Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land

New York / Collingdale: The Johnny Gruelle Company / William J. Dornan, 1931. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Gruelle, Johnny. Reissue, likely mid-20th century (last title mentioned in ads was printed in 1946). Jacket edges rubbed and creased with 1/2 inch chip from spine head and several small tears, sticker on rear jacket flap, boards corners rubbed, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1931 Hard Cover. 95, [1] pp. 8vo. Numerous color illustrations by author throughout. "When Raggedy Ann and Andy fall down a deep hole, they find themselves in a magical world called Cookie Land. There they meet Little Weakie, Hookie-the-Goblin, and Mr. and Mrs. Cookie and their two cookie children. It's the Cookie family who award bravery medals to the Raggedys after they save them from one of Hookie's sneak attacks. Then Hookie brings along his friend the Snitznoodle to help him capture the Raggedys, but Snitznoodles don't mess with dolls wearing bravery medals, no siree. Don't worry, though, the Raggedys find a way to make everyone friends and as always, it's a Raggedy-good time in Cookie Land." "Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories. A doll was also marketed along with the book to great success. A sequel, Raggedy Andy Stories (1920) introduced the character of her brother, Raggedy Andy, dressed in sailor suit and hat.