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Hannah wrote: "Okey dokey, here we go:Which collection of stories did Indiana author Johnny Gruelle write as a memorial to friend and poet James Whitcomb Riley and daughter Marcella?"
Whew, you got me on that one! 😀🤔
Meg wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Okey dokey, here we go:Which collection of stories did Indiana author Johnny Gruelle write as a memorial to friend and poet James Whitcomb Riley and daughter Marcella?"
Whew, you ..."
Oh boy, I'm inwardly clapping with glee! BUT HOPEFULLY ITS NOT TOO HARD!!
Hannah wrote: "Oh boy, I'm inwardly clapping with glee! BUT HOPEFULLY ITS NOT TOO HARD!! 😂 Maybe someone else will know...in the meantime I'll continue to think!
Emma, you're our Hoosier! Do you have any ideas?
*thinking*......*thinking*......
*thinking*......
*thinking*......
To be honest, I've never heard of Johnny Gruelle. XD
To be fair, this is a bit of a trick question. Riley originally wrote this work as a poem but Gruelle took the character and created a collection of short stories from it instead.
Hannah wrote: "Meg wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Okey dokey, here we go:Which collection of stories did Indiana author Johnny Gruelle write as a memorial to friend and poet James Whitcomb Riley and daughter Marcella?"..."
Not too hard!
I don't think I'm in the same planet.
I'm not very familiar with Johnny Gruelle either, although I had a Raggedy Ann doll when I was little! 😀IS it the Raggedy Ann series? I just noticed that one of them is called 'Marcella: A Raggedy Ann Story. 🤔
This collection was published 5 years after the death of Riley and Marcella.
Perhaps I should have added more details to my question? Because Marcella: A Raggedy Ann Story is a really good guess.
Hannah wrote: "Perhaps I should have added more details to my question? Because Marcella: A Raggedy Ann Story is a really good guess."Well you don't want to make it too easy for us... 😂
Ok, will think about this a little more!
Waiting to hear other people's answers, but if no one can get it, I'll reveal the answer later tonight.
Monitor Meg, how long do you think I should keep the question up before answering?
Ok, I've been reading up on Johnny Gruelle and James Whitcomb Riley! 😀 If I understand it all correctly, Gruelle took the name for the Raggedy Ann character from Riley's poems 'Little Orphan Annie' and 'The Raggedy Man'.
Hannah wrote: "Monitor Meg, how long do you think I should keep the question up before answering?"I think our posts just crossed! 😂
Hahaha Meg, you win the prize! The answer is: 
Orphant Annie!The introduction to this book states that is was written and illustrated by Gruelle, the creator of Raggedy Ann, as a tribute and memorial to his dear friend and neighbor James Whitcomb Riley and to his own beloved daughter Marcella, both of whom died in 1916.
Riley first came up with the character in his poem Little Orphant Annie but - after doing more research on Wikipedia etc. - Gruelle took Annie and created his own stories.
And you're correct that Gruelle took his inspiration for Raggedy Ann from Riley's Raggedy Man as well.
I love looking through all the original, old illustrations through these books. Such talent Gruelle had!
All right, I'm Meg's sister. Which Maine author ran a school for girls?
Hannah wrote: "Hahaha Meg, you win the prize! The answer is: Orphant Annie!The introduction to this book states that is was written and illustrated by Gruelle, the c..."
That is so interesting, Hannah! I will have to read these sometime! 😊
Dorothy wrote: "All right, I'm Meg's sister. Which Maine author ran a school for girls?"Well, that was a little abrupt! 😂 Yes, this is my dear little sister y'all have heard tell about!
Meg wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "All right, I'm Meg's sister. Which Maine author ran a school for girls?"Well, that was a little abrupt! 😂 Yes, this is my dear little sister y'all have heard tell about!"
I very much understand the *little* sister! 😂
How many siblings do you have Meg?
Good Heaven, Dorothy! You blew in like the Maine winds Meg
talks about.
Hi, I am glad you you joined us,
just ring a bell before you come again.
Louisa May Alcott it isn't, but is all I know.
Ruth wrote: "Good Heaven, Dorothy! You blew in like the Maine winds Meg
talks about.
Hi, I am glad you you joined us,
just ring a bell before you come again.
Louisa May Alcott."
Haha!
For girls...
Emma wrote: "How many siblings do you have Meg?"She's the only one!
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How many siblings do you have Meg?"She's the only one!"
Oh okay! I can't imagine only one... I have 3! And a brother 😂😋
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How many siblings do you have Meg?"She's the only one!"
It is funny how one can make up for several,
I often thank God my younger sister is not a twin.
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How many siblings do you have Meg?"She's the only one!"
Oh okay! I can't imagine only one... I have 3! And a brother 😂😋"
Sounds like fun! 😀
Ruth wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How many siblings do you have Meg?"She's the only one!"
It is funny how one can make up for several,
I often thank God my younger sister is not a twin."
Haha, yeah she counts for at least three! 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "How many siblings do you have Meg?"She's the only one!"
Oh okay! I can't imagine only one... I have 3! And a brother 😂😋"
Sounds like fun! 😀"
It is! 😄
Meg wrote: "Kate Douglas Wiggin?"No, Meg. You should know better!
Dorothy wrote: "Meg wrote: "Kate Douglas Wiggin?"No, Meg. You should know better!"
Well! The only others I can think of at the moment are Sarah Orne Jewett and Harriet Becher Stowe...but I'm pretty sure neither of them had a school for girls.
Meg wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Meg wrote: "Kate Douglas Wiggin?"No, Meg. You should know better!"
Well! The only others I can think of at the moment are Sarah Orne Jewett and Harriet Becher Stowe...but I'm pre..."
LOL! I stumped the great Meg Dunham!
Whoops! He wasn't from Maine... my mistake. I should have just said New England.
You two are reminding me of my sister and I! XD
I'm here to join the fun!! 😃Dorothy, I really feel like I should know this but it's not coming to me! Could you give a hint?
Dorothy wrote: "Whoops! He wasn't from Maine... my mistake. I should have just said New England."Aha!!!! No wonder I was stumped! 😂 Mystery solved...after graduating from Harvard, Ralph Waldo Emerson assisted his brother William in a school for young women.
Allyson wrote: "I'm here to join the fun!! 😃Dorothy, I really feel like I should know this but it's not coming to me! Could you give a hint?"
Glad to have you, Allyson! We're having lots of fun! 😃
Dorothy wrote: "Meg wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Meg wrote: "Kate Douglas Wiggin?"No, Meg. You should know better!"
Well! The only others I can think of at the moment are Sarah Orne Jewett and Harriet Becher Stowe....."
HE! NEW ENGLAND!
Dorothy, you have turned this upside down.
Hannah wrote: "I wanna say Alcott but not too sure."That's a good guess Hannah! Bronson Alcott did teach school for a while although it wasn't exclusively for girls.
Ruth wrote: "HE! NEW ENGLAND!Dorothy, you have turned this upside down."
😂😂😂
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Which collection of stories did Indiana author Johnny Gruelle write as a memorial to friend and poet James Whitcomb Riley and daughter Marcella?