "He does that, too. I can't even make my mouth move that way. Why does he do that?"
"It isn't something he means to do," Veronika explained. "He can't help it. He came out of the factory that way. That happens sometimes."
"So he's a little like me," Emil said. "I came out of the factory unable to hear and almost unable to see."
"That's true," Veronika agreed. "Your problem has been mostly fixed with your special glasses, but Max's problem is harder to fix."
"Can they do anything for Max?" Emil asked.
"I know he's taking some special pills," Veronika said. "The medicine helps, so it isn't as bad. He's having to learn ways to keep from saying bad words, but it isn't easy."
"The poor kid!" Emil said. "I guess I'm lucky! I think maybe my problem isn't as hard to live with as Max's problem."
"We're very happy you can see and hear with your special glasses, Emil," Veronika agreed.
"You know," Emil said, "I'm glad I'm not the only doll who isn’t perfect. I'm sorry Max has to go through this, but at least I know there's another doll who has problems."
Veronika looked at Emil. Then she said, "No one is perfect. We each have something that we have trouble with, maybe not always something others can see, but everyone has problems, and that isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes what doesn’t work right makes us better in some other way," she explained.
"Like the way I can hear what animals are saying?" Emil asked.
"Yes!" Veronika exclaimed. "Exactly like that! Maybe Max has a superpower no one knows about."
"Is that why some of the other boys pick on Max," Emil asked, "because they're afraid of him?"
"I know the boys you mean," Veronika agreed. "They are bullies. They pick on anyone who is different. They were mean to Mariah, because her vinyl is brown. It made her cry."
"She has learned to ignore them, so they have stopped," Veronika added.
"Do you mean they stopped because Mariah stopped getting upset?" Emil wanted to know.
"Yes," Veronika agreed. "Well, she still gets upset, but she ignores them. The bullies decided it was no fun anymore if they didn't see they were hurting her."
"If they enjoy hurting others," Emil pointed out, "they have a bigger problem than Max has."
"Yes," Veronika said, nodding. "They try to hurt dolls who are different because dolls who are different make them afraid."
"Wow!" Emil exclaimed. "I'm different, but they don't bully me." Then he thought of something. "Wait! Maybe they were trying to bully me when they called me 'Four Eyes,' but I thought it was a compliment. Having four eyes sounds better than having only two eyes. I think I even laughed."
"That's because you're grateful you can see at all," Veronika pointed out, "and by laughing you spoiled their fun."
Emil said, "That was when I was new here. They did it a couple of times and then stopped." Then he thought a moment. "They stopped because I wasn't hurt!"
"Yes," Veronika said. "They must be very unhappy dolls. Being afraid of dolls who are different is a real problem, and one those dolls have to fix for themselves, but we don't have to let it be a problem for us or for others."
"Today the bullies were picking on Max in the school yard," Emil said. "I saw Jolena walk over to where they were. She ignored the bullies and showed Max a book she had. She started talking to Max about the book."
"Max was interested in the book," Emil continued, "and stopped looking at the bullies."
"What did the bullies do then?" Veronika asked.
"They turned around and left," Emil said. Then Emil looked surprised. "I'll bet Jolena did that on purpose to get the boys to leave Max alone!" he exclaimed. "What a great idea!"
Veronika smiled. She knew he was right. It was just what Jolena would do. She also knew that Emil and other dolls were watching...and learning.
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Max the doll has what's called Tourette Syndrome a neurobiological disorder, like attention deficit and depression, that can occur in real human children and teenagers. It can be treated but not cured, although human people sometimes grow out of it.
You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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Copyright © 2020, 2024 by Peggy Stuart
October 4, 2024
Storytime in Bend
Once upon a time there were seven dolls. Their names were Charlotte, Mandy, Veronika, Billy, Mariah, Emil and Jolena.
They all lived together in a big house with a little old man and a little old woman. The little old woman wrote stories about what she imagined the dolls were doing. The dolls enjoyed being written about.
They liked having their clothes changed and their hair brushed and arranged for photos that would go with the stories.
They liked pretending to go on adventures and to have fun together doing things. The dolls were happy that they had fun toys to play with. They were happy that they had books to read and pets to care for.
They liked pretending to sleep or eat. They liked pretending to be real human children.
The dolls listened to the little old man and little old woman talking to each other. The dolls heard them talking about how they were going to go on a trip and would be gone for a week. They talked about having the post office hold their mail until they got back. They talked about what clothes and other things they might need while they were gone.One day the little old man and the little old woman put some things into the back of the car.
"The car is pulling out of the garage," Jolena said from the windowsill as the other dolls looked up at her. They listened as the garage door closed."The little old lady is getting in on the passenger side," Jolena said.
"That's it! They've gone," Jolena said. "The car just drove away."
"What should we do while they're gone?" Billy asked. "We have the house to ourselves."
"Let's clean the house again!" Veronika exclaimed. "That was so much fun the last time!"
"Let us, I mean Emil and me, do the vacuuming," Billy said. "We've done it before, and we're good at it."
"You can do the vacuuming, Billy," Mandy said, "but don't forget, you will need to do the dusting first. Otherwise, the dust will fall on the clean floor. You want the vacuum to pick it up."
The dolls all agreed that cleaning the house again would be fun.
The boys got to work getting the dusting done, so they could get on to the fun part.
Mariah and Jolena changed the sheets on the beds. They had to work together, because it's hard to do when you're so small. They carried the dirty sheets down the hall to the laundry room. Then they got out some clean sheets from the linen closet. They worked together to get the clean sheets on the bed and the pillows into the pillow cases.
Veronika did the laundry. She washed all the white things together and then put them into the dryer. Then she washed the colored things. She would put them into the dryer when it was done. She knew the colors sometimes like to leave one thing and move into something that's supposed to be white.
Mandy and Charlotte cleaned the bathrooms.
When they were done, they got dressed and went looking for the others. They found the other girls in the workroom. The boys were not there. "Where are the boys?" Charlotte asked when she and Mandy were dressed."I think I hear the vacuum downstairs," Mariah told them. "They must still be working."
The girls went downstairs to look for the boys. They found them in the dining room, still vacuuming the floor. They were using the new robot vacuum cleaner. They were having too much fun to stop. All they had to do was push a button, and the vacuum would move around on the floor, sucking up all the dirt and dust. The boys had been letting Billy's teddy bear ride it and pretend to be driving. Billy and Emil knew they were not supposed to climb onto the vacuum, but Teddy is very small and light.
The dolls spent the next few days reading, playing games and pretending to eat and sleep.
Every day, the boys would run the robot vacuum for a while. They knew it wasn't a toy, but they still thought it was fun. They named it "Beatrice (BEE-ah-triss) the Cleaning Lady." They took turns using the remote control to change the way Beatrice cleaned. They laughed when Beatrice bumped into something and just turned away to vacuum in another direction. They knew it didn't hurt Beatrice to bump into things. When Beatrice was tired, she would go back to her charging station.
On the last day, Jolena got some frozen tomatoes out of the freezer and started them cooking on the stove to make jam.
While the jam was cooking, Jolena started a loaf of bread in the bread machine.
When the jam had cooked long enough, Jolena washed some jars. Then she spooned the jam into the clean jars.
She left the jars of jam on the big cutting board on the stove.
When the bread was baked, she took it out of the oven.
While it was cooling, she went and found a clean cloth napkin. She wrapped it in a cloth napkin and left it on the counter.
The little old woman and the little old man returned in the evening."I'm tired," the little old woman said, as she put down her suitcase. "I'm not looking forward to cleaning the house,"
"I'll do the dusting," said the little old man. "Then we can run the vacuum. Just let me get a good night's sleep first."
Then the two real human people stopped and looked around. Something was different, and they had the feeling they were being watched.
"The house looks clean," said the little old woman.
"It smells clean, too," said the little old man, "and I think I smell fresh bread! We must have elves!" he added with a laugh. He looked around. (Elves! What a silly thought!)
The "elves" stifled their giggles.
The old couple walked into the kitchen, following the smells.
There they found the jars of homemade tomato jam, still warm.
On the counter was the bread, wrapped in a cloth napkin, also still warm.
The little old lady and the little old man thought they knew who had been busy in their house. "We should do something to thank them," the little old man suggested.
"I know what!" the little old lady exclaimed. "I'll write them a story about how dolls cleaned the house!"
"No one will believe it," the little old man pointed out.
"I'll just start it the way you start fairy tales," she replied, "'Once upon a time...'"
"Does that mean we get to live happily ever after?" he asked with a smile.
The old lady nodded. "It has worked so far," she pointed out.
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Marmalade: Purrrfect Cats from KTL
Beatrice: Eufy 35C RoboVac
The little old lady and the little old man: themselves
You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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They all lived together in a big house with a little old man and a little old woman. The little old woman wrote stories about what she imagined the dolls were doing. The dolls enjoyed being written about.
They liked having their clothes changed and their hair brushed and arranged for photos that would go with the stories.
They liked pretending to go on adventures and to have fun together doing things. The dolls were happy that they had fun toys to play with. They were happy that they had books to read and pets to care for.
They liked pretending to sleep or eat. They liked pretending to be real human children.
The dolls listened to the little old man and little old woman talking to each other. The dolls heard them talking about how they were going to go on a trip and would be gone for a week. They talked about having the post office hold their mail until they got back. They talked about what clothes and other things they might need while they were gone.One day the little old man and the little old woman put some things into the back of the car.
"The car is pulling out of the garage," Jolena said from the windowsill as the other dolls looked up at her. They listened as the garage door closed."The little old lady is getting in on the passenger side," Jolena said.
"That's it! They've gone," Jolena said. "The car just drove away."
"What should we do while they're gone?" Billy asked. "We have the house to ourselves."
"Let's clean the house again!" Veronika exclaimed. "That was so much fun the last time!"
"Let us, I mean Emil and me, do the vacuuming," Billy said. "We've done it before, and we're good at it."
"You can do the vacuuming, Billy," Mandy said, "but don't forget, you will need to do the dusting first. Otherwise, the dust will fall on the clean floor. You want the vacuum to pick it up."
The dolls all agreed that cleaning the house again would be fun.
The boys got to work getting the dusting done, so they could get on to the fun part.
Mariah and Jolena changed the sheets on the beds. They had to work together, because it's hard to do when you're so small. They carried the dirty sheets down the hall to the laundry room. Then they got out some clean sheets from the linen closet. They worked together to get the clean sheets on the bed and the pillows into the pillow cases.
Veronika did the laundry. She washed all the white things together and then put them into the dryer. Then she washed the colored things. She would put them into the dryer when it was done. She knew the colors sometimes like to leave one thing and move into something that's supposed to be white.
Mandy and Charlotte cleaned the bathrooms.
When they were done, they got dressed and went looking for the others. They found the other girls in the workroom. The boys were not there. "Where are the boys?" Charlotte asked when she and Mandy were dressed."I think I hear the vacuum downstairs," Mariah told them. "They must still be working."
The girls went downstairs to look for the boys. They found them in the dining room, still vacuuming the floor. They were using the new robot vacuum cleaner. They were having too much fun to stop. All they had to do was push a button, and the vacuum would move around on the floor, sucking up all the dirt and dust. The boys had been letting Billy's teddy bear ride it and pretend to be driving. Billy and Emil knew they were not supposed to climb onto the vacuum, but Teddy is very small and light.
The dolls spent the next few days reading, playing games and pretending to eat and sleep.
Every day, the boys would run the robot vacuum for a while. They knew it wasn't a toy, but they still thought it was fun. They named it "Beatrice (BEE-ah-triss) the Cleaning Lady." They took turns using the remote control to change the way Beatrice cleaned. They laughed when Beatrice bumped into something and just turned away to vacuum in another direction. They knew it didn't hurt Beatrice to bump into things. When Beatrice was tired, she would go back to her charging station.
On the last day, Jolena got some frozen tomatoes out of the freezer and started them cooking on the stove to make jam.
While the jam was cooking, Jolena started a loaf of bread in the bread machine.
When the jam had cooked long enough, Jolena washed some jars. Then she spooned the jam into the clean jars.
She left the jars of jam on the big cutting board on the stove.
When the bread was baked, she took it out of the oven.
While it was cooling, she went and found a clean cloth napkin. She wrapped it in a cloth napkin and left it on the counter.
The little old woman and the little old man returned in the evening."I'm tired," the little old woman said, as she put down her suitcase. "I'm not looking forward to cleaning the house,"
"I'll do the dusting," said the little old man. "Then we can run the vacuum. Just let me get a good night's sleep first."
Then the two real human people stopped and looked around. Something was different, and they had the feeling they were being watched.
"The house looks clean," said the little old woman.
"It smells clean, too," said the little old man, "and I think I smell fresh bread! We must have elves!" he added with a laugh. He looked around. (Elves! What a silly thought!)
The "elves" stifled their giggles.
The old couple walked into the kitchen, following the smells.
There they found the jars of homemade tomato jam, still warm.
On the counter was the bread, wrapped in a cloth napkin, also still warm.
The little old lady and the little old man thought they knew who had been busy in their house. "We should do something to thank them," the little old man suggested.
"I know what!" the little old lady exclaimed. "I'll write them a story about how dolls cleaned the house!"
"No one will believe it," the little old man pointed out.
"I'll just start it the way you start fairy tales," she replied, "'Once upon a time...'"
"Does that mean we get to live happily ever after?" he asked with a smile.
The old lady nodded. "It has worked so far," she pointed out.
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Marmalade: Purrrfect Cats from KTL
Beatrice: Eufy 35C RoboVac
The little old lady and the little old man: themselves
You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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Copyright © 2020, 2024 by Peggy Stuart
September 27, 2024
Different Ways To Write
"Are you doing your homework?" Emil asked when he came into the room. He climbed up on a chair so he could see better.
Charlotte and Mariah were both sitting with paper and pencil. They were both writing.
"I'm learning Hebrew (HEE-brew)," Charlotte explained as Emil joined her on her chair to look at her pad of paper. "It's the special language (LANG-wedj) we use in our religious services at the synagogue (SIN-a-gog)." She showed Emil what she had written.Emil had not been with the family for very long and had only just started to go to the synagogue.
The letters looked strange to Emil. What Charlotte had written looked like this:
שמי שרלוט
"What does it say?" Emil asked.
"It says, 'My name is Charlotte,'" she replied.
Emil climbed down and went to where Mariah was.
"What are you doing?" he asked her.
"I'm learning Arabic (AH-rah-bik)," Mariah explained, showing him her notebook. "It's the language we use in our worship services at the mosque (MOSK).
Emil looked at Mariah's paper. He saw this:
اسمي ماريا
Emil asked Mariah what it said.
"I have written 'My name is Mariah,'" she said. "Charlotte and I were just showing each other how we introduce ourselves in our special writing."
"Mariah and I," Charlotte explained, "are learning to read and write different languages so we can use those languages in the places where we worship and can know what we're saying."
"What you are writing looks very different," Emil noticed. "It isn't just the words that are different from English, but the letters, too. They are very unusual."
"Many languages in the world" Mariah said, "use letters that are mostly the same as the letters we use in English, although they may have some special letters, too."
Charlotte nodded. "Yes, but there are also many other languages that use letters that are different, and some languages have a whole different letter for each word or part of a word."
"When you learn a new language," Mariah explained, "you have to learn the way it is written, not just how it is spoken."
Emil thought about that. "If I wanted to learn Hebrew or another new language, I would need both eyes that can see and ears that can hear," he said. "I'm really glad I have my special glasses! I think it would be fun to learn a new language."
The girls agreed. "We're glad you have your special glasses, too, Emil," Mariah said. "If you were unable to see enough to read, you would have to learn to read with your fingers. There is a special kind of writing for dolls and people who can't see well enough to read regular printing. It uses little bumps on a page. It's called Braille (BRAYL). I think that would be like learning a new language. You would read by feeling the bumps." Mariah showed Emil what she meant, using one of the books on the table. She ran her fingers along the page without looking at it.
All three dolls thought about that for a moment..
Then Emil said, "When I came in, I noticed that you were both writing from right to left. Why were you doing that?"
"Where you start writing the words is different, too, with some languages," Mariah said.
Charlotte nodded. "When we write in English and other languages that use the same letters as English does, we write from left to right. Both Hebrew and Arabic are written from right to left." Charlotte picked up her pencil and wrote "My name is Charlotte" on her pad of paper. Then she showed it to Emil.
Mariah and Charlotte think their special languages are interesting. They are the only dolls in the house who can read a special kind of writing. Their two special languages are different, but they are read in the same direction: from right to left, and they both use letters that are different from those they use to read and write in English.
"Sometimes," Mariah said, "we play a game we call, 'Naming Things.' One of us asks the other how she says something in her special language, then repeats it back."
"Sometimes we will show each other how to write the word," Mariah added.
"Sometimes we have to go and look up the word in a dictionary (DIK-shun-air-ee)," Charlotte explained. "That's a book that just has words and what they mean. Some dictionaries have the words in one language and what it means in that same language. Others have two parts: one with the words in one language and what those words mean in the other language, and the other part has the words in the other language and what the word means in the first language. We don't know all the words for everything yet."
Sometimes the other dolls will play the game with Mariah or Charlotte, too. They enjoy hearing the word for something in another language.
The other dolls know other languages besides English, but Mariah and Charlotte are the only ones who can read a language with letters that are not used in English.
Charlotte and Mariah are best friends. They like a lot of the same things. They do a lot of the same things. They do a lot of things together. They are alike in many ways, but there are also ways in which they are very different. Charlotte and Mariah love that they have ways they are the same. They love that they have ways they are different from each other. They find those differences interesting.
Do you have a friend who is different from you?
Special note to readers: When this story was written, Emil was new. He had not been out of his box very long. He is Jewish, like Charlotte, and now he is learning Hebrew, too. He also decided he wanted to learn sign language, so he could talk with dolls who can’t hear. He feels very fortunate to have his special glasses!
Cast--
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
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September 20, 2024
Emil's Big Problem
Emil woke when his alarm started to shake the bed. He knew it was time to get up. He felt for his glasses, which he had left in the charger the night before. Uh-oh! The charger was empty!
"Now what?" he thought. He couldn't hear without his glasses, because his special hearing aids were in them, and he couldn't see enough to get out of bed without them, either.
Emil knew no one would have taken his glasses. There was no one in the house who would do something mean. He thought and thought about what might have happened. Something must have knocked them out of the charger and onto the floor. "Marmalade!" he thought suddenly.
Cats walk around on tables sometimes. They are careful about where they step, but maybe Marmalade shook the table jumping on or off. They must be on the floor. Emil was afraid to get out of bed when he couldn't see.
"Billy!" Emil called to Billy with his mind. "Billy, I have a problem."
Billy shares the room with Emil. "I'm here, Emil," Billy said. Emil felt a hand on his leg and the mattress move a little bit.
"My special glasses are not in the charger," Emil told Billy. "I think they might have fallen onto the floor."
"I'll look," Billy said, and Emil felt the mattress move again as Billy got down on the floor.
Billy didn't see anything right under the table, but when he looked under the bed, there were Emil's glasses. "Here they are," he said, pulling them out.
Then Billy reached up and put the glasses into Emil's hands.
Emil put his glasses on. Then his face fell. "Oh, no!" he said. "I can't hear anything. I guess the hearing aids didn't charge enough."
"What should we do?" Billy asked.
Emil thought. "Well," he said, "I could put the glasses back into the charger and leave them, but then I won't be able to hear or see. That will take several hours."
Billy nodded. That made sense. "Can you use your glasses the way they are?" he asked. "You could try charging them again tonight, but at least you would be able to see until time for bed again."
Emil thought. That sounded like a good plan. Well, not good, really, but the better choice. "Will you help me today, Billy?" He asked. "There are some things I won't be able to do without hearing," he said.
"I'll help," Billy agreed. "I'm sure the girls will help, too. You just need to tell us what you need to have help with."
"Thanks," Emil said. "I'm glad we can hear each other's voices in our heads. Mandy told me she thinks people used to be able to hear each other in their heads the way we do, but they started being able to make their lips and tongues move, and started to have voice boxes to make sound, so they started talking, and then they forgot how to listen to each other."
"Many people who can't hear have to use sign language to talk," Emil said. "They make different motions with their hands rather than to say words. I can't do that very well, because my wrists don't bend and my fingers don't move much."
"Yes, we all have that problem," Billy pointed out.
It was going to be a long day!
Emil could hear the teacher's voice in his head, because the teacher is a doll, too, but when the class watched a video, he couldn't hear it. The teacher adjusted the TV so there were words across the bottom of the screen that told what was being said. The teacher put a chair for Emil up at the front of the class, so he could see the words clearly.
After school, it was Emil's turn to help with the laundry. Charlotte offered to do it for him, because he couldn't hear the dryer buzzer go off, but he said it was his job and asked her to let him know when she heard it. "I want to be treated just like everyone else," Emil told her.
All day long, Emil couldn't hear any sounds. There was no music for Emil, no matter how close to the speakers he got. He could feel the music through the chair he was standing on, but it wasn't the same.
He didn't notice when an airplane flew over the house. He didn't hear the train whistle blow. He didn't hear Pierre and Freckles barking at people walking their dogs, although he could hear them talking about it in their heads.
"There's that Mrs. Jones with Fritzi," Pierre said.
At the end of the day, Emil found Marmalade. He asked the cat to please not walk on the table next to the bed at night, and Marmalade agreed.
Emil plugged in his glasses.
Then he went to sleep.
When his shaking mattress woke Emil up the next morning, he reached for his glasses.
They were in the charger! He put them on.
Then Emil waited a moment. He listened. Yes! He could hear the train on the tracks a mile away. He heard the furnace come on in the house. He heard the microwave beep in the kitchen. He heard the toilet flush in the bathroom. He heard the shower running. Then he heard a small crash and a little scream that puzzled him.
Then he heard Veronika's voice in his head, "That's OK," she said. "I'll pick them up."
"Veronika's hairpins!" Emil thought to himself.
Then he thought about how lucky he was that his special glasses could help him see and hear, so he knew what was going on in the house. He lay back on the pillows and smiled to himself.
It was good to feel like a normal kid again.
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Marmalade: Purrrfect Cats from KTL
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"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
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Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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September 13, 2024
A Colorful Story
Veronika came into the living room.
She found the other dolls all sitting on the back of the couch.
Billy was reading a book about Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. He was wearing a red shirt.
Charlotte was reading a book about a musician named Mozart. She was wearing an orange sweater.
Mariah was reading what she had written in her journal a year ago. She had a yellow cardigan on.
Mandy was knitting a sock for The Writer for Christmas. She was dressed in green.
Emil was reading a book about dogs, because dogs are one of his favorite kinds of animal. The T-shirt he was wearing was blue.
Jolena was looking at a cookbook to decide what to fix for supper, because she likes to cook almost as much as she likes to do flips in the air on her skis. She was wearing a violet cardigan.
"All of you look just like a rainbow!" Veronika exclaimed. "You're all sitting in a row," she pointed out, "in the same order as the colors you're wearing appear in a rainbow, and you're up high, like a rainbow!"
"Billy," Veronika said, "you are wearing red."
"Charlotte is wearing orange," Veronika went on.
"Mariah is wearing yellow," she said.
"Mandy, you're next, and you're wearing green," Veronika continued.
"Then Emil has a blue shirt on," she told them.
"Jolena is at the end," Veronika said finally, "She's wearing violet, just like the last color in a rainbow."
"There's a real rainbow outside," Veronika told them. "Come and look! It's pretty!"
The dolls went and looked out the window. They saw something that looked like this.
The rainbow was red on the top. Then came the other colors: orange, yellow, green, blue and finally violet.
The dolls came back to the couch and sat down again. They all sat in the same order as the colors in the rainbow. Veronika sat at the end and admired them.
"What makes a rainbow?" Billy asked, looking at Mandy, because he was sure she was the right doll to ask.
"Well," Mandy began, "the light from the sun has all of these colors in it, but they are all mixed together, so most of the time we just see the sunlight, but when there are drops of water in the air and the sun is out at the same time, sometimes the light from the sun hits each drop of water."
"When the light goes through the water, it divides all the colors in the sunlight into separate colors," Mandy explained.
"I read about a rainbow in a story once," Emil said. "A man named Noah took all kinds of animals into a big boat, because God told him there was going to be a flood. He had two of each kind of animal," he continued.
"After the flood, Noah saw a rainbow," Emil said.
"That story is in the Bible," Veronika said. "It's one of my favorites."
"Yes," Charlotte agreed. "The story of Noah and his boat is in the Torah."
"That story is in the Qur'an, too," Mariah said. (She said the name of the book like kuh-RAN.) "It's an interesting story, isn't it?"
"If I'd been on Noah's boat," Emil pointed out, "I would have been a very important person. I could have told Noah what each animal wanted him to know."
"You don't need to be on Noah's boat to be an important person," Jolena pointed out. "You're important right here, with us."
All the other dolls agreed with Jolena.
"You're very important to us," Veronika agreed, "and not just because you can talk to animals."
"You know," said Mariah, thoughtfully, "We're sort of like a rainbow. We're all different, but together we make something bigger."
"We should write down our stories in a book." She said. "Let's get The Writer to help!"So they did!
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
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September 6, 2024
Sam and Holly Go Camping
“Is that another letter from Holly?” Billy asked after he had seated himself next to Emil in the big chair on the front porch.
“Yes,” Emil said, looking up from the letter. “Holly says she and Sam just got home from a long camping trip with their family. I was just beginning to read all about it. I’ll read it to you, if you like.”
Emil knew the other dolls always enjoyed hearing about Holly’s adventures. Her life is very different from theirs, because Holly needs a wheelchair to get around. Sam, the human girl she lived with also uses a wheelchair. That is a little more difficult, because Sam’s parents can’t just put Sam and her chair into a grocery bag when they want to take her somewhere, the way Sam sometimes carries Holly.
They have to fold up Sam’s wheelchair and put it into the back of the car every time they go anywhere.
When Billy said he was excited to hear what Holly was up to, Emil began to read.
Dear Emil,
We just got home from our camping trip, and I wanted to tell you all about it.
We went along with Sam’s grandparents on the trip. They have a camping trailer, but it's small, so Sam's parents set up a tent for us.
We stayed in campgrounds most nights. I found out that some campgrounds have special campsites for human people who use wheelchairs. They usually are close to the bathroom and have a paved path to it. The campsite may be paved, too.
It’s easier to use a wheelchair on a paved surface, Sam says. She took me with her sometimes when she went to the bathroom to do her business. The toilet sometimes has bars, so she can help herself get from the wheelchair to the toilet and back just using her arms.
Sometimes the bathroom has a special button you can push that makes the door open. It will stay open then until you get inside with your wheelchair.
We didn’t always have a paved path, though. One place where we camped there was a trail that went down to a lovely stream. We had to find a way to get around or over some rocks to get down to the little beach.
I really enjoyed hearing the water bubble and swoosh as it went over the rocks. Sam let me move my own wheelchair, because no human people were around to see. I like it when I can move on my own. The trail was easier for me than for Sam, because I don't need as much space to roll my chair. I got there before she did!
Emil paused his reading for a moment. “I remember that about Holly,” he said. “She doesn’t like to have someone help her if she can do it herself, and she asks them to.”
Emil continued reading:
When we didn’t have a special campsite for wheelchairs, we tried to find a place that was pretty flat. That makes it easier to get around when you have to camp where there’s no pavement. Usually there’s a big picnic table close to where you can park the trailer or set up your tent. Sam’s dad put up something like a tent with no walls they call a canopy over the table, so if it starts to rain, they can still sit there and eat. It helps keep the sun off, too, if it’s too hot.
“It’s interesting,” Billy interrupted. “When we went on that trip with The Writer and her husband, they didn’t put up a canopy over the table.”
Emil thought for a moment. “I suppose that was because it was still winter,” he pointed out. “They ate inside the trailer, so they could stay warm.”
Billy agreed that made sense.
We camped mostly in the mountains and forests, so there were trees everywhere.
We saw lots of interesting animals. Sometimes in the campground we would see little animals scurrying around. Sam’s mom said they were called ground squirrels. There were different kinds of these little creatures, depending on where we were staying.
One place we visited had huge creatures called bison (BYE-sun). They are as big as cows and like to eat grass the way cows do, but they are a different shape.
Near where we saw the bison we also saw burros (BUH-rows). They are like horses, but much smaller, and they have long ears, almost like a rabbit’s ears. Some of the burros had babies with them.
All of those are wild animals, Sam's mom told us. We did see some animals that human people like to keep, though. We saw a lot of cows and sheep, and one place had a bunch of horses. Some of them had babies, too.
Emil paused a moment. Then he turned to Billy. “I wonder if Brownie would like to have me read Holly’s letter to her,” he suggested. “She’s always interested in what real horses do.”
Emil decided he would ask the dolls’ horse. Then he continued reading:
When we were in South Dakota, we got to see some interesting sights, like Mount Rushmore. What’s special about Mount Rushmore is the huge carved heads up on the mountain. It was a lot of work to carve those faces into the rock. There are four of them, and each one is supposed to look like one of the Presidents.
Not too far away from Mount Rushmore is another carved face. It is the face of a Native person who was a chief. His name was Crazy Horse. He was not a horse, so I think maybe he wasn't crazy, either. In fact, they said he was a great man, like the presidents at Mount Rushmore.
They are still working on carving the statue out of the mountain. When it is finished, it will show him sitting on his horse and pointing. Sam’s grandfather says he thinks it will still take many more years.
We got to cross the Mississippi River. I think that’s one of the longest rivers in the country. It's also very wide.
A couple of times during the trip we couldn’t find a campground, and we had to stay at a rest stop, which is a big parking lot with bathrooms for people to use. Human people who drive trucks often stay at rest stops and sleep in their trucks. Sometimes other human people with trailers or big camping vehicles like busses stay there overnight. Sam’s grandfather said it was important for drivers that have a long way to drive to have a place to sleep, because driving when you’re sleepy isn’t safe. When we got up in the morning, most of the trucks were gone.
“I remember riding in a truck on my way here,” Billy said. “There were times when we stopped for a long time. I guess that was when the driver was sleeping.”
Emil nodded. He had had the same experience. Then he went on reading.
We couldn’t set up the tent at the rest stop, so we all had to squeeze into Grandma and Grandpa’s camping trailer. The table can be lowered and made into a bed for two human people. Sam and I squeezed in between her grandparents in their bed. The next day we drove on again after breakfast.
Sam’s grandparents are already planning another trip. They were looking at maps to see where they might go. I hope Sam and I get to go again too.
Tell your family I said hi. I suspect all of you are looking forward to school starting again. I know I am! We start on Monday.
Your friend,
Holly
“Sounds like Holly had a fun trip,” Billy said after Emil finished reading.
“Yes,” Emil agreed. “It was very interesting, but one thing puzzles me.”
“What’s that?” Billy asked.
Emil looked thoughtful. “Why did she need to go into the bathroom to do her business?”
Cast--
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz EmiliaHolly: Götz Little Kidz Lotta
Photo of woman putting wheelchair into car from Invacare, cropped.Photo of Mt. Rushmore from National Park Service.Photo of Crazy Horse from Wikipedia.Want to know more about Mount Rushmore and why those four presidents were chosen to be represented there? Find out more here.
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August 30, 2024
Being Grateful
The dolls have been saving their money, some of it for things they would like to buy and some of it for helping others.
Each doll has chosen a charity (CHAIR-ruh-tee) to give to. A charity is a group of people who try to make things better for someone. Charities need money to do what they do.
The dolls would like you to know which charities they have chosen to help.
Billy can pretend to run and swim and climb, and do anything he wants to do.
Some real human children and grownups have to work harder to do what comes easily to other people. Billy has decided to give to the Special Olympics. The Special Olympics helps these people find out what they can do best and then makes it fun. Billy likes to watch children run races. That's his favorite.
Charlotte always feels happy when she listens to music, so she has decided to give to the Children's Music Fund, which provides music therapy for children who are sick or unhappy. She knows music will help them feel better.
Emil loves animals. He knows that there are animals that need to live with people as pets, and other animals that live out in the wild. He wants each and every pet animal to have a home with people who will love them and look after them, so he's giving his savings to Best Friends Animal Society.
Jolena doesn't think any children should go hungry. She thinks about it every time she looks in the pantry to find out what she should cook for the other dolls. She is giving to UNICEF. She knows that one of the things this charity does is help children around the world who are hungry get the food real human children need.
Dolls don't really get hungry, but they have good imaginations, so Jolena can imagine what it's like to need food when you're young and a real person.
Mandy is giving to Pet Partners. This charity trains people who visit hospitals and other places with a dog, cat or other pet. These animals are called therapy (THEH-rih-pee) animals. They comfort people who are sick or unhappy.Mandy knows how comforting Marmalade is to her when she is pretending to be sick or unhappy, and she knows dogs, cats and other animals can comfort children and adults who are sick or upset.
Mariah wants to help people in other countries who are sick, so she is giving her money to Doctors Without Borders. This charity sends doctors and nurses to look after real people who need them.
Veronika is going to give her money to a charity that helps sick children. She has decided to donate to St. Jude. Dolls don't get sick, but they can imagine, so they can imagine what it's like to be sick. They know it's unpleasant, and Veronika wants sick children to get well.
Dolls get older, but they don't grow up. Veronika knows real children are supposed to grow up. She wants every real human child to be well and to grow up to be wonderful human grownups.
Even if the dolls can only give a little bit, it will help, and it makes them happy to know they are helping real people and real animals.
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Marmalade: Purrrfect Cats from KTL
If you would like to give to one of the organizations the dolls are supporting, here is a list with contact links:
Best Friends Animal Society
Children's Music Fund
Doctors Without Borders
Pet Partners
Special Olympics
UNICEF
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
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Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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August 23, 2024
What a Surprise!
One Saturday, when the weather was nice, Emil asked Billy to take him around the neighborhood and show him his favorite places to play.
"We can ride the bicycles to the big open area, where kids like to play," Billy suggested.
"I love riding the bikes," Emil said, "but let's walk this time. Everything goes by so fast on the bike, and I want to see everything."
"That would be fun, too," Billy replied.
The boys set off on foot. Soon they were at the big, open area a few blocks away. "It's really sort of a wilderness (WIHL-der-nes)," Billy said. "People didn't have to plant any of these trees and bushes. Maybe the squirrels did."
They looked at all the pine cones on the ground. Billy picked one up and showed it to Emil.
Billy explained that the squirrels like to eat the seeds from the pine cones. "Mandy says they bury the seeds to hide them to save them for later," he said. "Sometimes they forget where they buried them, so the seeds sprout and turn into trees."
"They should make a map showing where their food is hidden," Emil said.
Both boys laughed.
The boys sat on a big log. "There's a squirrel now," Billy said.
Emil looked to see where Billy was pointing and found a squirrel in one of the tall trees.
"Can you see the squirrel?" Billy asked.
"I don't know if I see it the same way you do, Billy," Emil replied, "but I see a gray, furry animal with a fluffy tail. He's eating something."
"He might be eating one of the seeds from the pine cones," Billy explained, "but Mandy says squirrels also like the berries from these other big trees."
When the squirrel scampered off, Billy showed Emil where he likes to come with a bicycle. There was a big slope.
Emil looked at the steep hill. "When we have snow, this might be good for sledding," he said.Billy agreed that it would be, and more fun with two of them to use the sled.
"There are some big holes," Billy said. "They are here and there. I have wondered if someone was looking for buried treasure."
"I think you would need a map," Emil said. "There's no point in just digging holes just anywhere." Billy thought Emil was right.
"Maybe," Emil suggested, "a squirrel thought he buried some seeds here and then kept digging until the hole was this big."
"He should have made a map," Billy agreed.
Billy and Emil tried to imagine a squirrel with a shovel, digging and digging.
Billy and Emil walked on. They came to a large hill of rocks. "Climbing up the rocks is fun," Billy said, "but you have to be careful coming down." The boys climbed up the pile of rocks."
When they reached the top, they sat down.
"Mandy told me these rocks came from a volcano," Billy explained. "They were once melted rock, and it came out of the volcano and ran down the sides. When it cooled, it hardened. Then the rock cracked and broke into pieces that looked like this."
"The rocks are cold now," Emil said.
"That's because that all happened a long time ago," Billy said.
The boys looked at the view. Besides another squirrel, the boys saw some birds.
"What else do you like to do here?" Emil asked as they climbed down carefully.
"Let's go wait on the bench at the end of the runway," Billy said. "Sometimes a plane takes off or comes in to land."
The boys climbed up on the bench and waited. They had a good view of the runway.
"Only small planes take off and land here," Billy said.
"Like doll planes?" Emil asked.
"No," Billy replied with a smile. "These are people planes, but they just hold maybe four people."
The boys waited and waited. Dolls are good at waiting.
"I'm pretending to be hungry," Emil said after a while. "Let's go home!"
While the boys were out, the girls had been busy in the house.
Mariah was watching out the window. As she gazed out the window, she went over the words to her latest poem to be sure she remembered how it went. What do you suppose they're up to?
Jolena was busy in the kitchen, keeping an eye on what was in the oven.
Charlotte was tuning and practicing her violin.
Veronika and Mandy were in the workroom with the door closed. There were sounds of rattling paper and soft girl-doll voices coming from the room.
"They're coming back!" Mariah cried suddenly from her place at the window.
Mariah ran and hid behind the bear house.
Jolena had just taken something out of the oven. Now she ran and hid behind the shoe bench in the front hall.
Charlotte put down her violin and hid behind the couch.
Mandy and Veronika hid by the stairs in the upstairs hall. They looked at each other and tried not to giggle.
The boys came in through the front door. As soon as the door opened, Billy heard a chorus of doll voices shouting "Surprise!" as all the dolls jumped out from their hiding places.
Mariah jumped out from behind the bear house.
Jolena jumped out from behind the shoe bench in the front hall.
Charlotte jumped out from behind the couch.
Mandy and Veronka peeked out from the upstairs hall.
"Happy birthday, Billy!" they all said at once, and Emil joined in.
Billy was very surprised.
"It's a surprise birthday party for you," Emil told him.
"How exciting," Billy exclaimed. "A party for me? The girls are all dressed up, though, Emil. Let's go change our shirts at least."
"Go and change," Veronika said. "We still have a couple of things to do."
Mandy and Veronika brought a present into the dining room and put it on the doll table. It was a present from all of them, which they had carefully wrapped.
It was a nice party.
Charlotte played "Happy Birthday to You" on her violin while the dolls sang.
Mariah recited her poem about Billy.
Jolena put the cake she had baked and frosted on the table. After she lit the candle, she told Billy to make a wish.
"I have everything I want," Billy said. "I have five great sisters and now I have a great brother." Then he thought a moment. "I guess what I will wish for is for all the children reading this story to feel as lucky as I do." Then he blew out the candle.
The dolls agreed that was what all of them wished for.
Billy thought for a moment. "I just realized that Emil was keeping me away from the house!" he said.
"I really did want to see everything," Emil pointed out. "It was fun, and now I don't need a map to know where to find home."
"Yes," Billy agreed. "We know where everything is that's important to us."
"What a nice surprise!" Billy exclaimed.
Cast--
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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August 16, 2024
Sharing a Cookie
Some of the dolls were doing their homework at the dining room table.
Jolena thought Billy and Emil looked unhappy. "What's the matter?" she asked.
"We're learning about fractions (FRAK-shuns) in school," Billy replied. "I just don't get it."
"I'm having trouble, too," Emil sighed. "I don't understand why we have fractions."
"I understand a half," Mariah said. "That's a fraction. A half is like when you share a cookie with a friend. One of you cuts the cookie into two pieces, and the other one gets to choose which piece to take."
"Yes," Jolena agreed. "That's so the doll who cuts the cookie will be careful to make both the same size, because otherwise the other doll will pick the larger piece. Two halves are two pieces of one cookie that are exactly the same size."
"I think that's a great idea!" Emil exclaimed. "It's fair that way. If the doll who cut the cookie got to pick which piece to take, the other doll would get the smaller piece for sure!"
Jolena thought for a moment. "Fractions help us tell how much of something to use," she said. "I know a little about fractions. I need to know that for cooking. Come into the kitchen, and I'll show you what I know. Maybe it will help you with your homework!"
Jolena led the other dolls into the kitchen, where she pulled out some measuring spoons and some measuring cups. Those are spoons and cups she uses to measure how much to use of something, so she can follow a recipe. Because the countertop had lots of spots, she placed the spoons and cups on the small cutting board. She was afraid that Emil might not see things as clearly as the other dolls, even with his special glasses, and Jolena wanted to make it easier for him to see them.
"These are measuring spoons," Jolena said, showing the other dolls the spoons. "Each one has a fraction on it except the one teaspoon measure."
The dolls all looked at the spoons. Three of the spoons each had two numbers on them. Jolena picked up the spoon that had "1/8" on it. "This is a one eighth teaspoon," she said. "That means you would have to fill it eight times to have as much as one teaspoon."
Then she picked up the spoon that had "1/4" on it. "This is one fourth teaspoon. You need four of this one to be one teaspoon, and this," Jolena said, picking up the spoon that had "1/2" on it, "is a half teaspoon. There are two of these in a teaspoon."
Billy picked it up and looked at it. Then he looked at the other dolls.
"I wonder why we don't we call it a 'one second' teaspoon," Billy said after he placed it carefully back on the cutting board.
"I don't know," Jolena replied. "Maybe it's because we use seconds for time."
"A one second teaspoon wouldn't last very long," Emil said, and they all laughed.
Jolena pointed to the largest spoon. "If the recipe says to add one teaspoon, I use this one, but if I need an eighth of a teaspoon of something, I use this one," Jolena explained, pointing to the smallest measuring spoon.
"I have measuring cups in fractions, too. These blue cups are for dry things, like flour and sugar. They are 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 and a whole cup. If you fill one of these to the top and no more, you will have an exact amount."
"For measuring liquids, like water or milk," Jolena went on, "I use these glass measuring cups. You can see through them, so you can pour in a liquid until it reaches the amount you need. You can use the same cup for different amounts. The cup is marked with the same fractions as the set of blue cups, but it's all in one cup."
"I see the glass cup is bigger than the mark at the top," Emil said.
"Yes," Jolena agreed. "Liquids spill easily, so the cup has extra room in it, but you only fill it just to the line."
"The one eighth teaspoon is smaller than the one fourth teaspoon," Billy noticed, "but eight is a bigger number than four."
"I think," Mariah said, "it's because when you cut something into more parts, like eight, each part is smaller."
"That's right," Jolena agreed. "If you had to share a cookie with five friends, you would need to cut it into smaller pieces, if everyone were going to have a piece."
"So the "1" on each spoon means how many parts you get with it," Billy asked, "and the other number is how many parts are in the whole thing?"
Emil nodded. "I remember the number on the top, is the numerator (NOO-mer-ay-ter), but I've forgotten what the number on the bottom is called."
Billy couldn't remember, either.
"It's the denominator (dee-NAW-min-ay-ter)," Mariah said.
Jolena agreed. "Sometimes the number on top in the recipe is more than one. It might be three eighths (3/8), for instance. That means you use this spoon three times. That's usually for something you need in small amounts, like salt or baking powder."
"I wonder if you could save time," Mariah said, "if you used the one fourth (1/4) teaspoon measure once and the one eighth (1/8) teaspoon measure once. Wouldn't that be the same as three eighths (3/8)?"
The dolls looked at the measuring spoons.
"The 1/4 teaspoon measure looks like twice as much as the 1/8 teaspoon measure," Emil pointed out.
"Hmmmm," said Jolena. "Now that you mention it, there are four of the 1/4 teaspoons in each whole teaspoon, but there are eight of the 1/8 teaspoons in a whole teaspoon, so the 1/4 teaspoon measure would be the same as two of the 1/8 teaspoon measures. I think you're right, Mariah!"
Then Jolena thought about it.
"If I had to put down the 1/8 teaspoon measure," Jolena said, "and then had to go find the 1/4 teaspoon measure in the measuring-spoon box, I don't think I would be saving any time."
"My head is starting to spin," Billy said. "I'm getting confused."
Just then, Mandy came into the room with a basket of costumes from the last photo shoot. She was planning to fold them, so they could be put away.
"Maybe Mandy can explain it better," Mariah said. "She's good at explaining things."
All the dolls looked at Mandy.
Mandy put down the laundry basket, seeing all the dolls looking at her. "What?" she asked.
"We're trying to explain fractions to the boys," Jolena said. "Maybe you can help."
"I'll try," Mandy said, putting down the basket with the costumes. "Go get the Legos, Billy! I'll use them to show you how to understand fractions."
Billy left and came back with the big box of Legos. Mandy went through the Legos until she found what she was looking for.
Mandy held out a piece that had eight little bumps on it. "Lets say," she said, "these little bumps are how many parts you can divide the piece into. How many bumps does this one have?" she asked.
The dolls counted the bumps. "Eight!" they all said together.
Mandy put the piece with eight bumps down on the floor.
"How about this one?" Mandy asked, holding out a smaller piece.
The dolls all looked. "Four!" they all said together. Mandy nodded and put the piece down on the floor.
"Now this one?" Mandy took out an even smaller piece.
"How many bumps does this one have?" Mandy asked.
"Two," they all said.
"Now," Mandy said, "let's use these for denominators."
"That's the number that's on the bottom," Billy said.
"Right!" Mandy agreed. Then she took a piece with just one bump. "Now let's say this piece with one bump is the numerator," she went on. She placed it above the piece with eight bumps. "What do we have?"
The dolls all looked. They thought. They used their little imaginary brains.
"That's my 1/8 teaspoon!" Jolena cried suddenly, and Mandy nodded.
"OK," Mandy went on, taking away the piece with one bump and replacing it with a piece with four bumps. She put it next to the piece with eight bumps. "Now what do we have?"
"Four eighths?" Emil asked. "There are four bumps in the numerator," he said, pointing to the smaller piece, "and eight bumps in the denominator."
"That's right," Mandy agreed.
"You know," Billy began, "it looks like half to me."
"Why do you say that," Mandy asked.
"Well," Billy began, "the smaller piece looks like half the size of the larger piece."
Mandy picked up the smaller piece and fastened it to the larger piece.
Then she put it down again. "You're right," she said, "because four eighths (4/8) is the same as one half (1/2). Can you make one half with these other two?"
The dolls looked through the pieces on the floor. They put several down on top of the other two pieces.
They talked about it together. Finally, they came up with these, and Mandy said they were right.
"So how do you know that four eighths is the same as one half?" Billy asked.
Mandy asked if anyone knew the answer. Then she waited.
Finally, Mariah said, "I think when you put the smaller piece on top of the larger piece, and you can still see the same number of bumps as are on the smaller piece, it's one half, like if we cut a cookie in half."
"That's right," Mandy agreed."Now, you should be able to put these pieces together and make all kinds of fractions out of them."
"This is fun," Emil said.
The dolls played with the Legos until they had made as many fractions out of them as they could with the Legos they had.
"I think we need more Legos," Billy said.
While the dolls helped Mandy fold the clothes in the laundry basket, they talked about how they could use fractions.
Emil said, "A football game has a first half and a second half."
"I would need a fourth of a yard of fabric for a dress," Mariah said.
"I can do a half twist on my skis," Jolena said. "When I do, I land facing backwards."
"I needed three fourths of a ball of yarn for the sweater Billy is folding," Mandy said.
"If we cut that cookie into enough equal pieces for each of us to have one," Billy suggested, "we would each have one fifth of the cookie.
"If...," Mariah pointed out, "...if we could cut the cookie into five pieces that are all the same size."
"I think a half twist would be easier," Jolena said with a sigh.
Cast--
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
Message to young readers: Remember that these are dolls. It is not good for real children to get up on tables or countertops, especially wearing shoes.
You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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August 9, 2024
BFFs
Mariah and Charlotte are very, very good friends. They like to be together. They like to walk together on their way to school and back.
They often play games together.
Charlotte and Mariah like to ride bicycles together.
Sometimes they like to take turns reading the same book. Then they talk about it. Sometimes they have different ideas about what the book is about.
Another thing they like to do is make up songs. Charlotte will make up the tune and Mariah will make up the words. They have different gifts, but they use their gifts together to do something neither one could do alone.
They are the same size, so sometimes they wear each other's clothes. If one of them wants to borrow something from the other, they always ask. The dolls know never to touch anything that belongs to another doll without asking.
Mariah and Charlotte both have long hair. It's easier to fix someone else's hair than to do your own, so sometimes the girls brush and fix each other's hair.
If Mariah has lost something...like a shoe...Charlotte will help look for it.
If Charlotte has a problem, she can talk it over with Mariah, and often they can figure out together what's the best thing to do.
The girls have different beliefs and different celebrations, but they share their holidays with each other. They talk about what they believe and have found out that they believe a lot of the same things. That makes the differences interesting.
Sometimes Charlotte and Mariah watch TV together. They watch the doll news on the Doll Network Broadcasting channel.
One day there was a report on two groups of dolls who were angry with each other. The report was about how some dolls who said they believe the way Mariah does hated some dolls who said they believe the way Charlotte does, just because of what they say they believe. The other dolls hated them back.
"What are they thinking of?" Mariah asked Charlotte. "One thing we both believe is that we should love other dolls and be kind to them!"
"You're right," Charlotte agreed, helping herself to some popcorn. "It's silly to hate other dolls just because of what they believe."
The two dolls thought about that.
"That doesn't make any sense," said Mariah finally.
"No," agreed Charlotte. "No sense at all!"
"You know what I think?" Mariah asked.
Charlotte shook her head. "What do you think, Mariah?" she asked.
"I think," Mariah began, "that all they know about each other is how they are different from each other. I think they don't ever share clothes with each other."
"You may be right," Charlotte said. "Maybe they have never fixed each other's hair."
"Maybe," Mariah suggested, "they haven't played on the swings together or gone bicycle riding together."
"Maybe," Charlotte said, "they never helped each other with a problem or helped find something that was lost."
"Maybe they never talked about a book they had both read or celebrated each other's special holidays," Mariah agreed, "or played and sang a song they made up together."
"Why don't they just do that?" Mariah exclaimed.
"I wonder sometimes," Charlotte sighed, "if some dolls' heads are just empty."
"Maybe they have no brains at all!" Mariah exclaimed.
Dolls with no brains! The girls thought that was shocking!
On the other hand, maybe those dolls had doll brains, but maybe they never thought about having a bestie who believed differently from them.
"I hope those dolls read this story," Mariah said.
Maybe those dolls are reading this story right now.
Cast--
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Note: This story appears in Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook (see below).
You can follow The Doll's Storybook here.Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are not affiliated with St. Jude in any way other than these donations.
"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.
Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook , Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook are available from BookBaby and other booksellers worldwide, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Author's page on Amazon. Royalties (net proceeds) go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.
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