Name: My Little Mahji and Other Paper Dolls
Illustrated By: LaVerne C. Williams Hall
Published By and When: VELB Associates, 1981, 1988, and 1991
Sizes: My Little Mahji Paper Doll Set book measures 6 x 12 inches; the Mahji paper doll is 11 inches. Ami, Mahji, and Jahmi Cutout Storybook and Mahji Paper Doll Book All New measure 8-1/2 x 11 inches. In the Ami, Mahji, Jahmi Cutout Storybook, Ami is 10 inches; Mahji is 11 inches, and Jahmi is 10-1/2 inches. The Mahji paper doll in the Mahji Paper Doll Book All New measures 9-1/2 inches.
Description: Inspired by her then-3-year-old daughter, LaVerne C. Williams Hall created the My Little Mahji Paper Doll Set in 1981. This paper doll book includes one doll and nine fashions. Ten years later, the second all new Mahji Paper Doll Book was published. Six pages of colorful fashions are in the second book. Ami, Mahji, and Jahmi, published in 1988, are the featured paper dolls in a cutout storybook where there are two fashions for each paper doll as well as a short story that introduces the dolls.
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