Mr. and Mrs. Doll and their six children, Nurse and the old Cook all lived in a house which had no front and belong to Susan. Susan was just an ordinary-sized little girl with taffy-colored pigtails. But to the Dolls she was a very Big, very Wonderful, very Important Person. The Dolls could neither speak nor move without Susan's help. Nor could any housekeeping be done, for this, too, depended upon Susan. But there was one short night in every year when they needed not help — that Wonderful Night when all Dolls come alive and can speak.

How they came alive after seven long weeks of not being able to speak or to move — only to find the house hung with cobwebs and every room a disgrace —how they worked the whole Wonderful Night through — how they found "Little Susan" — how they proved to themselves that there's more to Christmas than presents and then found "all the presents in the world" right in their living room — makes an exciting story full of ups and downs scaled to dollhouse proportions, full of sense and nonsense, fantasy and truth, with glimpses of the Christmas miracle that can happen anywhere — even in a dollhouse.

A different sort of Christmas book — one that will be enjoyed at any time of the year and by the whole family.

Elizabeth Orton Jones' ability to enter the children's world an share their pleasant fantasies, has endeared her to the hearts of many. The charm and sensitiveness of her writing is increased by her exquisite drawings which are full of humor and beautiful detail.

Well loved and remembered books which have made the author-artist popular are TWIG and MAMINKA'S CHILDREN. As the illustrator of Rachel Field's beautiful PRAYER FOR A CHILD, she received a special tribute when that book was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1945 as "the most distinguished American picture book for children".

In this book again her delightful imagination has brought alive the little dollhouse family she played with as a child. When they came down to her studio from the attic to serve as models for this book, she found them just as "real" as ever.

From the dust jacket