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Candlewick Press, Published 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, [32] pp (unpaginated); 24 cm; Second U.S. hardcover edition (first published in Great Britain in 1985 by Walker Books Ltd, London); illustrated throughout in color by the author.
In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Glossy illustrated paper-over-boards show mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and some white shelf wear along the edges. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.[From DJ flap] Miss Biscuit is a retired nanny who lives with two very special rag dolls named Violet Pickles and Ruby Buttons. Even though they have a quiet country home called Ivy Cottage, the two busy rag dolls are never far from some kind of adventure. In this entertaining tale, Violet starts her very own newspaper, with Ruby as her assistant. And after being caught in an unexpected snowstorm, Violet uses her journalistic instincts to come up with an amazing front-page story (and a way to cheer up an old friend).One of E.J. Taylor's Biscuit, Buttons, and Pickles series (which also includes Ivy Cottage, Goose Eggs, and The Thorn Witch). Taylor was a fisherman and farmer before becoming a painter, sculptor, designer, and illustrator; his interest in puppetry led to a commissioned book about doll making, for which he made the two rag dolls who became Violet Pickles and Ruby Buttons.