A beautiful tale of a girl and her five paper dolls, with catchy rhymes and stunning illustrations. A gentle introduction to  the subject of loss, showing that precious memories live on inside all of us.

“They were Ticky and Tacky and Jackie the Backie and Jim with two noses and Jo with a bow.”

A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens . . .

A picture book that seems simple but gets richer every time you look at it . . . Cobb’s illustrations capture the joy of childhood; between them, she and the Children’s Laureate have made a book that works like magic. — Nicolette Jones ― The Sunday Times Published On: 30/01/2014

Rebecca Cobb’s beautifully drawn and colourful illustrations are absolutely charming . . . I don’t want to spoil the ending, but I can say that the inherent message of the story, that nothing is truly destroyed once it becomes a memory, left us both feeling surprisingly contented! ― muffandteacake.co.uk Published On: 24/02/2014

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Children’s Books; Main Market edition (6 Jun. 2013)

• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781447220145

• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1447220145
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 – 5 years, from customers
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.59 x 0.25 x 26.67 cm