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 Raggedy Ann Stories - Johnny Gruelle
 Raggedy Ann Stories - Johnny Gruelle ... is published 1993-10-31 by Simon & Schuster LtdNewest Review: ... and friends, the toys were actual belongings of his beloved child. Newspaperman Johnny Gruelle was one day brought a ... more ... handmade rag doll by his small daughter Marcella, and he drew the face upon it for her and helped her name it. From then on, he set pen to paper and wrote her adventures starring the doll and her companions. Sadly, the doll also became a symbol for the vaccination damaged as when the real Marcella was 13 years old, she was vaccinated without consent with the small pox vaccine and it caused a minor heart defect to become fatal.
The doll was "born" in 1915, and in 1918, publishing house P.F. Volland decided to n...more |
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Once upon a time, bedtime stories were not merely small, individual picture books released one at a time. No, the authors wrote their tales, had them richly illustrated, and then bound together in a collection so that Mum, dad, or Nurse could read them in a chronological order one by one, keeping place with a bookmark. Instead of short rhymes and tales about animals with underpants on their heads, the stories gently amused, relating stories children could relate to, enjoy, and perhaps even learn a thing or two from. This book is from this era, and is about a little rag doll named Raggedy Ann, her toy friends in the nursery, and the little girl named Marcella who loved ... Read the complete review
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