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Fun and Games: Raggedy Ann & Andy

Raggedy Ann, the rag doll with yarn hair, shoe button eyes and a triangle nose, has been a beloved children’s character since the release of her first book of stories in 1918. This first edition of Raggedy Ann Stories written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, shares the amazing adventures of this little doll. The Raggedy dolls and books were marketed together, with Raggedy Andy created in 1920.

Early Raggedy Ann lore describes the earliest hand-made dolls having candy hearts in their chest. The P.F. Volland Company carried on that idea by placing cardboard hearts into their Raggedy Ann dolls. The heart in this Raggedy Ann is easy to feel, and has caused some discoloration on her fabric chest.

Find Raggedy Ann Stories and Raggedy and and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees in the catalog.

Cover of the book Raggedy Ann Stories, with red border and image of a smiling doll with a blue floral dress and white apron sitting in front of a black background.
Open book with text on the left page and an illustration on the right page, of a Raggedy Ann doll dressed in a blue floral dress with white apron pulling a grey kitten out of a basket half her height, she is joined by a soldier toy standing behind the basket smiling, and a smaller doll with dress and hat stands in front of the basket with her back visible.
Photograph of a Raggedy Ann doll with a grey floral dress, white apron, red striped socks, and dark shoes, her eyes are black solid buttons and her nose is a red triangle outlined in black, her hair is a dark reddish brown yarn.
Photograph of the back of a Raggedy Ann doll with a grey floral dress, white apron with a single button holding it closed in the back, red striped socks, and dark shoes, her hair is a dark reddish brown yarn.
Photograph of Ragged Ann doll's chest where a cardboard heart inside the doll has discolored the white fabric, the underside of the grey floral dress is visible, along with white pants that the doll wears.
Photograph of Raggedy Andy doll with red plaid long sleeve shirt with collar and black bow tie. He wears faded blue pants with two buttons on either side of the top edge. He wears a cap tilted to one side of his head in the same faded blue fabric. He had black shoe button eyes, a painted triangle nose, a painted smile, and dark red yarn hair.
Photograph of back of Raggedy Andy doll with red plaid long sleeve shirt with collar. He wears faded blue pants with two buttons on either side of the top edge. He wears a cap tilted to one side of his head in the same faded blue fabric. He has dark red yarn hair on the top of his head.
Photograph of the cover of the pop-up book. An illustration in the middle shows a camel stuffed animal, Raggedy Ann in a white apron, and Raggedy Andy in blue pants holding hands and jumping. Around the rectangle illustration is a floral decoration on a black background, with red along the spine of the book.
Photograph of an open pop-up book. The page shows a young girl with blonde hair looking at Raggedy Ann and Andy in the foreground with two camel stuffed animals in the background next to some bushes that all pop up off the page. The edge of either page has a flap with some small illustrations and text.
Photograph of an open pop-up book. The page shows a large sailing ship popping us over the top of the page. Where the ship connects with the flat page, 3 mechanical legs are shown with the ship walking through the desert. There are a group of people at the front of the ship, and two camels with figures running in front of the ship.
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