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Sugarplum
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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. Doll gets vacuumed up [s]

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message 1: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lobstergirl | 44911 comments Mod
This was a children's picture book about a doll who got sucked into a vacuum cleaner. There's a possibility it might be by Rumer Godden but it may not - can't remember. Read it in the 70s.


message 2: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new) - rated it 5 stars

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Based on googling I think this could be "Sugarplum" by Johanna Johnston (orig. pub. 1955), because the only review on Amazon mentions a vacuum:

This is the only book I truly remember from my childhood. It is very difficult to find, so I recommend that you purchase whatever condition you can locate. It has charming illustrations in it, as well as a wildly imaginative plot line. The vacuum and the penny illustration was one I remembered very vividly. So often in life, upturned noses and superficial conceits can be so destructive to another's self image. This little doll's tale exemplifies the special worth of each and every person, even if she is a small doll!

If anyone else has read "Sugarplum" and remembers it, pipe up. I will move this to the Probably Solved folder and keep looking for updates, thanks.


message 3: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new) - rated it 5 stars

Lobstergirl | 44911 comments Mod
I'm about 95% sure this was Sugarplum so I'm moving it to solved.


message 4: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Vegan (lisavegan) | 1396 comments Thanks, Lobstergirl for moving and shelving it. I hope it's the book, 100%.


message 5: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Vegan (lisavegan) | 1396 comments I'll edit it to add it to the children's shelf.


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