Johnny Gruelle 2 hr 20 min read

Johnny and Janey fly away to the Moon, meet a strange man, and are followed by Gran'ma and Gran'pa, into a magical land of boxing gloves, wolves, and a rubber river.

Johnny Gruelle's 1922 book, by the creator of Raggedy Ann, is a whimsical fantasy for children. Playful, imaginative, delightfully illustrated. Read it for a genial storybook romp to a topsy-turvy land beyond the Moon, full of comic wonders and gentle adventure, from a beloved American children's author and artist.

In its time

Published in 1922, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

2 hr 20 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).