Alaska Ginny is an exclusive for 'Little Friends'.  She is an 8" hard vinyl VOGUE doll by Dakin, representing a suntanned Eskimo child with long black hair.  Her fake fur Parka and Mukluks are typical of winter clothing worn during the long winter months in the Far North.  Her piece of Alaskan Jade is from Kotzebue, Alaska.

Ginny comes with a certificate indicating her number, limited to 2,000.  You will find her pictured in "Ginny, An American Toddler Doll" by A. Glenn Mandeville (Revised Edition) and her present value listed in his 1998 book "Ginny, American Sweetheart." 

Here is the Trio of "The Children’s Hour" by Wendy Lawton.  Each doll is 14 inches tall, all porcelain with jointed bodies. Their eyes are of the best glass and the painting is meticulous. The little girls’ clothing is constructed to the high standards always found on Lawton Dolls. The trio with matching numbers is copyright 1991.

Edith With The Golden Hair is one of three little girls from "The Children’s Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.   Designed by Wendy Lawton and produced from her studios.  Edith of course, has golden blonde hair, green eyes, a sprinkling of freckles over the bridge of her tiny nose and stands 14 inches tall.  She is wearing a light green dress topped with a white pinafore hand-smocked with pink roses and green leaves.  Edith comes with a book of the poem by Longfellow with layout and illustrations by June Amos Grammer and a stand.   The doll is Number 296 of 500.

Laughing Allegra with her pixie grin is another doll of this trio by Wendy Lawton.  She has light auburn hair, brown eyes and also sports freckles across her nose.  Her fawn colored dress, with matching shoes, is enhanced by a white pinafore hand-smocked with green and pink embroidery.  Allegra is 14 inches, has a stand and her book of the poem by Longfellow, "The Children’s Hour."  She has a matching number, 296 of 500.

Grave Alice of the trio from "The Children’s Hour" is precious with a more somber look.  Her dark black hair and brown eyes are striking, especially with her white dress and pinafore.  The pinafore is also hand-smocked with pink and green embroidery, as excellant as found on all Wendy Lawton dolls.  Her shoes are white leather.  Alice has a stand, is also 14 inches tall, her number is 296 of 500.

The Little Emperor and His Nightingale by Wendy Lawton.  He is from Wendy’s "Folk Tales & Fairy Stories," second edition, copyrighted 1992.  Standing 14 inches tall, he is exquisitely robed in black velvet trousers, topped with a jacket of gold lame with touches of rose.   His tiny slippers match his robe.  This royal boy is holding a delicate jeweled porcelain Nightingale.  A stand for the doll is included.  The Little Emperor is Number 338 of 750.

Red Riding Hood from "Folk Tales & Fairy Stories" series by Wendy Lawton, the first edition 1992 and is numbered 172 of 750.  She is wearing a black jumper with a hand embroidered bodice over an ecru dress.  Of course, she has a red hooded cape and red leather shoes.  Her hair is brown as are her eyes.  Red Riding Hood carries a picnic basket containing a glass jar (of jelly), a porcelain loaf of French bread and a nosegay of flowers all tucked into a checkered napkin.  (This doll has never been displayed.)  14 inches in height and with a stand.

William Tell the Younger from Wendy Lawton’s "Folk Tales & Fairy Stories," 4th edition, is copyrighted 1992 and stands 14 inches (on his included stand) with a porcelain apple on his head.  He has a look of confidence and trust!  He is clothed in a dark green suede tunic over a cream colored lacy shirt and is wearing a fawn leatherette hood.  His cream colored leggings are tucked into leather boots.  William has never been displayed and is number 110 of 750.

Carnival of the "Cherished Customs" 1992 series by Wendy Lawton is as bright and gay as you would expect for a Mardi Gras celebration.  She is wearing a long flounced dress of satiny taffeta in green, purple and gold.  She wears a fancy headress over black beautiful curly hair that does not hide her golden earrings.  Her dark brown eyes sparkle from her darker smooth porcelain skin.  Sandals on her feet for dancing!  She has a stand and has never been displayed.  Carnival is number 281 of 750.

Charity (a good name for the Angel she is) was designed by Phyllis Parkins of The Collectibles, located in Rolla, Missouri.   Charity has an impish smile while she holds her Gold star between lovely porcelain hands on bendable arms.  (Her legs are bendable also.)  Her auburn hair is tied up with curls falling beneath her halo.  She has clear acrylic wings tied to her soft body and her green eyes sparkle from a beautiful hand painted porcelain face.   Charity’s foot has a reinforced opening in her left leg that fits over a peg built into her polished wood stand that has a brass name plate attached.  This angel dates to 1985, is number 201.