Johnny Gruelle
Birth date: December 24, 1880
Died: January 09, 1938
Johnny Gruelle's Books
I suppose I can blame it on being burnt out on Oz books over the past two years, but this story - written by Johnny Gruelle to capitalize on 'The Wizard of Oz's success - is bland and full of studied nonsense. The illustrations are charming, of course, but I couldn't dredge up any interest in the st...
This is a favorite from childhood that I found on the internet but what makes it even better is that it is a pop-up chapter book.
This is a favorite book from childhood that I found on Amazon. Great story to read aloud for little ones.
It was cute and I loved the idea of two stuffed dolls going on an adventure. My mind could not get around the constant references to Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy by their full names. It was tongue twister in my mouth and in my head. I had to stop. The illustrations were gorgeous.
I read this entire thing...twice. Once when I was young and easily impressible (not quite sure why I chose to read this probably because it was a fat book and I seem drawn to those kind ) and then several years later. Some of these are extremely dark, creepy, odd, murderous, and downright depressing...