Kelsey and the Quest of the Porcelain Doll is based on stories I told my own daughter, Lenore, in Pakistan when I knew a porcelain doll was on its way to her for Christmas from her nanna. She called the doll in the story Amy Jo after Amy Jo Inniger who was her ‘big sister’ in boarding school. Lenore never guessed that the stories were about a doll intended for her and when she opened her gift from Nanna she got such a surprise and named the real doll Amy Jo too. Lenore and I can’t remember the exact stories about the doll but the concept of Kelsey and the Quest of the Porcelain Doll is the same. I loved the story of The Tin Soldier and The Lost Coin when I was young and, later, The Velveteen Rabbit. I have always been fascinated by the adventures of lost things before they are found and loved again.