He also threatens to abandon her, which is more distressing to Edith than the corporal punishment (hmm… father and brother abandoning little girl… sounds familiar, right?). Edith, the doll featured in Dare Wrights best-selling 'The Lonely Doll' book series, together with her friends, Mr. Holiday For Edith And The Bears (The Lonely Doll Series)Dare Wright. Dare Wright - The Doll and the Kitten, Paperback - Edith, the doll featured in Dare Wrights best-selling The Lonely Doll book series, together with her. Bear grimly puts up with it until Edith one day plays dress-up with her never-seen, never-mentioned owner’s makeup and gowns without permission, so he puts her over his knee and spanks her bottom. Walimbe, I Sleep in My Own BedGlenn Wright, Confessions of a New-age. Like most kids, they get into all sorts of mischief. Dare Wright was a CanadianAmerican childrens author, model, and photographer best known for her childrens book, The Lonely Doll. Bear becomes a father figure his presumed son Little Bear becomes her brother and best friend. Home Books Collectible Childrens Books Dare Wright About the Author (1915-2001) Dare Wright grew up in Cleveland. To sum up the first book, which was published in 1957 and introduces the characters-and the controversy surrounding them-Edith is a despairing doll living alone in a grand NYC mansion until one day two stuffed bears inexplicably arrive on the scene.

There are ten books in the Lonely Doll series, three of which were reissued in the late 1990s by Houghton Mifflin (including the first) but I’m writing up The Lonely Doll Learns a Lesson because I scored the first edition at a library sale a few years ago.

The Doll and the Kitten by Dare Wright