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The Racketty-Packetty House

The owner of a tumble-down dollhouse neglects its shabby occupants for a more aristocratic dollhouse and tenants, until a princess comes to visit and likes Racketty-Packetty House better.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924
Other Authors:	Halperin, Wendy Anderson (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Subjects:	Dolls > Juvenile fiction. Social classes > Juvenile fiction. Fairies > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	The owner of a tumble-down dollhouse neglects its shabby occupants for a more aristocratic dollhouse and tenants, until a princess comes to visit and likes Racketty-Packetty House better.
Item Description:	Originally published: New York : Century Co., 1906.
Physical Description:	90 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	0689869746 9780689869747
Author Notes:	Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester, England, but moved to America as a teenager. A gifted writer from childhood, Burnett took to writing as a means of supporting her family, creating stories for Lady's Book , Harper's Bazaar , and other magazines. Though she began writing novels for adults, she gained lasting success writing for children. She is best known for Little Lord Fauntleroy (1855-1856), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911). Wendy Anderson Halperin is an acclaimed artist who has illustrated dozens of books for children, including Let's Go Home by Cynthia Rylant, Soft House by Jane Yolen, and Turn, Turn, Turn! by Peter Seeger. She lives in South Haven, Michigan.