Dedicated to "all girls (and boys) who love to 'play house'," this is the charming story of the Paper Doll Family of Sandpile Village. As Mother Doll teaches her children, Mary Frances learns all the fundamentals of good housekeeping—how to dust, iron, make beds, polish silver and even how to assume the duties of hostess or guest.
With the assistance of her own mother, Mary Frances then goes on to teach her big dolls all that she learns. (In this magic world of childhood, Mary Frances soon learns—with much disappointment—that "fairies and dolls do not talk for grown-up people.")
This enchanting story is sure to capture the imagination of every little girl who will "grow up someday and have a real house of her own to keep."
Written against the contemporary background of the time, 1914, the story offers valuable insight into the etiquette, accepted mores and societal attitudes of this period.