Johnny Gruelle and the Art of Beloved Belindy
My copy from 1960
In light of all our new-found 'wokeness', I thought I'd share this gem of a book from my collection of children's books that I have been collecting since my days in Art School. I haven't done any research on this one, but I feel pretty confident it's been 'cancelled' just like Disney's 'Song of the South', hidden from view in the hope that everyone will forget about it. And that's really a shame because it's your typical Raggedy Ann book (not that I'm a scholar in this area) and it's filled with wonderful little illustrations by Johnny Gruelle, whom I admire.
I was going to write a brief bio about Johnny Gruelle, but that's already been done. I figured, you could simply go to Wikipedia, like everyone else seems to do nowadays, so her's the link:
My goal for this post, was to share some beautiful illustrations from a book, most people never SEEN or heard of before...hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Childhood memories/flashbacks, right here.
... And for the record, I had a Raggedy Andy doll when I was a little brat, and I HATED it. I spent all my time punching it, and throwing it down the stairs. I LOVED the way he tumbled down our stairs. I would rush down the stairs, pick him up and then PUNCH 'the shit' outta him...then do it all over again. He creeped me out . . . what can I say.
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