The movies made Sylvia Kleindinst determined to become an artist. As a girl growing up in small-town Nebraska, she took sketch books to the local moviehouse, the Rialto Theatre. There, in the dark ...

New this year is illustrator Kyle Hilton’s supremely clever Art History Paper Dolls, which features “giants of the art world” such as Vincent van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, and yes, James ...

If you have never dressed paper dolls, fear not: Each item of clothing comes with tabs that can be folded around the two-dimensional figurines, which were illustrated by Ilya Milstein.

Today, in addition to paper dolls, paper toys were also desirable. Rocking horses came in various sizes and materials, making the child’s room a cardboard zoo, so to speak.

Thanks to Tierney’s dedication to art, integrity and fun paper dolls, the art form – which first started in 18th-century France – experienced a renaissance that is still thriving to this day.