The Best Children’s Books About Or Featuring Dolls

“What are the best Children’s books about Dolls?” We looked at 136 of the top Children’s Doll books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 5 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Kids Doll” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 125+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

Happy Scrolling!

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Top 5 Best Children’s Doll Books

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5 .) Through the Doll’s House Door written by Jane Gardam

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Old Childrens Books

Two girls lose interest in playing with their doll house after moving from London to Wales but the dolls in the house amuse themselves by telling stories about their exciting pasts.

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4 .) The Mouse and His Child written by Russell Hoban

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Old Childrens Books

Two discarded toy mice survive perilous adventures in a hostile world before finding security and happiness with old friends and new.

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3 .) The Doll’s House written by Rumer Godden

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Old Childrens Books

The activities, sorrows, and joys of a family of dolls living in an old doll house are related from the dolls’ point of view.

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2 .) Home Is the Sailor written by Rumer Godden

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Old Childrens Books

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1 .) Corduroy written by Don Freeman

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Read That Again

A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.

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The 125+ Additional Best Kids Doll Books

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#	Books	Authors	Lists
6	A Horse’s Tale: Ten Adventures in 100 Years	Nancy Luenn	Goodreads
7	A Is For Annabelle: A Doll’s Alphabet	Tasha Tudor	Read That Again
8	A Pocket For Corduroy	Don Freeman	Read That Again
9	Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse	Ursula Moray Williams	Goodreads
10	Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse	Leo Lionni	Goodreads
11	Among the Dolls	William Sleator	Goodreads
12	Amy’s Eyes	Richard Kennedy	Goodreads
13	Away to the Moon	John Symonds	Goodreads
14	Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave	Marianna Mayer	Goodreads
15	Babes in Toyland	Toby Bluth	Goodreads
16	Behind the Attic Wall	Sylvia Cassedy	Goodreads
17	Below	Nina Crews	Read That Again
18	Bimbulli.		Old Childrens Books
19	Bobbs and the Little Boy	Diane Page	Goodreads
20	Bobbs and the Little Boy Meet Agnes	Diane Page	Goodreads
21	Caitlin’s Holiday	Helen V. Griffith	Goodreads
22	Clever Bill	William Nicholson	Goodreads
23	Doll Trouble	Helen V. Griffith	Goodreads
24	Edith and Mr. Bear	Dare Wright	Goodreads
25	Elf on the Shelf – a Christmas Tradition	Carol V. Aebersold	Goodreads
26	Five Dolls and the Duke	Helen Clare	Goodreads
27	Five Dolls in a House	Helen Clare	Goodreads
28	Four Dolls.		Old Childrens Books
29	Frosty the Snow Man	Annie North Bedford	Goodreads
30	Harry And Lulu	Arthur Yorinks	Read That Again
31	Hitty, Her First Hundred Years	Rachel Field	Goodreads
32	House of Dolls	Francesca Lia Block	Goodreads
33	I’m Afraid Your Teddy Is in Trouble Today	Jancee Dunn	Goodreads
34	Ivy Cottage	E.J. Taylor	Goodreads
35	Jumanji	Chris Van Allsburg	Goodreads
36	Katherine’s Doll	Elizabeth Winthrop	Read That Again
37	Knight’s Castle (Tales of Magic, #2)	Edward Eager	Goodreads
38	Lady Daisy	Dick King-Smith	Goodreads
39	Little Plum	Rumer Godden	Goodreads
40	Little Teddy Left Behind	Anne Mangan	Goodreads
41	Manuela’s Birthday.		Old Childrens Books
42	Mennyms Alive (Mennyms, #5)	Sylvia Waugh	Goodreads
43	Mennyms Alone (Mennyms, #4)	Sylvia Waugh	Goodreads
44	Mennyms in the Wilderness (Mennyms, #2)	Sylvia Waugh	Goodreads
45	Mennyms Under Siege (Mennyms, #3)	Sylvia Waugh	Goodreads
46	Merry, Rose, and Christmas-Tree June	Doris Orgel	Goodreads
47	Midnight in the Dollhouse	Marjorie Filley Stover	Goodreads
48	Miss Happiness and Miss Flower	Rumer Godden	Goodreads
49	Miss Hickory	Carolyn Sherwin Bailey	Goodreads
50	Miss Mouse Takes Off	Jan Ormerod	Read That Again
51	Miss Mouse’s Day	Jan Ormerod	Read That Again
52	Miss Suzy (Miss Suzy, #1)	Miriam Young	Goodreads
53	My Bear And Me	Barbara Maitland	Read That Again
54	My Dolly	Woody Guthrie	Read That Again
55	Noddy Goes To Toyland	Enid Blyton	Goodreads
56	Nora’s Stars	Satomi Ichikawa	Goodreads
57	Nutcracker	E.T.A. Hoffmann	Goodreads
58	Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages	Dean Koontz	Goodreads
59	Pinocchio	Carlo Collodi	Goodreads
60	Pippo Gets Lost (1988)	Helen Oxenbury	Read That Again
61	Playground Day	Jennifer Merz	Read That Again
62	Raggedy Andy Stories	Johnny Gruelle	Goodreads
63	Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees	Johnny Gruelle	Goodreads
64	Raggedy Ann Stories	Johnny Gruelle	Goodreads
65	Rosy’s Visitors	Judy Hindley	Read That Again
66	Roy and Roo Take a Trip to the Zoo	Diane Page	Goodreads
67	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Rick Bunsen	Goodreads
68	Sophie And Rose	Kathryn Lasky	Read That Again
69	Sybil and the Blue Rabbit	Jane Johnson	Goodreads
70	Tatty Ratty	Helen Cooper	Read That Again
71	That Dancin’ Dolly	Jennifer Merz	Read That Again
72	The Adventures of two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg	Florence Kate Upton	Goodreads
73	The Angel and the Soldier Boy	Peter Collington	Goodreads
74	The Apple Doll	Elisa Kleven	Read That Again
75	The Battle of Luke and Longnose	Barbara McClintock	Goodreads
76	The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1)	Elizabeth Winthrop	Goodreads
77	The Christmas Dolls	Carol Beach York	Goodreads
78	The Dark (The Stuff of Legend, #1)	Mike Raicht	Goodreads
79	The Doll Hospital	James Duffy	Goodreads
80	The Doll People (Doll People, #1)	Ann M. Martin	Goodreads
81	The Dollhouse Caper	Jean S. O’Connell	Goodreads
82	The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury	Bill Watterson	Goodreads
83	The Ginghams: The Backward Picnic (A Little Golden Book)	Joan Bowden	Goodreads
84	The Hidden House	Martin Waddell	Goodreads
85	The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)	A.A. Milne	Goodreads
86	The Indian in the Cupboard	Lynne Reid Banks	Goodreads
87	The Kingfisher Book of Toy Stories	Laura Cecil	Goodreads
88	The Last Mimzy	Henry Kuttner	Goodreads
89	The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll	Edward Ardizzone	Goodreads
90	The Lonely Doll	Dare Wright	Goodreads
91	The Magic City	E. Nesbit	Goodreads
92	The Magic of Ah	Birthe Alton	Goodreads
93	The Mennyms (Mennyms, #1)	Sylvia Waugh	Goodreads
94	The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane	Kate DiCamillo	Goodreads
95	The Night After Christmas	James Stevenson	Goodreads
96	The Night the Toys Came to Life	Enid Blyton	Goodreads
97	The Paper Princess	Elisa Kleven	Read That Again
98	The Racketty-Packetty House	Frances Hodgson Burnett	Goodreads
99	The Return of the Twelves	Pauline Clarke	Goodreads
100	The Snowman	Raymond Briggs	Goodreads
101	The Steadfast Tin Soldier	Hans Christian Andersen	Goodreads
102	The Story of Delicia.		Old Childrens Books
103	The Story of Holly and Ivy	Rumer Godden	Goodreads
104	The Story of Solomon Bear	Phillip Laird	Goodreads
105	The Tale of Two Bad Mice	Beatrix Potter	Goodreads
106	The Teddy Bear	David McPhail	Read That Again
107	The Teddy Bears’ Picnic	Jimmy Kennedy	Goodreads
108	The Teddy Robinson Storybook	Joan G. Robinson	Goodreads
109	The Three Toymakers		Old Childrens Books
110	The Trouble With Baby	Marisabina Russo	Read That Again
111	The Tub People	Pam Conrad	Goodreads
112	The Velveteen Rabbit	Margery Williams Bianco	Goodreads
113	The Very Best Doll	Julia Noonan	Read That Again
114	The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs	Phoebe Gilman	Goodreads
115	The World of Pooh	A.A. Milne	Goodreads
116	The Woven Path (Tales from the Wyrd Museum, #1)	Robin Jarvis	Goodreads
117	Time To Get Up, Time To Go	David Milgrim	Read That Again
118	Toby and the Nighttime	Paul Horgan	Goodreads
119	Tom And In The Garden (1988)	Helen Oxenbury	Read That Again
120	Tom And Pippo Go For A Walk	Helen Oxenbury	Read That Again
121	Tom And Pippo Go Shopping	Helen Oxenbury	Read That Again
122	Tom And Pippo Make A Mess (1988)	Helen Oxenbury	Read That Again
123	Tom And Pippo Read A Story (1988)	Helen Oxenbury	Read That Again
124	Tom And Pippo’s Day (1988)	Helen Oxenbury	Read That Again
125	Too Big!	Claire Masurel	Read That Again
126	Toy Story	Betty G. Birney	Goodreads
127	Toys Come Home: Being the Early Experiences of an Intelligent Stingray, a Brave Buffalo, and a Brand-New Someone Called Plastic (Toys, #3)	Emily Jenkins	Goodreads
128	Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic (Toys #1)	Emily Jenkins	Goodreads
129	Utensils Have Feelings Too	Leah Strofield	Goodreads
130	Waggy and His Friends	Patricia M. Scarry	Goodreads
131	What Does My Teddy Bear Do All Day?	Bruno Hachler	Read That Again
132	When the Dolls Woke	Marjorie Filley Stover	Goodreads
133	When The Teddy Bears Came	Martin Waddell	Read That Again
134	William’s Doll	Charlotte Zolotow	Read That Again
135	Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)	A.A. Milne	Goodreads
136	Zathura	Chris Van Allsburg	Goodreads

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3 Best Kid’s Doll Book Sources/Lists

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Source	Article
Read That Again	Children’s Book Reviews — Books About Dolls And Stuffed Animals … www.readthatagain.com/by_topic/dolls_01.html
Goodreads	Children’s Literature – Sentient Toys (124 books) – Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13819.Children_s_Literature_Sentient_Toys
Old Childrens Books	Doll Books | Old Children’s Books www.oldchildrensbooks.com/category/book-list-topics/doll-books