The Raggedy Ann 100th Anniversary Treasury by Johnny Gruelle

The Raggedy Ann 100th Anniversary Treasury by Johnny Gruelle

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Raggedy Ann with five classic tales in this beautiful new treasury written by Johnny Gruelle and illustrated by Jan Palmer

Just in time for Raggedy Ann's 100th birthday, these sweet stories about Raggedy Ann's adventures are sure to delight fans young and old. Beloved for generations, Raggedy Ann's charming stories are filled with the humor and good nature of everyone's favorite rag doll and her adventurous nursery friends.

This wonderful treasury includes How Raggedy Ann Got Her Candy Heart, Raggedy Ann and Rags, Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees, Raggedy Ann's Wishing Pebble, and Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Police Officer.

Gruelle, Johnny: - Johnny Gruelle (December 24, 1880 - January 9, 1938) was an American artist, political cartoonist, children's book author and illustrator, and even songwriter. He is known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. According to oft-repeated myth, Gruelle's daughter Marcella brought from her grandmother's attic a faceless doll on which the artist drew a face, and that Gruelle suggested that Marcella's grandmother sew a shoe button for a missing eye. He then combined the names of two James Whitcomb Riley poems, The Raggedy Man and Little Orphant Annie and suggested calling the doll Raggedy Ann. In reality, as Gruelle's wife Myrtle recalls, it was Gruelle who retrieved a long-forgotten, homemade rag doll from the attic of his parents' Indianapolis home sometime around the turn of the 20th century. As Myrtle explained, There was something he wanted from the attic. While he was rummaging around for it, he found an old rag doll his mother had made for his sister. He said then that the doll would make a good story. The couple's daughter, Marcella, had not yet been born when Gruelle found the doll, Myrtle Gruelle continued. Johnny Gruelle kept [the doll] in his mind until we had Marcella. He remembered it when he saw her play [with] dolls. ... He wrote the stories around some of the things she did. He used to get ideas from watching her. Additionally, Marcella died at age 13, and Gruelle did not then create the limp Raggedy Ann doll as a tribute to his lifeless daughter, as another myth states. Regardless, some journalistic sources repeat the myth.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781481444347
ISBN 10	1481444344
Title	The Raggedy Ann 100th Anniversary Treasury
Author	Johnny Gruelle
Series	Raggedy Ann
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2015-10-06
Number of pages	144
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.