This is my dollhouse

Reviewed by: Joanne Libby - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 7, 2016

Review

This beautifully illustrated picture book is the story of a little girl who has a dollhouse that she made herself from a cardboard box. She enjoys using her imagination when she plays with her dollhouse. When she visits a friend she sees that the fried has a beautiful dollhouse. They play with it, but it isn't as much fun as hers. However she is ashamed of her dollhouse and when her friend visits she tries to hide it. Eventually the friend sees the dollhouse and they enjoy playing with it. I'm not sure if a 5 year old girl would feel embarrassed about a toy that she felt was inferior to a similar toy that a friend had. I find that premise difficult to relate to. This book would be interesting to a 4 to 8 year old child being read to. If the book is not covered as it would be in a library, the inside cover has instructions on how to make the dollhouse and some of the items in it. That is a plus.

Overall Book Score: very good