(July 1947)
Dell,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-06-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Editing
- Helen Meyer ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia: RAGGEDY ANN + ANDY, Volume I, No. 14, July, 1947. Published monthly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 149 Madison Avenue, New York 16, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Margarita Delacorte, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter April 23, 1946 at the Post Office at New York New York, under the act of March 3, 1879. Additional second-class entry at the Post Office at Poughkeepsie, New York. Printed in the U. S. A. Subscriptions in the U. S. A. $1.00 per year, single copied 10ยข; in Canada $1.00 per year; elsewhere $2.00 per year. Copyright, 1947, by The Johnny Gruelle Co.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 320.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 320.
[no title indexed]
Raggedy Ann and Andy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- ? (Raggedy Ann & Andy) ; Morris Gollub (forest animals)
- Inks
- ? (Raggedy Ann & Andy) ; Morris Gollub (forest animals, painted)
- Colors
- ? (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
Indexer Notes
Line-drawn Raggedy Ann and Andy on painted background.
[My friend, the chipmunk]
photo story / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; children
- Synopsis
- Poem with photograph of chipmunk eating peanuts from a hand
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover with indicia
[Raggedy Ann and Andy Visit Cloudland]
Raggedy Ann and Andy / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Marcella; Belindy; Rory Lion; Mr. Diggs; Dinah; Eddie Elephant; Percy Policeman; Princess Joy; Prince Gallant
- Synopsis
- Raggedy Ann's and Andy's doll house is carried to Cloudland by helium balloons. They and their friends meet Princess Joy and Prince Gallant. A thunderstorm returns them to Earth, and they are delivered home by a freight train.
Indexer Notes
This story appears to be largely by Kerr as it is more delicate than the two preceding stories. The little girl as well as the prince and princess are drawn with much beauty and grace.
The Quissie
None-such animals / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; children
- Characters
- The Quissie
- Synopsis
- The Quissie walks up snowy hills with snowshoes and slides down on her sled.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated poem
Number 6 in a series
Ali, the kitchenboy
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Frank Jupo [as Jupo] (signed)
- Pencils
- Frank Jupo [as Jupo] (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Jupo [as Jupo] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Harun-Al-Rashid; Ali, the kitchenboy; Old Beggar/Wizard; Princess of China; Princess of Tashkent; Princess of Zanzibar; bird with the golden eggs/beautiful princess
- Synopsis
- A wizard tries to trick Ali, the kitchenboy, into retrieving the bird with the golden eggs. Instead, he flings the golden eggs into a well to rescue a beautiful princess, who had been been turned into a stone by the wizard.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated story; Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck
[Carelessness often is the cause of serious accidents]
The Raggedy Way / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; children
- Characters
- Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
- Synopsis
- Raggedy Ann and Andy are always careful.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated poem
The Thunderstorm
Simple Science / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature
- Characters
- Uncle Ben; Johnny Blake
- Synopsis
- Uncle Ben explains thunderstorms to Johnny.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated story; Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck
[no title indexed]
Egbert Elephant and His Friends / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, it looks as if Scooter Bill the mallard has a visitor ...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Egbert Elephant; Tuffy Tiger; Donot Inflate [Penguin]; Scooter Bill Mallard
- Synopsis
- The animal friends receive a postcard with a picture of a penguin in the zoo on Isle of View, Long Island Sound. Donot Inflate thinks that the card says "I love you," and makes plans to go marry the penguin in the picture.
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck
Animal Mother Goose
Animal Mother Goose / text story / 5 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (adaptations)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly (spot illustrations, credited)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly (spot illustrations, credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Reprints
-
in Walt Kelly's Fables and Funnies (Dark Horse, 2016 series) (May 2016), (May 2016), (May 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
In part based on traditional verse.
Titles for this installment are: "[The Elephant Walked]" (untitled, 2/3 pg.); "The Fair Maid" (1/3 pg.); "The Bachelor" (2 pgs.); "The Clock" (1 pg.); "Tommy Tittlemouse" (2/3 pg.); "Cry Baby" (1/3 pg.). Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck
Rumpelstiltzkin
text story / 3 pages
- Script
- Brothers Grimm (uncredited)
- Pencils
- W. J. Enright (spot illustrations, credited)
- Inks
- W. J. Enright (spot illustrations, credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Old Miller; Miller's Daughter/; The King; Rumpelstiltzkin; Baby Prince; Messenger
- Synopsis
- Rumpelstiltzkin helps the miller's daughter gain favor with the King by spinning straw into gold. The king marries the miller's daughter. When Rumpelstiltzkin returns for the Queen's first-born son, she foils him by learning his name.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated fairy tale
[The camel with the wrinkled knee]
Color Up Picture / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; the camel with the wrinkled knee
- Synopsis
- Poem about camel; coloring page
[no title indexed]
Billy and Bonny Bee / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's drop down by the chicken yard and visit Hetty Hen
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Hetty Hen; Betsy Butterfly; Marty Mud Turtle; Ernie Earthworm; Farmer's Boy; Rowdy Red Fox; Elbert Chick; Egbert Chick; Edbert Chick; Warrior Bees
- Synopsis
- Billy and Bonny Bee round up the warrior bees to rescue Hetty Hen and her chicks from Rowdy Red Fox.
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Raggedy Ann and Andy -
1.
[My friend, the chipmunk]
-
2.
[Raggedy Ann and Andy Visit Cloudland]
Raggedy Ann and Andy -
3.
The Quissie
None-such animals -
4.
Ali, the kitchenboy
-
5.
[Carelessness often is the cause of serious accidents]
The Raggedy Way -
6.
The Thunderstorm
Simple Science -
7.
["Well, it looks as if Scooter Bill the mallard has a visitor ..."]
Egbert Elephant and His Friends -
8.
Animal Mother Goose
Animal Mother Goose -
9.
Rumpelstiltzkin
-
10.
[The camel with the wrinkled knee]
Color Up Picture -
11.
["Let's drop down by the chicken yard and visit Hetty Hen"]
Billy and Bonny Bee -
12.
[Hungry bear]
-
13.
["Subscribe now!"]
Raggedy Ann and Andy
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