227I: Told from a doll’s point of view

I am looking for a children’s book that I read when I was in grade 3 in 1955 in Toronto. C. 1953? American?  It was a small short picture book/easy reader chapters 5.5″x5.5″, black and white illustrations and hardcover.

In the attic, in a trunk there is a doll (old) who wishes that a little girl will find her and play with her. Emily? is playing one day and wanders up to the attic of her house and discovers a small trunk.  I can still feel the hope and excitement of the doll (Henrietta?).  Emily opens the trunk to reveal a beautiful doll with a complete wardrobe of clothes and a parasol.

Thank you so much for searching for this book for me.

p.s. I named my daughter Emily after the little girl in this book!

3 thoughts on “227I: Told from a doll’s point of view

  1. Mama Squirrel

    Solved on another board: Irene Turnbow, Through The Years With Henrietta. Publisher: Chicago: Follett Publishing, 1966. Henrietta, a china doll, was given to five-year-old Emily for Christmas in 1879. She and her companion doll, Billy Boy, watched Emily grow up and increase her many interests and responsibilities.

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