Babette is a pretty doll from France with curly golden blonde hair
owned by Marcella.

Babette appeared in the very first Raggedy Ann book, under the name 'The French Dolly'. She is caring and generally looking up to Raggedy Ann as a good leader, much like the rest of the dolls.

In Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees, Babette is snatched by a mysterious man, which causes Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy to look for her.

Much later during their quest to find Babette, the Camel crashes into an invisible fortress that surrounds Winnie the Witch's house, which they pass through thanks to the horse's ingenuity. The witch offers them some magic, so the horse pays her a nickel and asks for something to provide some stamina. While checking to ensure that the coin is real, the witch reveals that a man stopped by the previous day seeking an elixir to bring a doll to life, but he paid with a counterfeit coin, which nullified the witch's potion. The witch proceeds to use work magic on the horse, who's suddenly wide awake.

Raggedy Ann asks the witch to help her find Babette, so the old woman instructs everyone to enter a circle, close their eyes, and count to ten. When they open their eyes, they find themselves standing beside a tent full of pirates. Raggedy Ann peeps into the tent and sees the stolen doll. Jay spits pebbles at the pirates, who become confused and knock down the tent, providing an opportunity to rescue Babette. The group flees to the witch's cottage with the pirates in pursuit in their flying houseboat.

One of the pirates attempts to huff and puff and blow the house down, but when this proves unsuccessful, they decide to starve the group out. The witch has other plans and prepares a feast. The Tired Old Horse then tosses the leftovers out of the window, which upsets the pirates. He tries to comfort them by handing out lollipops, but they become so upset that they begin crying.

Leader Charlie expresses remorse for stealing Babette, and the rogues explain that they had grown up being so enthralled by tales of piracy that they bought a jumping houseboat and were only pretending to be pirates. Raggedy Ann and friends comfort them, and then the witch instructs all of the pirates to enter her circle. The witch places a red balloon in the center, which she inflates until it pops and knocks off the pirates' false facial hair and noses, revealing that the pirates are actually all young women.

After the pirates are unmasked, the old witch also removes her costume and reveals that she's a fairy princess. She uses her magic on the houseboat and they set sail to rescue Jenny and Jan's parents, Henry and Harriet. The fairy explains that their grandmother was a queen who had been ousted from her throne, but the knights eventually overthrew her successor. They arrived at her cottage to bring her back, but she'd been whisked away to fairyland and vacated the premises. When Henry and Harriet arrived, they were hailed as the new king and queen and brought to the castle, which they weren't allowed to leave.

The jumping houseboat arrives at the castle, where they find Henry and Harriet in the courtyard. Henry writes a note instructing his people to either crown a new king or to start a republic, and they return to their home in the Deep Deep Woods. After feasting upon pancakes, The Tired Old Horse and the Camel both decide to stay with the family. Henry soon realizes that the Camel was his own childhood toy, and they reminisce.

The others board the jumping houseboat to return Raggedy Ann, Andy, and Babette home, and the fairy princess rolls back time so that Marcella won't realize that they were gone.

*Raggedy Ann Stories (1918)
*Raggedy Andy Stories (1920)
*Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees (1924)
*Marcella: A Raggedy Ann Story (1929)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggedy_Ann Wikipedia]
*[https://raggedyann.fandom.com/wiki/Babette Raggedy Ann Wiki]
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