Whimsical Wednesdays is my personal departure from my Current Reads list. For one evening each week, I go back to a book I enjoyed as a child, teen, or young adult, and spend some time revisiting favorite characters or authors. Sometimes they are classics, other times it's something quirky that just caught my fancy.
First off, Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! Everyone's a little Irish today, especially after 5:00, right? :D Hope you have a fun time, however you celebrate, and just remember to do it safely.
I've been hanging out in bed or on the couch for the last couple of days, and am finally feeling better, except for a cough which does not want to quit. As long as I'm still, it stays at bay, but when I start doing something around the house, it picks up again. Guess that's an excuse to slack off on the chores for a bit? ;)
Since today is Wednesday, I thought it'd be fun to show a few pics from my favorite book as a little girl. In response to Monday's post, Kaye said that she loved the cover from Raggedy Ann Stories and would like to see some of the artwork inside. That's a great idea. It's a combination of color and black & white drawings that I think are very charming. I flipped through the book and took a few pictures, and want to share them today. Hope you like them!
Even rag dolls have trouble thinking at times, especially if they have a little tear in their head that causes their thoughts to leak out with their stuffing!
A kind gentleman borrows Raggedy Ann, and creates copies of her, so everyone can have their very own to love. Each one has a heart that says "I love you", which mimics the candy heart sewn into the original Raggedy owned by Marcella.
I had forgotten about those stories. I had a little raggedy ann doll when I was a kid and I loved her to bits! Thank you for sharing this and bringing back some memories. =)
ReplyDeleteoh how exquisite--I just love old time books like this. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteLyon - My own doll is carefully propped on the rocking chair in my room, but I do admit to taking her up occasionally, when I'm very sick or very sad, still. There's something very comforting about her that you never really outgrow, isn't there? Glad it made you smile. :)
ReplyDeleteKaye - Thank you for the idea! I hadn't looked through that book in ages, so it was a wonderful trip back to my childhood and the times when I believed that my Annie and other stuffed animals had all sorts of adventures when I wasn't around, too. :)