Elizabeth and the Potato Dolly

Elizabeth and the Potato Dolly is a nostalgic look at yesteryear too precious to sweep into the dustbin

of history. It is sure to charm all lovers of Americana from ages three to one hundred and three. Unique among pioneer stories with its reenactment at a living history museum, the artfully done photographs bring authenticity to the story.

This book was made beautiful that it might become n heirloom in your family as it is in ours. It is the story of a lost time where a five and a half year old girl tells a story handed down from her grandmother to her mother to her rural, one-room school house. The origins of Elizabeth and the Potato Dolly could have immigrated with pioneers from England settling the west or it could go come to America from settlers before the American Revolution from Germany or Holland.

Elizabeth is sent to the root cellar to fetch potatoes for her Pappa's dinner. When she doesn't return promptly, her mother repeatedly calls but "Elizabeth does not answer and Elizabeth does not come." This parallelism tickles young readers as does Mama's elongated calling, "Eliiiiii-zabeth." The children become intrigued to know what has become of Elizabeth.