There are 17 different kinds of dolls covered in this book, from the basic little bag doll with a head, up to jointed dolls and also a more traditional "Waldorf" style of doll with soft limbs stuffed with wool and a shaped face with painted eyes and sewn on hair. It's an excellent book, and I would have given it 5 stars, but the section on hair styles is short with only a few pictures and illustrations. If you already have doll-making experience, as I have, the hard part is the hairstyle and I think this subject is better covered in the book Kinder Dolls. In that book, many different hair styles are covered in detail, with illustrations for the steps of each one. A good covering of hair, styled appropriately, really make the dolls come "alive".
Topics covered:
Making the doll's head, Different hair styles, Painting the face, Cuddly doll, A doll for very little children, Printed cotton or corduroy baby-doll, Knitted doll: Pippi Longstocking, Baby-dolls, Dolls for dressing and undressing, Tiny baby-doll, Finger puppets, A little table-theatre, Punch-in-the-cone and stick puppets, The gnome, Snow-White and the seven dwarves, Hansel and Gretel, Grandma and Granddad, The dolls' house and its inhabitants, The hobby-horse, Mending dolls