and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
were our family's two favorites from the series, written by Betty MacDonald. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is a small lady, the widow of a pirate. She lives in an upside-down house (always filled with the scent of freshly baked cookies) in a lively neighborhood inhabited mostly by children who have bad habits. She happens to have a storehouse of highly amusing "cures" for common childhood diseases including the Won't-Pick-Up-Toys cure, the Answer-Backer cure, the Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders cure, the Slow-Eater-Tiny-Bite-Taker cure, and several others. These books have been around for over 50 years, but Betty MacDonald's genius parenting concept of natural, logical consequences for misbehavior, was ahead of it's time!
In this book, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle leaves her upside-down house and has moved to a farm in the country. With the help of her cows and pigs and horses, she's still curing girls and boys of their bad habits. So whatever the problem -- from Pet-Forgetter-Itis to Fraidy-Cat-Ness -- the parents all exclaim, "Better call Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle!"MORE CHAPTER BOOKS WITH FUN CHARACTERS:
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
books, by Beverly Cleary.
Pippi Longstocking
, by Astrid Lindgen. (Read my previous post HERE)
Paddington Bear
books, by Michael Bond. (Click HERE for a list of all the books on the P.B. website)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle was my FAVORITE book as a kid! Oh and Amelia Badelia! My dad read them over and over to me :) Such a wonderful memory!
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