There is a new read-aloud picture book that will delight the very young audience for Goodnight Moon. Loosely based on the more than two-and-a-half-century-old nursery rhyme, The House that Jack Built, author Emma A. Karoline’s This is the Dollhouse that Daisy Built is a charming fantasy designed specifically for little girls; a lovely tale that will inspire them to create and dream. Daisy’s dollhouse is a wondrous, bustling place that welcomes in adorable kittens and puppies, birds and butterflies, and visitors from a fairy tale realm. With truly glorious illustrations by Bee Green, This is the Dollhouse that Daisy Built recounts the wonderful adventures transpiring around a miniature house lovingly constructed by one very industrious young girl–and it is the next read-aloud classic that teachers, librarians, and parents have long been waiting for.
Little girls have a new best friend in Daisy, a female counterpart to the house-builder Jack from the classic nursery rhyme that has enchanted adventurous young boys for more than two centuries. At long last girls everywhere can enjoy their very own flights of fancy and fairy tale dreams, as Emma A. Karoline welcomes them into a magical world of wonders! With lovely illustrations by Bee Green, This is the Dollhouse that Daisy Built will inspire young imaginations with a fun and simple tale that every small daughter and her playfriends will want to experience over and over again.
The visitors to Daisy’s dollhouse run the gamut from adorable household pets to playful forest creatures to beautiful princesses and magical sprites from the land of fairies. With warmth and wit, author Karoline and artist Green bring a wonderful fantasy alive that will make bedtime, storytime, or anytime an extra special treat for that cherished little girl in your life.
