Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Retrospective Celebrating 85 Years of Storybook Friends
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0689843364 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Johnny Gruelle eventually created more than forty Raggedy Ann and Andy books, all capturing his unique vision of childhood. He died in 1938. . Johnny Gruelle was a talented cartoonist, illustrator, and storyteller. He wrote and illustrated many books about Raggedy Ann and her friends, whom he created for the enjoyment of his beloved daughter, Marcella
"Great Raggedy Ann Storybook" according to tennisplr. She got it for a doll club meeting held at our house where the subject was Raggedy Annworked out wellit was enjoyed by her friends.She got the collectible version.. "A retrospective celebrating Gruelle's creations" according to Midwest Book Review. It's hard to peg the exact age range for Johnny Gruelle's Raggedy Ann readers: they require good reading skills or parental assistance but will appeal to a wide age range. Patricia Hall writes a retrospective celebrating Gruelle's creations with Raggedy Ann & Andy. Includes the traditional . Jeanne Hanson said Too expensive for what was received. It took Too expensive for what was received It took 3 weeks from date mailed to receive. With the cost being $37+ I assumed the original CD would be included. Could have ordered used book if I had realized not complete. Book was new and had publishers price of $17+. Besides taking forever to get it, I felt ripped off.. weeks from date mailed to receive. With the cost being $Too expensive for what was received It took 3 weeks from date mailed to receive. With the cost being $37+ I assumed the original CD would be included. Could have ordered used book if I had realized not complete. Book was new and had publishers price of $17+. Besides taking forever to get it, I felt ripped off.. 7+ I assumed the original CD would be included. Could have ordered used book if I had realized not complete. Book was new and had publishers price of $17+. Besides taking forever to get it, I felt ripped off.
From Publishers Weekly Johnny Gruelle found an ordinary rag doll in his parents' attic that sparked his creative juices, later becoming the inspiration for many stories to cheer his ailing daughter. A foreword by granddaughter Joni Gruelle Wannamaker opens the volume. In Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Retrospective Celebrating 85 Years of Storybook Friends by Patricia Hall, photographs, full-color illustrations and artifacts such as the tiny cardboard heart sewn inside the earliest dolls chronicle the evolution of Gruelle's enduring characters. . (S&S, $17 40p all ages ISBN 0-689-84336-4; Oct.) Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc
Come celebrate the world of Johnny Gruelle and Raggedy Ann in this beautifully rendered retrospective gift book, and discover a world where candy grows on trees, towns are made of cookies, and fairy folk and magic reign supreme.. She explores not only the evolution of these infamous rag dolls over the last eighty-five years, but also the language and social mores that made their stories so popular. Overflowing with vibrant, full-color illustrations by the artist and intimate family photographs, this glorious celebration of Raggedy Ann and Andy is for anyone who has ever opened a book and wanted to run away to the lands of Snitznoodles and Wiggysnoops. Now fans can learn the story behind these two shiny-button-eyed dolls and their many friends such as Uncle C