If these dolls could talk... well, they can (sort of), on the reissued Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle, read by Cicely Tyson. Spunky Raggedy Ann takes charge of all the dolls in young Marcella's ...

Walk into any toy store and the sheer number of dolls you can buy is amazing. But before American Girl dolls or Disney princess dolls, before even Cabbage Patch dolls and Barbie, there was one doll ...

I admit that I chose this week’s column topic in part for the nostalgia and in part due to the fun that the internet is having over the recent travels of the purportedly haunted doll, Annabelle, that ...

Ann may be a bit raggedy, but at age 75 she’s still a doll. She has survived the Depression, a world war and a generation of Barbie lovers – and still keeps smiling. Better known as Raggedy Ann, this ...

Since 1990, people in Arcola, a small town 2 1/2 hours south of Chicago, have been trying to put the stuffings back in America’s consciousness by holding an annual Raggedy Ann Festival to celebrate ...

Iconic American toy Raggedy Ann celebrates her 100th birthday this week, and a local relative of the doll’s creator wants to make it a memorable celebration. Cindy Gruelle Goho, of Mohrsville, is the ...

ARCOLA — Raggedy Ann celebrates her 90th birthday and will have an estimated 40,000 of her fans gather for the occasion this weekend at the annual Raggedy Ann and Andy Festival. The festival opens at ...

September is a busy month for birthdays and celebrations in our farm family. Not only did my parents celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary Saturday, both my sisters also started this month with ...