Years ago, I heard Paul Harvey explain the history of Raggedy Ann. Does anyone know the story?
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go to the website below
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I need know a little more about the story to answer this question.
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My strange celebrity crush was introduced to me by my kids. He's Anthony Field- AKA - Anthony Wiggle from The Wiggles.  I like his silliness. How odd is that????
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ok ok raggedy anne is the toy you kept and you are still playing with it .. aha no we know.
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OK, I'll give this a stab. Once upon a time, I taught upper elementary school in a inner city that is now far, far away. A report on NPR's marketplace inspired me to put together a unit on toys. \n\nI began by reading the short story "The Lesson" by Tony Cade Bambara aloud to the students. In the story, a "nappy-headed woman" with too much education and no makeup takes a group of kids from Harlem to the toy store FAO Schwartz in Manhattan. By doing this, she shows them that there's a world outside their Harlem neighborhood, and in this world, they don't have much power or money. The narrator--one of the Harlem kids--is angry, really angry at the woman who taught her this lesson.\n\n"You know," said one of my former students about a year later, "We hated you just like those kids in the story hated that woman."\n\n"I know," I said. By then I had learned that if you tell kids they are any kind of disadvantaged, even if you do so by telling them you grew up disadvantaged, too, they will hate you for it. \n\nBut I wasn't done with the unit. I had discussion questions for them to write about, and one of them was "Who are the people who buy the toys at FAO Schwartz?" The kids' answers were mostly some variation of "rich people".\n\nNext up, I had them go home and look at the "Made in" tags on three of their own toys, or those of a sibling, neighbor, or cousin if they were "too old" for toys. Actually, this was also a way out for kids who couldn't afford to own three toys.\n\nThe next day we compiled the results of our survey. I did that because I had two different figures for the percentage of toys made in China, and I wanted them to participate in gathering our own data: primary research. Some of the kids had obviously not done their research, but I included their made up answers (like "Made in Africa") anyway. Our results showed a percentage in between the two percentages I had from my research. In all three cases, we had figures that showed more than half the toys sampled were made in China.\n\nNext, I prepared them for an article I'd adapted from the newspaper by bringing in maps and coffee table books about China. I showed them, for example, terraces on the sides of mountains and a photograph of people in western Sichuan province with 100 pound tubs of manure on their backs, preparing to hike five miles into the mountains to lay manure on their fields.\n\nAt this point, I always asked the small group I was showing this particular photograph a question. Given a choice, would they rather come to school, read some stories, do some science, work some math problems, have recess, lunch, and maybe computer class, or would they rather hike five miles into the mountains with a hundred-pound tub of manure on their backs?\n\nWell, most of them would rather come to school. But there was always one or two who would say, "Give me the tub of manure."  These are your "kinesthetic learners", the kids who learn best by moving. In one case the kid was also a student with a high naturalistic intelligence (who happened to be born into a family with no interest in nature) and a truancy problem. I often think of that kid, and how happy he would be if he lived where I live now. \n\nAs a general rule, kinesthetic learners are more likely to be put in special ed, to drop out of school, and to end up in jail. They are the group of students that we as educators fail the most. And by fail, I mean we don't do right by them.\n\nAnyway, in the next part of the lesson, my students were to read an article I'd adapted from The Washington Post. The article told the story of a teenager who had travelled from western Sichuan province to the Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen, outside Hong Kong. \n\nIt explained how she'd gotten a job in a toy factory as a sort of human conveyor belt, moving partially manuf
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Muze Annotations\nThe beloved author of such classic children's books as "Henry Huggins" and "Dear Mr. Henshaw" tells of her early life in Oregon, first on the family farm in Yamhill, and later in Portland during the Depression. Readers will learn about the childhood of the creator of Ramona, and find parts of her life that made their way into her books.\n\n\nPublisher's Notes\nGenerations of children have grown up with Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and all of their friends, families, and assorted pets. For everyone who has enjoyed the pranks and schemes, embarrassing moments, and all of the other poignant and colorful images of childhood brought to life in Beverly Cleary books, here is the fascinating true story of the remarkable woman who created them.\n\n\nSynopses\nFollows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.
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Where did you hear this??  I tried searching and only found...\n\n"Excuse me," she said, " but is that the Slinker Slouch I've heard of? Your attitude, I mean?"\n\nJust wondering if this was from "The Brother of Daphne".  Sorry, but this is all that I could find.
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not about me but its a true story. it's a story to tell around a campfire in the night.\n\nsome years ago there was someone who was babysiting a young girl while the parents was out of the house.\nthe girl went to sleep and then came to the baby sitter and said there is clown doll smiling at her. then the babysitter told her its nothing and to go to sleep.\nthe girl came again and said the same thing but this time she was starting to be scared. again she told her to go to sleep.\nagain she told her the same thing but this time she was really scared. again the babysitter told her its nothing and to go to sleep.\nthis time she was really freaking out and the babysitter didnt know what to do so she called the mother and told her about that.\nthe mother said: we dont have a clown doll in our house, leave now!\n\nit accually was a  pedophile that was hiding in her room and watched her going to bad.\nit happened years ago, i dont know when, somewhere in south usa. TRUE STORY.  spoooooky....
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Ben Franklin was a wild Man!!! That Cat took more Laudlum than most horses could survive and still lived to tell the tale! He saw lots of mythical creatures then, let me tell You; I've access to His real diary!!! The only wild turkey He was talking about came out of a bourbon bottle Baby!! There is no such thing as real turkeys, unless You count the ones that garden gnomes ride around on.
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Very sketchy info; he left BST in 1968.  He then did work on Al Cooper's "Al's Big Deal (unclaimed freight") in 1975.  Since then, everyone I've spoken to has the same story-- he had a mental breakdown, and has been living in a mental institution ever since the episode (1977 or 1978)... "ahh... jucyfruit"
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poor fella! nobody's answered. there is a story, a complicated one for that matter. it ties into the bag-on-line adventures, a couple comic books written by singer claudio sanchez that are quite sci-fi in nature. umm... hit up the coheedandcambria.com links and see if you get some more in depth info. hope that helps and be prepared to be mindboggled :P
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I found a link which has information on forgotten heroines of the Civil War.  It is about the nurses who cared for soldiers\nin dire conditions and has articles on lots of them.\nIt looked interesting, and there seemed to be lots of other links to information about Civil War women.
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In Maryland:\n\nFounding of the town of Springfield\n    [5F02] As early as 1649, the Maryland town of Sprynge-Fielde was inhabited by obvious ancestors of the people of Springfield, the Flanders and the Simpsons.\n\n    [3F13] In 1796, a fiercely determined band of pioneers leaves Maryland after misinterpreting a passage in the bible. Their destination, New Sodom. [4F03] Marge says these pioneers were circus freaks.\n\n        * Jebediah: "People, our search is over. On this site we shall build a new town, where we can worship freely, govern justly, and grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets."\n        * Shelbyville Manhattan: "yes, and marry our cousins."\n        * Jebediah: "What are you talking about Shelbyville? Why would we want to marry our cousins?"\n        * Shelbyville Manhattan: "Cause they're so attractive. I thought that was the whole point of this journey."\n        * Jebediah: "Absolutely not."\n        * Shelbyville Manhattan: "I tell you I won't live in a town that robs men of the right to marry their cousins."\n        * Jebediah: "Well then, we'll form our own town. Who will come and live a life devoted to chastity, abstinence, and a flavorless mush I call rootmarm?" \n\n    [2F22] The town of Springfield was born on that day. And to mark that sweet moment, our people planted this lemon tree. Lemons being the sweetest fruit available at the time. [4F15] In 1797, the town charter was created;\n\n        * [9F10] "...as chief constable, ye shall receive one pig every month and two comely lasses of virtue true."
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I love it!  There was a time in my life when that song really told my story.  I hadn't thought about it in a while may have to listen to it again.  Thanks for the memories.
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im a lette what do you want to know? is it about the axe murder boys (AMB)? cuz i think they are the shit!!! \nhit me up at my e-mail heliumj_n@yahoo.com  or on www.hallsofillusions.com my name there is apple_vodka_lette
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In the 60's? Early 70's? That's ballpark. You had to go and get me curious, so I searched...couldn't find alot of info about it, but I know if I kept on it, I would - happy surfing!
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try here and then if you need more type Dr Seuss in your search bar...sounds like a fun report...\n\nhttp://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm\n\ngodd luck