These are very cute Raggedy Ann dolls. How about them as a birthday present? ⇨ We also accept gift wrapping. ▶ Raggedy Ann & Andy are national characters in America, and they have many devoted fans in Japan. The original creator, Johnny Gruelle, found an old cloth doll (stuffed doll) that his mother had played with in the attic of their house. He painted the fading face, sewed a heart-shaped candy onto its chest, and gave it to his young daughter, who loved it and always played with it. Then, combining the names from two poems by Gruelle's mentor, the poet James Whitcomb Riley, "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie," he named it "Raggedy Ann." Gruelle began telling his daughter stories every night featuring Raggedy Ann. Seeing Marcella grow up playing with Raggedy Ann, Gruelle thought how wonderful it would be if other children had such a stuffed doll friend. He then published the stories of Raggedy Ann that he had told his daughter, along with the dolls, and sold them. Two years after the release, in 1920, "Raggedy Andy Stories," featuring Ann's brother "Andy," was published. After that, "Ann and Andy" became a series of dozens of picture books. #Raggedy Ann #Raggedy Ann #doll #present