The Paper Dolls

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This book was better on a re-read! I already knew the twist, so I was mostly focusing on the mood/message, more so than the story. This was what it feels to me: creating memories and no matter what happens no one can take away those memories as they do not live on in the physical world but in our hearts. Well, the book is simply about a young girl with five paper dolls who then goes on an imaginary adventures with them - until a boy came along and cut the dolls into pieces.

The Paper Dolls - Julia Donaldson

Truth be told until the little girl's paper dolls were cut into many little pieces by that nasty boy and his scissors (and all she had left of them were fond memories), I had been very much enjoying and smiling at Julia Donaldson's The Paper Dolls (especially because the little girls' adventures playing with her paper dolls nostalgically reminded me of multiple sets of paper dolls from my own childhood and that indeed, the adventures and escapades I pretended to have with them were very much akin and alike to those described and featured in The Paper Dolls). William and Kate Paper Dolls: To Commemorate the Marriage of Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton, 29th April 2011 When children become familiar with the story they could join in as you re read it with the paper dolls’ song and the words of the dinosaur, tiger and crocodile eg ‘ I’m coming to crunch you!’ Talk about the story Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Finally, the last set of discussions touches the subject of artistic creation. The paper dolls were designed by the little girl with some help from her mother. (Later in the book, when the little girl is an adult, she too helps her daughter create paper dolls.)I think this book is good for children to realise that as long as you create great memories (like she did with her paper dolls), you will never really forget them. On the other hand, when discussing memory, it can be seen as a big concept for young children to grasp so it is important to read the books several times to children and be open for discussion about the story and the sharing of ideas. One day a strange parcel arrives at Bella and George's door containing a lovely human baby named Zagazoo. But Zagazoo doesn’t remain a lovely human baby for long… Partition de "Poupée de papier (Paper Doll)", chanson créée par les Mills Brothers et par Michel Roger pour le film "Trois filles et un marin" Great Fashion Designs of the Sixties: Paper Dolls in Full Colour: 32 Haute Couture Costumes by Courreges, Balmain, Saint-Laurent, and Others (Dover Paper Dolls) People create items all the time: pieces of art, crafts, useful and useless objects, fun objects, etc. What is the relationship between the creator and the creation? Questions for Philosophical Discussion Existence of fictional objects and characters/Imagination

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The Paper Dolls is the story of a young girl who makes some paper dolls which she plays with and takes them on adventures but one day when a boy cuts them up they end up in her memory instead. Age 5-7 Alittle girl makes some paper dolls with her mother’s help. She names and plays with them constantly, having all sorts of adventures including escaping danger from a dinosaur, tiger and crocodile. Holding hands, the paper dolls escape all of these dangers until they meet the ultimate threat – a pair of scissors! Cut to pieces, the only place the dolls can fly is into the little girl’s memory along with manyother very special things. And then, years later, she is able to teach her own daughter to make paper dolls too. A lovely story with beautiful illustrations about imagination, memory, and links between generations which will give you lots to talk about and do. Watch a trailer which animates the beginning of the story Concerning the boy: I think the moral of the story is that sometimes bad people hurt us, but we have the power to control our own emotions and turn them into something positive. The book is ok to me - did not impress not bore me. I love the illustrations - I think it's lovely and the paper dolls were drawn exactly to the rhyme/repetition lines, found in the book. I would think it makes for a great read aloud book with your child(ren) as the rhymes are quite apt and beautiful. Two more themes I latched onto this time were the power of imagination, and... the afterlife I guess lol. For the girl, it doesn't matter so much when the paper dolls are destroyed, because she can still play with them in her memory. They're gone, but they're not really gone, because she remembers them.

Why does it seem to hold some things that are imaginary (like the white mice) and some things that were once real (like the kind granny and the butterfly hairslide)? Have you ever created something that you are very attached to? What was it? Why are you attached to it? What does it mean to you? A boy with a pair of scissors, snipped the dolls into little pieces. Did the paper dolls mean a lot to the little boy? Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary The Paper Dolls explores fictional objects, memory, and artistic creation by following a little girl and her paper dolls. A picture book that seems simple but gets richer every time you look at it . . . Cobb's illustrations capture the joy of childhood; between them, she and the Children's Laureate have made a book that works like magic.