Banks, Lynne Reid.
A nine-year-old boy received a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key
for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian
comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
Bond, Michael. A Bear Called Paddington.
A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington station becomes
one of the family.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until
he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across
the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams,
and histories.
Field, Rachel. Hitty: her first hundred years.
When Phoebe Preble brings her special doll, Hitty, with her everywhere she
goes, Hitty experiences wonderful adventures and makes a lot of new friends.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into
a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where
she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents,
and the souls of three others.
Godden, Rumer. The Dolls' House.
The activities, sorrows, and joys of a family of dolls living in an old doll
house are related from the dolls' point of view.
Hoban, Russell. The Mouse and His Child.
Father and son toy mice survive perilous adventures in a hostile world before
finding security and happiness with old friends and new.
Martin, Ann M. The Runaway Dolls.
Best friends Annabelle and Tiffany risk placing all of doll kind in danger
when they run away while trying to prevent Tilly from being sent back to
London before they can determine if she is Annabelle's long-lost baby sister.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the
walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and
his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Waugh, Sylvia. The Mennyms.
The Mennyms, a family of life-size rag dolls living in a house in England
and pretending to be human, see their peaceful existence threatened when
the house's owner announces he is coming from Australia for a visit.
Wright, Betty Ren. The Dollhouse Murders.
A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls
that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her developmentally
disabled sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took
place years ago.