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The Paper Dolls

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The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson, and Rebecca Cobb

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By Julia Donaldson, and and, Rebecca Cobb

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484 reviews

A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens. A stunning, rhythmical story of childhood, memory and the power of imagination from the author of THE GRUFFALO, and new illustrating talent Rebecca Cobb.

Reviews

28 Jul 2025

I liked it because the n cut girl grew up and made paper dolls.

28 Jul 2025

I liked it because the girl had a good imagination but it was a bit sad when the boy cut her paperdolls and the memories of her grandma.

25 Jul 2025

Yes I would recommend this book because it carries on like a story when the daughter grows up, I liked it as it kept singing a song about the dolls.

24 Jul 2025

I liked it, it’s about a little girl whose mummy helps her make paper dolls and they travel the world and sing a lovely song that rhymes

21 Jul 2025

I love this book! The names of all the dolls make me laugh

19 Jul 2025

It's very creative and colourful

15 Jul 2025

I liked jim with two noses

08 Jul 2025

Loved this book!

27 Jun 2025

I liked the old.granny because she was lovely and made.lots of happy memories each day and each year

I would recommend this book

23 Jun 2025

I enjoyed this book because, her kind Mother helped her make some paper dolls. When she grew up, she help her daughter make paper dolls too.

07 Jan 2025

I really enjoyed this book because it is a nice book to read. This book is about a girl who makes her own paper dolls with her mum. One day she goes to the field and leaves her paper dolls on the floor and a boy comes over and cuts them up. The dolls names are Ticky and Tacky, Jackie the Backie, Jim with two noses and Jo with the bow. The paper dolls remain in the girls memories were all of the things she loves are there including her grandma and her hairclip.

06 Jan 2025

I like the things that come to get the paper dolls like the tiger and the crocodile. My favourite doll is Jim with 2 noses.

14 Dec 2024

I liked it when the pictures showed the girl turning to a teenager and then a Mummy. I like the part when we went into her memory.

20 Sep 2024

Rhyming their names were fun!

12 Sep 2024

I was thinking about the things in my memory from when I was younger

07 Sep 2024

Best book

02 Sep 2024

It always repeats a sentence

02 Sep 2024

I chose this book because I like that they hold hands and they won't let go and then they go to her memory with her nanny when they got snapped by scissors

29 Aug 2024

This book is about a girl who made paper dolls
toys.

29 Aug 2024

This book is about a girl who made paper dolls
toys.

28 Aug 2024

The paper dolls who are brave and fearless. The memories were beautifully explained.

26 Aug 2024

Loved the rhyme as its catchy

21 Aug 2024

My favourite characters were Jim with two noses and Fred with one eyebrow because they made me laugh. My favourite part was when the girl made the paper dolls for her paper girl. I would recommend this book to others.

19 Aug 2024

This book inspired me to make my own paper dolls!

17 Aug 2024

It is a lovely story

15 Aug 2024

Amazing! I love this story

09 Aug 2024

This guy is a nice book about mommy’s and daughter’s
I would recommend it.

09 Aug 2024

I don't like the boy who cut up the dolls

04 Aug 2024

Yes it was fiction.I like the girl best because when she grows up she helped her child to make paper dolls too.

04 Aug 2024

I like the paper dolls.

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