Tottie is a loving little wooden doll who lives with her family in a shoebox.

The doll family are owned by two sisters, Emily and Charlotte, and are very happy, except for one thing: they long for a proper home.

To their delight, their wish comes true when Emily and Charlotte fix up a Victorian dolls' house - just for them.

It's perfect. But then, a new arrival starts to wreak havoc in the dolls' house.

For Marchpane might be a wonderfully beautiful doll, but she is also terribly cruel. And she always gets her own way ...