Upon the arrival of her new baby brother, Elizabeti decides she needs a doll she can care for the way her mother cares for the new baby. After looking around her village, Elizabeti finds the perfect doll to love, and names her Eva. When Mama changes the new baby's diaper, Elizabeti changes Eva. When Mama sings to the baby, Elizabeti sings to Eva. And one day when Eva turns up lost, Elizabeti realizes just how much she loves her special doll. Sure to become a classic story for bedtime or naptime, Elizabeti's Doll is a universal tale of love and tenderness that will touch readers of all ages.

When her mother becomes preoccupied with her new baby sister, Elizabeti offers to help by taking care of her younger brother, yet things don't go as easy as planned as young Elizabeti realizes that taking care of a person is a much greater challenge than taking care of her baby dolls.

In this third book of the popular Elizabeti series, a young Tanzanian girl discovers the joy of learning on her first day at school.