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The Madeline Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: YOTTOY
Yellow Usurper Demoted to Decor After Psyche Battle
Our critic circles, sniffs, and then claims the ottoman by curling beside the inert doll, broadcasting ownership too subtle for the human to decode.

My Human, in a fit of what I can only assume is literary nostalgia, has presented me with this... doll. It is not a bird, nor a mouse, nor even a crumpled-up piece of paper, all of which have clear and noble purposes. This is a "Madeline," a small, soft effigy of a book character, apparently designed by a company named "YOTTOY" for human infants to drool up…

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Image of YOTTOY Madeline Collection | Bonjour Madeline 10” Soft Doll (Yellow Dress)
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★☆☆☆
Decor only. Color clashes, anyway.
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