Finding the Friendship Dolls: A True Story How Children Can Help Create World Peace through Toys

In 1926 with tensions rising between the two countries, the United States sent 12,739 Friendship Dolls to Japan. Ellen C. was one of those dolls who were assigned a mission of peace. Follow Ellen as she journeys from Wilmington, Ohio to Nagasaki, Japan and learns the ways friendship can overcome even war. Finding the Friendship Dolls shows how children can appreciate the people and culture of another country, especially at times when the two governments are unfriendly toward each other. Even though this story happened many years ago, kids today still have the same power to make a difference through children’s diplomacy, the act of children sharing their friendship. It is time for a children’s peace movement, and this book leads the way.