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  DORIS FREE --  NOVELS

 

  Doris Free 

  Doris Free Sequels

 

  THE REAL DORIS

  Doris and her Grandma Cecilia 

  Doris and her sisters 

  Doris' Ma

   Doris' Dad on their car

   Doris' School

   The Farm and Doris' Dad

 

  ACTIVITIES

     

    Sand Clay

    Butterfly Feeder

    Pick-Up-Sticks

    Paper-Mache

    Walking Stick

         

  NOVEL DETAILS

 

  Doris Free 

  Doris Free Sequels

  Gadget Geek

  Those Who Walked Before

  Liberty

 

  Books I want to write...

               Doris Free!

 

Doris is shy, but filled with determination and creativity.  Her first adventure in 'Neighbor to Neighbor' is a great introduction to life in the 1930's.  Her family faces the struggled of daily life, but they also realize how fortunate they are.

When Doris unexpectedly befriends a thief, her life becomes complicated.  In order to help her struggling neighbor, she must keep secrets from her family.  

The pure desire to do good brings together not only Doris' family and their neighbor, but the entire town of Tomah. 

                               The Real Doris!

This is my favorite part of the story.  Yes, Doris is a real person, she was my Grandma.  She was born Doris Marie Freemore in Tomah Wisconsin where she lived for most of her life.  The story of Doris and Danny is not a true story, but many parts of the story came from things my Grandma used to tell me.  Often she told me stories of her childhood while she cut up old rags to make rag rugs.  I loved the colorful balls of rags and really enjoyed using this image in the Doris Free books.  When I was a little girl I sat on the rag balls, they were twice the size of a bowling ball!

There really was a cow named buttercup and a stray dog did chew off the tip of her tail!  Rain-in-the-face and Smokey were real horses in my family's history.  Can you guess what other things in the story were part of the real Doris' life?

 

Doris Marie Puttkammer-Freemore with Cara Marie Brookins   --   2003