Sitting Pretty: A Celebration of Black Dolls

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

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!

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!

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!