Award-winning doll artist, Stacia, has released her second book, “The Magic Swan Geese.” It is a very old Russian fairy tale about a fun-loving Russian village girl named Olga, who promises to mind her brother while her parents go to the town market. When Olga shirks her responsibility to play with her friends, Peter disappears and we follow Olga on a wild goose chase to rescue her brother from the evil clutches of Russia’s infamous witch, Baba Yaga, and her wicked army of Magic Swan Geese. It is an 8 ½” x 11” paperback book of 17 pages, gorgeously illustrated by Sam Rodriguez. All proceeds from “The Magic Swan-Geese” are being donated to the Doll and Toy Museum of New York City. Purchase of the book also includes a one-year membership to the museum which ordinarily costs $30.00.

Sasha is part of the Signature Series, best known for glossy, white porcelain faces. She wears authentic 17th- and 18th-Century Russian folk costumes, which include embroidered velvet, mink and silk. The doll stands 19” tall and is handcrafted in Russia. Launch date: 2008.

Neva Dolls founder and chief designer Stacia McDonough created this raven-haired doll whose name means “beautiful hillside” in the Eskimo language. The latest addition to the Petites Fours Collection, she wears suede and genuine sable in the traditional dress of people from Russia’s Yakute region. Handcrafted of Russian porcelain and with hazel eyes made of hand-blown glass, Princess Kimira stands 17” tall. Launch date: Christmas 2006.

"Karelia, Queen of the Gypsies" was created by award-winning doll designer Stacia. This sassy doll looks poised to sing and dance until dawn. Glossy, raven black hair luxuriously cascading past her waist, she possesses smoldering dark eyes that could ignite a fire. Those eyes are created from hand-blown glass. She stands 17" tall and her body is cast entirely of porcelain.

Neva Dolls by Neva Imports, LLC are handcrafted by master artisans in St. Petersburg Russia using ingenious Old World doll crafting techniques that have been passed down through the generations. Each doll comes complete with a background story and certificate of authenticity. The Russian fashion doll manufacturer has pledged that a percentage of all proceeds from the sales of Neva Dolls will go to the Tolmachevo Children’s Orphanage of Luga, located in the St. Petersburg region of Russia.