| The Countess's Calamity | |
| Author: | Sally Gardner |
| Illustrator: | Sally Gardner |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Pub Date: | 7 April 2003 |
| Pages: | 96 pp |
| Isbn: | 978-0-7475-5940-5 |
| Oclc: | 59364102 |
The Countess's Calamity is a 2003 children's book written and illustrated by Sally Gardner.[1] It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award.[2] It is the first of the Tales from the Box series about sentient toys.
After a box of toys is abandoned at a park, the intervention of some friendly mice helps the toys go on with their lives. One of the dolls, the Countess, has trouble adapting.