"But they're not really paper dolls," Melanie said. "And I don't really play with them, not like moving them around and dressing them up and everythi… - Zilpha Keatley Snyder

"But they're not really paper dolls," Melanie said. "And I don't really play with them, not like moving them around and dressing them up and everything. They're just sort of a record of a game I play. I make up a family and then I find people who look like them in magazines and catalogues, just so I'll remember them better."