3 Children's Books by Yona Zeldis McDonough

Item Number: 187
Time Left: CLOSED


Description
Award-winning author and Lilith fiction editor is donating three of her 18 books.
The Doll Shop Downstairs
Readers young and old who loved the All-of-a-Kind Family books will love this novel for young readers. (Dolls are the subject of many of Yona's books.)
The Doll House Magic
Two sisters growing up during the Depression make friends with an unusual woman in their small town. Lila and her little sister Jane have long admired the dollhouse in the window of Miss Whitcombs house. When Miss Whitcomb invites them over to see it one day, the girls are ecstatic. They return to play with it, and over time, the three develop a warm friendship. Then Miss Whitcomb passes away suddenly. Lila and Jane are devastated, but they soon learn their friend left them their beloved dollhouse.
Anne Frank
This 1997 out-of-print 32-page picture-book biography of Anne Frank is one of a number of mother-daughter collaborations written by Yona with illustrations by her mother, renowned folk artist Malcah Zeldis. "Early one rainy July morning, a young girl and her parents left home and walked swiftly through the quiet streets..."