IST 605: Amigurumi and Crocheted Dolls

This is an interesting example of creative media that surrounds Arigurumi. The story is about a high school girl who spends time knitting amigurumi and later becomes involved with a mysterious online figure who convinces her to do increasingly bad things to fellow students and teachers. This story is an interactive adventure that allows the reader to choose what happens and originally started as a web-based story that was formed by online reader’s feedback. Information on this book was pulled from a review in Library Journals, and the book was confirmed to be in Worldcat, though it is not available in our local library system.

This is a fictional book about the character Pearl Li trying to save their bubble tea shop by making and selling amigurumi dolls. This is a book made for juveniles between the ages of 8 and 12. The book is also currently held by the Crandall Public Library. This is a book your younger audiences that introduces some of the current cultural news stories about how doll crafting helps financially support families.