The Paper Dragon: A Raggedy Ann Adventure

Johnny Gruelle. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $17.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84969-5

Another in the series of newly reissued Raggedy Ann Adventures, Raggedy Ann: The Paper Dragon by Johnny Gruelle (1926) follows the redheaded heroine and her sidekick, Raggedy Andy, as they head for the woods and happen upon young Marggy, separated from her Daddy. As they hunt for him, they meet new friends, such as Dragon, who at first gives them a fright, but is just ""made out of paper and thin slats of wood.""

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