Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies

Johnny Gruelle. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.95 (94pp) ISBN 978-0-689-85719-5

Another childhood fixture returns in Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies (1932), by Johnny Gruelle. Raggedy Ann and Andy find a lucky penny, meet a lost prince, become the prisoners of mean King Growch and solve a mystery at the king's castle.

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