• children’s book read in 2006-2011. Could have been quite old by then
• a new doll came to live in the doll house and didn’t trust the human caring for them, she stole things like a coin and a piece of hair to try and cast a spell on them
• the human returned from a trip and gave the doll something nice like a new rug or bed spread and it made the doll realize she was wanted and loved
• this was a traditional dollhouse – old and beautiful. The human was fixing it up and making it nice again. She was very thoughtful towards the dolls.
• this is not The Dolls’ House by Rumer Godden
• might have had a pink cover. It was a chapter book but not very lengthy
I haven’t reread it in years and can’t remember much about the plot, but the one dollhouse chapter book with a pink cover I can think of is ‘When the Dolls Woke’ by Marjorie Filley Stover (1987).
Could it be The Half Dolls by Winsome Smith?
could be “the meanest doll in the world”, sequel to “the doll people” (both by ann m. martin) ?