The Doll People is a children's novel written by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, first released in 2000 by Hyperion Books.

[2] This children's tale is about a doll made of china named Annabelle, who has existed for more than one hundred years.

The dolls can move, talk, and play the miniature piano in their house but always return to the same spot they started from when a human approaches.

The consequence of being seen moving is being "frozen" for twenty-four hours, also called Doll State.

In the book, Annabelle and her friend Tiffany form a group called the Society for Exploration and Location of Missing Persons (or SELMP for short), when Annabelle finds her Auntie Sarah's Journal.