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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 38550
Category: Book
Authors: Jimmy Buffett, Savannah Jane Buffett
Publisher: Voyager Books
Studio: Voyager Books
Manufacturer: Voyager Books
Label: Voyager Books
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 0152015019
EAN: 9780152015015
ASIN: 0152015019
Publication Date: April 15, 1997
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Product Description
When Lizzy Rhinehart?s father is lost in the Florida Everglades, she calls on the help of her golden retriever, tiny Guatemalan ?trouble dolls,? and a magic blue macaw to save him before a ferocious storm begins. "A welcome blend of myth and reality, set in modern times but connected by folklore to the world of animals and magic."--Publishers Weekly
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 Introduce your kids to Jimmy Buffett's imagination September 10, 2008
I haven't read this myself but I've read all of Jimmy's novels and his autobiography. I figured his children's books would inspire the same imagination for kids that his other books have done for me.
The twins' mom tells me that the girls love it.
Child's Book March 9, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is another book that is written for children but is entertaining for children. My grandchildren enjoyed it.
 Story can't figure out its audience, or whether it is realistic or fantasy January 14, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a mess! This story has identity problems all over the place. It is produced in picture-book format but is too advanced and too long for a picture book, but too short and not developed enough for a chapter book. It is written in realistic style, but dolls are alive and birds speak and everyone can hear them; the housekeeper just picks up the girl's pillow and there's village of dolls. The housekeeper also lets the 9-year-old girl go out in her skiff to search for her missing father even though there is a big storm coming, "because the trouble dolls would guide her well and keep her safe." Why didn't the dad take them, then?? Magic isn't taken far enough to make an alternate world, and the dolls and talking animals are simply incongruous in ours. I enjoyed that the Guatemalan trouble dolls slipped in and out of Lizzy's map, but in general this was a mish-mash story.
TROUBLE DOLLS PROVES NOT TROUBLING TO READ! December 28, 1999
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
TROUBLE DOLLS by JIMMY BUFFETT and SAVANNAH JANE BUFFETT is a really great story! It has many elements within it that are similar to the life of JIMMY BUFFETT, which PARROTHEADS will be sure to notice. The imagination runs wild in reading TROUBLE DOLLS! Mental pictures of the Florida Keys and longing for them are results of reading this book. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, too! I highly recommend this book to people of all ages - PARROTHEADS . . . lovers of the tropics . . . children . . . adults that need a getaway for just a few minutes. The book is great! Find out for yourself!
HE writes like he sings November 16, 1999
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I read this book and JOLLY MON to my fourth and fifth grade students. They LOVED it and wanted to know if he had written any more books. The story is sweet and my students were impressed with Lizzie's courage and sailing ability.
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