![]() ![]() Hitty adventures include being lost at sea, under sofa cushions and abandoned in a barn hayloft. The novel details Hitty’s adventures as she travels from owner to owner over the course of a century, living in locations as far-flung as Boston, New Orleans, India, and a South Pacific island. The original Hitty, the narrator of her fictionalized tale, was a wooden doll carved in the early 19th century for a young girl from Maine. Those in attendance at the February 14 “Dolls and Tea” celebration included Jean Corrin Morris, the granddaughter-in-law of Cora Boosey whose doll collection is a treasured library attraction, and members of “Attic BeBe” including Georgette Palmer of Simi Valley, president of the International Doll Federation’s local chapter. Insight into creating Hitty dolls was offered last month at the last BCL Centennial Celebration event staged by the Friends of the Library. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hitty, a hand carved wooden doll, was featured in the novel written by Rachel Field, who won the Newberry Medal for excellence in American children’s literature in 1930. “Hitty, Her First Hundred Years” was a novel published in 1929, but due to artists such as Santa Paula resident Mary Lee Sundstrom, the title character will soon be working on her second 100 years of adventures. ![]()
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