My favorite book was called The Surprise Doll. It was about a little girl named Mary whose father traveled the world and brought her doll home from his travels Every doll had one feature like Mary
She had 6 dolls for every day of the week except Sunday and wanted a seventh so she went to the doll maker with her dolls and asked him to make a special doll
He surprised her with a doll that had all the features of each doll that Mary shared and looked just like her.
I loved this book so much because my dad travelled a lot when I was growing up. He would always bring me a present but not always a doll. My grandmother however was a doll maker and collector.
The book was my sister’s. Her name was Mary like the girl in the book. It ended up in my collection of books for my kindergarten library, and came home with me when I retired. I recently gifted the book to my sister’s grandbaby.
And so it goes…..
Read to your children 
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