The Doll with the Yellow Star

The Doll with the Yellow Star
Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company BYR Paperbacks
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250110289

A tender story about the power of love in the face of loss Nine-year-old Claudine doesn't want to leave her much-loved home in France to go live in America, not without her parents. But she knows about the shortages, about the yellow stars Jews must wear, and about Adolf Hitler. And she knows that there are some things she needs to do even when she doesn't want to. It's wartime, and there is much that is different now. There are more things that Claudine will lose to this terrible war. But not everything that is lost must be lost forever. Here is a moving story about lost and found lives, and the healing power of love.

Yellow Star

Yellow Star
Author: Jennifer Rozines Roy
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Biographical fiction
ISBN: 9781845079086

In 1939, the Germans invaded the town of Lodz, Poland, and moved the Jewish population into a small part of the city called a ghetto. As the war progressed, 270,000 people were forced to settle in the ghetto under impossible conditions. At the end of the war, there were 800 survivors. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. This is the story of Sylvia Perlmutter, one of the twelve.

The Cats in the Doll Shop

The Cats in the Doll Shop
Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2011-11-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101548118

When Anna spots a cat in the yard behind her parents' doll shop, she is excited. Then she realizes the cat is about to have kittens--even better! And Anna has something else to look forward to: her cousin Tania is coming from Russia to stay with Anna's family. Anna already has two sisters, but she and Tania are the exact same age--eleven--and she imagines they will get along perfectly. But Tania doesn't respond to Anna's friendly overtures, and her sisters don't seem to like Tania at all. Luckily, Anna finds a creative way to use her love of dolls and cats to bring everyone together.

Glamorous Stars of the Forties Paper Dolls

Glamorous Stars of the Forties Paper Dolls
Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1994-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780486280189

Ann Sheridan, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Veronica Lake, Gene Tierney, and Maria Montez in gowns by Adrian, Travis Banton, Jean Louis, Edith Head, Oleg Cassini, Vera West, and other top Hollywood designers. A must for paper doll fans and lovers of costume design and film history. 16 plates.

The Store-bought Doll

The Store-bought Doll
Author: Lois Meyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1983
Genre: Dolls
ISBN: 9780307020444

Christina receives her first store-bought doll and finds her old rag doll superior in a number of ways.

Yellow Is My Color Star

Yellow Is My Color Star
Author: Judy Horacek
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442493003

Find your favorite color in this celebration of hues that’s just right for the youngest picture book reader. Of all the colors that there are, which one is your color star? There are so many wonderful colors in the world! The child in this exuberant rhyming picture book loves yellow best (it brings sunshine to his day!), but he knows there are lots of other delightful colors out there too. Follow him on a playful walk through a bright, bold watercolor world, filled with red roses, pink pillows, and gorgeous green grass and trees. Then decide which hue best suits you!

Glamorous Movie Stars of the Seventies Paper Dolls

Glamorous Movie Stars of the Seventies Paper Dolls
Author: Tom Tierney
Publisher: Dover Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Costume
ISBN: 9780486415574

Figures of 8 actresses, each with costumes from 4 of their films, include Liza Minelli wearing nightclub apparel from Cabaret, Diane Keaton in vest, tie, and baggy pants from Annie Hall, Faye Dunaway in a white satin evening gown from Network, plus Sally Field, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Ann-Margret, and Goldie Hawn.

The Raider

The Raider
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2004-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743459385

Jude Deveraux continues her beloved Montgomery saga in America with this dramatic, passion-filled tale of rebellion and love—a breathtaking adventure to be savored all over again—or discovered for the first time! In colonial New England, the British are hunting a fearless, masked patriot whose daring foils them at every turn. He's known simply as the Raider. Jessica Taggert, a proud-tempered beauty, thrills to the Raider's scorching midnight embrace, but despises Alexander Montgomery, the drunken town buffoon. In truth, the cleverly disguised Montgomery lives two lives...and only his triumph over the hated Redcoats will free him, at last, to know the full pleasure of Jessica's love.

The Doll

The Doll
Author: Nhung N. Tran-Davies
Publisher: Second Story Press
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1772602299

A young girl and her family arrive in an airport in a new country. They are refugees, migrants who have travelled across the world to find safety. Strangers greet them, and one of them gives the little girl a doll. Decades later, that little girl is grown up and she has the chance to welcome a group of refugees who are newly arrived in her adopted country. To the youngest of them, a little girl, she gives a doll, knowing it will help make her feel welcome. Inspired by real events.