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ISBN
0 86431 311 X
Target Grades
Preschool & Kindergarten
Publication Date
2000
Publisher
The Australian Council for Educational Research
Number of Pages
30
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Summary
When Jess's doll Roller needs to make a trip to the doll hospital, Jess is worried that Roller won't look the same when she comes home. What Jess doesn't realize is that Roller's trip to the doll hospital will trigger a special change in their relationship. Together with the companion teacher's manual Making Sense of My World, The Doll Hospital is a wonderful introduction for children to philosophical thought.
Excerpt
I used to wonder where my doll came from. One day I asked my mother and she said, “I bought her for you at the toy shop.”
“Where was Roller before she came to the toy shop?” I asked.
“I think she was at the doll-maker,” Mum said.
“And before that?”
“Maybe she was a thought in the mind of the doll-maker,” Mum said slowly.
Have you ever thought you understood something but later you found out you didn't understand it at all? That's what happened to me the day my mother talked about being a thought in the mind of the doll-maker.
Translations
- Arabic translation (Israel) [No publication details.]
- Arabic translation (Saudi Arabia) Sharp, Ann Margaret (2025) مستشفى الدمى [The Doll Hospital], trans. Rayouf Khaled, Jeddah. Saudi Arabia: Dar Baseera.
- Finnish translation (Finland): Sharp, Ann Margaret (2000) Nukkesairaala. [Need translator.] Oulu, Finland: Oulun yliopiston opettajankoulutuslaitos [Department of Teacher Education, University of Oulu]. ISBN 9789514254352.
- French translation (Quebec, Canada): Sharp, Ann Margaret (2001) L'hôpital des poupées et Comprendre le monde qui m'entoure, manuel d'accompagnement de L'Hôpital des poupées [The Dolls Hospital and Understanding the World Around Me, companion manual for The Dolls Hospital]. [Translator needed.] Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: L’Université. Available for purchase here.
- Greek translation: Sharp, Ann Margaret and Splitter, Laurance Joseph (2007). [Greek title needed] The Doll Hospital and Giving Sense to my World. A program for the child and the teacher of pre-school education. Trans. By Elena Theodoropolou. [Publication information needed.]
- Italian translation (Italy): Sharp, Ann Margaret (2017) L'ospedale delle bambole. Translated and adapted by Maura Striano. Naples, Italy: Liguori Editore. ISBN 9788820728700. Available for purchase here.
- Persian/Farsi translation (Iran): Sharp, Ann Margaret (2008/1387, 2018/1397) بیمارستان عروسكها همراه با کتاب راهنمای معلم: با دنیای من آشنا شوید [The Doll Hospital with Teacher’s Guide: Getting to Know my World]. Translated by فاطمه رنجبران (Fatemeh Ranjbaran) and مانا پار (Mana Par); edited by Farzaneh Shahrtash and Nasrin Ebrahimi-Loyeh. Tehran, Iran: انتشارات شهرتاش [Shahrtash Educational Publishing]. ISBN: 978-964-8282-18-4.
- Portuguese translation (Portugal): Sharp, Ann Margaret (2008) Hospital das bonecas. Translated by Zaza Carneiro de Moura. Lisbon, Portugal: Dinalivro. ISBN: 9789725764916.
- Slovenian translation (Slovenia): Sharp, Ann Margaret (2024) Izbor iz Bolnišnice za lutke (roman) in Osmišljanje mojega sveta (priročnik za učitelje) [Selections from The Doll Hospital (novel) and Making Sense of My World (teacher manual)]. Translated by Dominik Herle. Unpublished manuscript.
- Spanish translation (Spain): Sharp, Ann Margaret (2006): Hospital de muñecas. Translated by Pilar Pedraza Moreno. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones de la Torre. Available for purchase here.
- Spanish translation (Mexico): Sharp, Ann Margaret (1996; 2017): Hospital de muñecas y Sian y Carlota. Translated and adapted by Claudia Hernández de Ponce de León and Eugenio Echeverría. Available for purchase here.
Keywords
aging, beauty, dolls, identity, lying, person, story, truth
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Philosophy
Published Reviews and Research
Recommended Citation
Sharp, Ann Margaret (2000) The Doll Hospital. Camberwell, Victoria, Australia: The Australian Council for Educational Research.
