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While enjoying some soda water with a tired carpenter, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy meet a nasty character--Toofie, the little magician.Tags
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A little preachy just like the other Raggedy Ann/Andy books we're read, but thankfully has a little more variety than the others (there are a couple of subplots rather than the same story over and over). It also earns an extra half-star for the entertainment value of trying to calculate just how much sugar the dolls eat during the course of the book (nine ice cones + nine root beer sodas + cookies + more ice cream + cream puffs, etc.). Not recommended for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg (he of the attempted ban on large sodas).
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Author, illustrator, and cartoonist Johnny Gruelle was born in Arcola, Illinois on December 24, 1880. Throughout his life, he worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for numerous newspapers and magazines including The New York Herald and McCall's. In 1914, he received his first book commission which was a set of illustrations for a volume of show more Grimms' fairy tales. He is best known for creating the Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls and stories. It all started when he gave his daughter Marcella a dusty, faceless doll that was found in his mother's attic. He drew a face on it, named her Raggedy Ann, and created stories about her for Marcella. Eventually, he decided to recreate the doll and stories for other children and in 1915, he patented and trademarked the design of the doll. He published the first book and matching doll in 1918 with the P. F. Volland Company. Many more stories and the Raggedy Andy doll soon followed. He died on January 9, 1939. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1961
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