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!
Top 5 Best Children’s Doll Books
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.
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.
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.
2 .) Home Is the Sailor written by Rumer Godden
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Old Childrens Books
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.
The 125+ Additional Best Kids Doll Books
| # | 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 |
3 Best Kid’s Doll Book Sources/Lists
| 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 |
