Beloved Raggedy Andy Stories

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	• The Raggedy Andy Stories: The Very First Raggedy Andy Stories Johnny Gruelle Derrydale, 1996 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Memories!

As I turned the pages of this wonderful book, all of the illustrations came flooding back to my memory. I KNEW the pictures, even though I'd not laid eyes on them in over 30 years! The stories are poignant and the illustrations captivating. I loved my Raggedy Ann and her little brother very much and have passed this treasure on to a little boy that I love with all my "candy" heart.

Beloved Raggedy Andy Stories

I remember these stories being read to me as a little girl and I still find inspiration in them today! Raggedy Andy always kept pleasant thoughts and had a positive outlook on life. His philosophy: "You see how easy it is to pass over the little bumbs of life if we are happy on the inside". His stories are a great way to teach children virtues and values. There is a wonderful afterward in this book from Johnny Gruelle's grandson which shows what kind of a person he was, having a lot of Raggedy Andy's character traits.

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Raggedy Andy Stories

Wonderful Book! My grown son's name is Andrew (Andy) and i have always loved the raggedy andy series.

Johnny Gruelle's first collection of stories featuring Raggedy Ann was published in 1918. These tales, illustrated by Gruelle's own charming and brightly colored drawings, were inspired by his daughter Marcella's devotion to a rag doll that has originally belonged to her grandmother. Raggedy Ann Stories was the first of a series of forty books. In 1920, Gruelle brought out Raggedy Andy Stories.
Gruelle called his rag-doll boy "the little rag brother of Raggedy Ann." In this new Derrydale book of the best stories and art from the first edition, Raggedy Andy is introduced to all the other dolls in Marcella's nursery for the first time, and adventure after adventure follows. All the favorite doll characters from Raggedy Ann Stories are here: the French doll, Uncle Clem, Henny the Dutch doll, as well as Marcella's mischievous dog Fido. As a special treat, the denizens of the nursery are visited by such childhood celebrities as Santa Claus and the Easter bunny.
Included in this new edition, which beautifully recreates the layout of the original using all-new type, are the full-color illustrated stories "How Raggedy Andy Came," "The Nursery Dance," "The Spinning Wheel," "The Taffy Pull," "The Rabbit Chase," "Raggedy Andy's Smile, "The Wooden Horse," and "Making 'Angels' in the Snow."

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