Boys LOVE dolls. Walk into any daycare or preschool classroom and you will see the little boys playing house with the dollies right along side the girls. There is a book your little guy might like called William's Doll. https://www.amazon.ca/Williams-Doll-Charlotte-Zolotow/dp/0064430677/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=williams+doll&qid=1594789038&sr=8-2