cover image Raggedy Ann's Candy Heart Kisses: Sweet Thoughts to Share

Raggedy Ann's Candy Heart Kisses: Sweet Thoughts to Share

Johnny Gruelle. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $8.95 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-689-86770-5

The classic heroine with the candy heart returns in the hand-size Raggedy Ann's Candy Heart Kisses: Sweet Thoughts to Share, outfitted with turn-of-the-century illustrations and featuring one truism per page ""from the works of"" Johnny Gruelle. The book brims with sugary messages of love, friendship and social awareness, such as ""...however small they may be, kindly deeds grow and grow until they blossom and fill our hearts with the sunshine of Happiness.""