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A weekly book review by Dodgeville Chronicle Staff.

An event-filled book signing will take place on Sunday, September 25 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Mineral Point Opera House on High Street in Mineral Point. Author Carol Stevenson, a resident of Chicago, IL and Mineral Point, will be available to sign her new book Colleen Moore's Doll Castle, Made by Rich Toys, With Related Toys and Books.
The Doll Castle and interior furnishings featured in the book will also be on display. A free screening of the silent film "Ella Cinders," a 1926 version of "Cinderella," starring Colleen Moore will be shown at 2:45 p.m. Carol thanks Mark Roth of Reel Classic DVD for making the film available.
This book is based on one of First National Studio's most famous silent film stars of the 1930s, Colleen Moore, and her fabulous Fairy Castle, which she took on a nationwide tour in 1935 to raise money for children's hospitals and charities.
Carol Stevenson's Doll Castle is a toy version of Colleen Moore's famous Fairy Castle which has been on display since 1949 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Colleen Moore's Doll Castle, Made by Rich Toys, With Related Toys and Books is a beautiful, full color book bursting with amazing photography that gives a brief background of Moore's tour and concentrates on toys that were available from Rich Toys, Effanbee, and Tootsietoy.
Carol's new book was designed and published by Little Creek Press, A Division of Kristin Mitchell Design, LLC in Mineral Point. All photography was done by Chris Elinchev of Small Pond Productions in Blue Mounds, and printed in Wisconsin. Little Creek Press helps authors self publish their books by offering full design services and production management, guiding the book from beginning to end and beyond.
Carol Stevenson, a native Chicagoan, started collecting dollhouses and toys in the 1970s. At that time, she also became a member of the Wee "c" Miniature Club in the Chicago area, as well as a member of the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts.
Carol divides her time between Chicago and Mineral Point. In 1997, she opened the Mineral Point Toy Museum to display and share her collection. The museum was closed in 2007, but many photographs of the toys from the collection are shown in the book Toy Buildings 1880-1980 by Patty Cooper and Dian Zillner.
Books will be available for sale at Foundry Books in Mineral Point, other local retailers, and also online at www.littlecreekpress.com.