Kids quickly catch on that Cleety is the clown, and Percy the policeman, yet every time these dolls are mentioned, Gruelle adds the repetitious professional tag. Now the style is a bit saccharine for contemporary taste and even dummied down. In this book they even speak with a wooden cuckoo and two tiny elves. However the dolls can communicate verbally with Hairy, the puppy dog, and Dickie bird, the canary. For toys of course must remain limp and wherever their little mistress has left them they may only speak and move when the The real humans (Marcella, Mamma, Daddy, Grandma) are frequently referenced, but do not interact verbally with the dolls. Each chapter is a complete tale in itself-delightfully illustrated with bright, cheerful drawings which make it easy for children to visualize each doll’s distinctive features. But these two famous dolls barely speak in this eleven-chapter collection.īeloved Belindy, a black Mammy doll sporting a red kerchief, is clearly the star here, for it is she who orchestrates many games for the nursery brood and organizes rescues when necessary. The Most famous of courses is the actual doll, Raggedy Ann, and then her brother, Raggedy Andy. Originally written to amuse his own invalid Marcella, these simple tales with minimum plot, conflict and violence were a bedtime staple for millions of American children for decades. One in a long, sweet line of stories based on the dolls in his daughter’s nursery, author-illustrator Johnny Guelle created several adorable doll character in the early 20th century.
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