Sitting Pretty: A Celebration of Black Dolls

by Dinah Johnson

Book Overview

Through her collection of black dolls, Dinah Johnson imparts a poetic message of pride and self-esteem. Walk across the bridge -- it's not so hard to do -- look straight ahead and don't turn back, your sisters are waiting for you. Dolls are playthings. Dolls are keepsakes. Dolls are magical. In elegant poems and striking photographs, dolls from around the United States and as far away as the Caribbean, East Africa, West Africa, and South America are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805060979
• ISBN13: 9780805060973
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 45 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 5 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 7

Customer Reviews

Nice book for doll collectors

This is a great book to add to your collection. The pictures are vivid and the poetry is interesting.

Absolutely astounding

This book is one of the most beautiful books that I have ever seen. Dinah has taken amazing time to think about her dolls, name them, and write according to the personalities of the people for whom they sit. I appreciate her work and the beauty of our culture being so eloquently represented. Wonderful!

DOLL MAGIC!

This book will not only make you want to buy it, but will also tease you to start collecting dolls! Dolls from plain to the unique are captured beautifully and held spellbound with prose and print that is purely captivating!Young and old alike will enjoy this book, which must be read aloud with attitude! A sure mother/daughter pleaser!

A COVETED COLLECTION GENEROUSLY SHARED

Children remind us that dolls enchant, comfort, inspire loyalty, and buoy our imaginations. All will find this true in Sitting Pretty, as author and educator Dinah Johnson shares her collection of black dolls. Poetry and marvelous photographs reveal each doll's individual personality - there is Charnelle, an adorable baby doll clad in pink, Retta, an exotic West African doll, and, of course, the quintessential church lady - Miss Frona in her elaborate and lacy bib-collared Sunday best. Author's notes reveal the origin and further information about each beguiling doll. This is a unique contribution to the annals of doll books, and a first rate one!