How Raggedy Ann Was Born.... ...a small girl bursts into her father's art studio, trailing a battered rag doll behind her. Panting, she tells Daddy about discovering the faceless doll in Grandmother's attic. Laying aside his afternoon's cartoon, the father picks up the doll. He studies her face for a moment before picking up his cartooning pen and deftly applying a new, whimsical face. He suggests that Grandmother might be enlisted to sew on another shoe button to take care of a missing eye. Then, reaching for a volume of poetry behind his desk, the father browses through several by poet and family friend, James Whitcomb Riley. Compressing the titles of two of his favorites -- "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie" -- he asks, his daughter, "What if we call your new doll Raggedy Ann?.." |
| "Raggedy Ann & Andy are true, red-white-and-blue American icons. This sister and brother team represent friendship, compassion, generosity and good, old fashioned fun." ------------ "With her red yarn hair, shoe-button eyes and 'I Love You' heart, Raggedy Ann ranks as the third most favorite doll of all time ------------. In fact, Raggedy Ann & Andy are two of the most enduring and popular characters among mothers of children ages 2 - 5 ------------- . Instant heirlooms from the moment they enter a child's life, no other doll holds a candle to Raggedy Ann & Andy." ----------- |
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| Raggedy Ann and her brother Andy . Andy’s red-yarn hair, button eyes and triangle nose bring him to life for a child or as a collector’s item. Johnny Gruelle, creator of the Raggedy Ann doll for his daughter Marcella, was so stricken by grief upon her death in her early teens, that he created a brother for the famed Raggedy Ann doll and named him Andy. Andy is also featured in several magical tales that take children to his make-believe land of wishing sticks and adults back to the memories of this cuddly toy. Above Dolls are by Hasbro, 1997. These exquisite 'holiday dreamland' versions of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy celebrate the enduring popularity of these classic friends. CLICK HERE FOR MORE RAGGEDY ITEMS ! |
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