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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A perfect book for can-do kind of little lonely girls,
By Dragon Lady "a film student" (DeSoto, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (Paperback)
As "Harry Potter" calls out to today's young bright outsiders looking for somewhere to truly belong, this book spoke to me. It mesmerised me as a little girl. As an USAF "brat" I very much understand Nona's ache and anger as the "weird" outsider. I fell in love with the dolls as well. Their "voices" sounded like two little doting "aunties" as they subtly manipulated Nona and Belinda into seeing past their differences and fears and into finding friendship. If only I had had such a wonderful pair of guardian angels of my own back then. Rumer does a great job of painting two total opposites of little girls with warmth and sympathy while never truly turning either into either a villian or a bad joke (way too rare). She showed that even our flaws can become strengths when they are accepted and we are willing to be loved. One thing that really grabbed me as a child was that the book included all the plans for the house and the furnishings the girls eventually build for their little foriegn guests. I spent hours pouring over the school library copy back then. I nearly wore it out. Now my girls will be able to indulge in the same pleasure without having to always be on the look out for the due date. This time we'll be building the Japanese doll house together.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Enchanting!,
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This review is from: Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (Paperback)
This book is still one of my favorites. I read it when I was 10 years old and in 5th grade. I fell in love with the idea of creating a home for my dolls, so I begged my dad to build me the same dollhouse, which he did. I spent many weeks searching for items to put in it, but I had some trouble finding things that looked Japanese. This book inspired me to learn more about other cultures and languages. I still have the dollhouse, and am planning to refurbish it this summer. I bought a copy of the book about 18 years ago, but it was very hard to find. I'm glad that it is more easily avaiable today. This would be a fun book to read with a child, and the house would be a fun project to make together.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
miss illustrations,
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This review is from: Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (Paperback)
I loved this book as a child, even using the plans to make a dollshouse of my own (albeit out of cardboard). Unfortunately the new paperback lacks the delicate illustrations gracing my cherished edition (circa late 1960s?). Hope that future versions will oblige.
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