Raggedy Ann's Beach Bag (Raggedy Ann and Me!)
Johnny Gruelle‘s Raggedy Ann and Andystories have warmed the hearts ofchildren for decades. Johnny, a talentedcartoonist, illustrator, and storyteller,began writing stories about RaggedyAnn as a way to entertain his ailingdaughter, Marcella. Those stories,published in memoriam, went on tobecome American classics. Cherishedthrough many generations, theadventures of Raggedy Ann, a mopheadedrag doll found in agrandmother’s attic, have been sharedfor generations between parents andchildren and grandparents andgrandchildren.