** Longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2025 **
**Shortlisted for Books for Topics Best Curriculum Support EYFS 2024**
'...a beautiful book for encouraging class and the whole school community, with the strong central message that every child is welcome and everyone has something to give and share with others.'
Books For Topics
"This heartwarming and charming story shows empathy and different ways for children to spend time together."
Farrah Riaz, author of The Twirly Wiggly Dance
"Charming and sweet."
The Bookseller
"This joyful story is a wonderful celebration of play, friendship and kindness! Perfect for sharing, the book offers much to enjoy."
Through the Bookshelf
"Such a sweet story of friendship with enchanting and detailed illustrations!"
Harriet Muncaster, Author of Isadora Moon
"A relatable, heart-warming story."
ACHUKA
"With themes of friendship, sharing and empathy, this is a wonderfully heart-warming story to share. If you read it aloud to a class, make sure you have plenty of time for your listeners to explore the details in Claudia Ravalli's illustrations, large and small."
Jill Bennett, Red Reading Hub
"Who can resist a dolls' house? Mia, the main character of Tanya Rosie's The Dolls' House can't! The dolls' house that she can't resist is made all the more alluring, not just by Claudia Ravalli's beautiful, gentle, classically detailed illustrations... The warmth of this story is palpable."
Louise Ellis-Barrett, Armadillo
"A charming picture book about friendship, kindness and community, with a magical doll's house at its heart. Beautifully written, with warm, inviting illustrations."
Sarah Webb, award-winning children's author