Orphan Annie, Raggedy Ann & Poetry

I loved reading my Raggedy Ann books when I was a child (showing my age here), and Orphan Annie has been made into dozens of books since its original 1885 debut, and into 8 movies from 1918!

But do you know where they came from?

I was surprised by the answer just as much as when I learned that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written by the same author as James Bond!

Check out this link to Occulta Thesauri (Don't worry - it's nothing to do with the Occult) and see how these wonderful little red heads came to be:
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Occulta Thesauri - A Hoosier and his sweetheart
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