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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Boxed Set: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle; Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic; Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle; and ... 2 reviews
Betty MacDonald
Scholastic Book Clubs, 2008
Childhood memories!
I remember Mrs Piggle Wiggle books being my all time favorite books when I was a little girl. ( In fact I stll rembered most of the stories as a 40 year ol adult-they had such an impact on me. I have just recently purchased thekm for my 4 year old daughter and she is loving them! I agree with the previous reviewers comments except I give Mrs Piggle Wiggle a 5!! :} They are a bit dated but that ...
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle60 reviews
Betty MacDonald
HarperTrophy, 1985
Don't want to eat, bathe, go to bed or comb your hair?
For every problem every parent and child has faced over the years, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a magnificent solution that will surpass the iterventions of Dr. Spock, Supernanny, or even Dr. Phil!
The characters are so wonderful and the stories so creatively written that children will be spellbound by these books. Even non-readers will be captivated.
Wonderful reading!
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The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Treasury 4 reviews
Betty MacDonald
HarperCollins, 1995
Roma Parekh
This is a great collection of all the Mrs. Piggle - Wiggle books. This is such a cute book. I remember reading these books when I was little and am very happy to be reading the treasury
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Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle1 review
Betty MacDonald, Anne Macdonald Canham
HarperCollins, 2007
more of same silly but wise fun
the book I read is the newest in a series 50+ yrs old, the last of the 4 originals was published in 1957; after the author died, her daughter found unpublished work & added to it to create another bk following the same format as the originals; Mrs Piggle Wiggle was married to a pirate who died; she lives in an upside down house w/5 pets & gets along great w/children; she seems like all she does ...
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The Egg and I68 reviews
Betty Macdonald
Harper Paperbacks, 1987
Wonderful
What can you say about a book like this that hasn't already been said! I just love it - having read it firstly many years ago. This is life at its hardest, a struggle to make ends meet in difficult circumstances and a story of bravery and optimism that inspires and reassures us even today when we have things so much better. You can never quite look at an egg again without thinking of Betty ...
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Anybody Can Do Anything14 reviews
Betty MacDonald
George Mann Books, 1991
But Nobody Is Funnier Than Betty
I discovered Betty MacDonald when I was about twelve years old, after checking The Egg and I out of the Carmichael Branch library here in Sacramento, about 22 years after it was first published. My parents had mentioned that the egg ranch Betty lived on with her first husband in the 1920s, which she writes about in The Egg and I, was located some miles from the place where we lived in Washington ...
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic24 reviews
Betty Macdonald
HarperTrophy, 1985
"It Rocks"
Mrs. piggle- wiggle is a really good book. It is amazing how she always has a cure for the parent's problem. I liked it when they was supposed to go for a hike and a picnic but it was raining. So they went to her house then she got them to search for treasure. This book is a really good book.
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Onions in the Stew (The Egg and I)
Betty MacDonald
J. B. Lippincott Co., 1955
A humorous account of life on the island of Vashon in Puget Sound by the author of The Egg and I and the Mrs Piggle-Wiggle books. 256 pages.
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Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle10 reviews
Betty Macdonald
HarperTrophy, 1985
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Magic
I am 35 years old and can still remember my mother reading us these story every night. No matter how many times we heard them over and over it was the best time we spent together. I now have a daugter of my own and can't wait to read the same storys to her. I loved all the funny things she would do the kids to get them to listen to their parents.
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm6 reviews
Betty MacDonald
HarperTrophy, 1985
Read this!
This is the last of the four Mrs Piggle-Wiggle books, but it was probably my favourite when I was little - I loved horses as a little girl, and these stories include a pony. My parents read the Mrs Piggle-Wiggle books when they were kids, and these books have been a family tradition. The stories aren't coy about the fact that they set out to show how kids ought to behave, but they're so much fun ...
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The Diary of an Old Soul & The White Page Poems8 reviews
Betty K. Aberlin, George MacDonald
Zossima Press, 2008
This is how to engage literature!
As publisher Robert Trexler notes in the introduction, "in the 1880 book the pages opposite the poems were intentionally left blank. MacDonald wrote a 'Dedication' encouraging his readers to write their own thoughts on the empty 'white page.'"
But if you're like me, you're often left wondering exactly how to interact with great, life-changing literature. Or you're often inclined to let your ...
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Boxed Set3 reviews
Betty MacDonald
HarperTrophy, 1986
Extroardinary Adventures
This set of books is full of many humerous tales of childen and their annoyances. You would love the hilarious anticdotes. It is fun filled, easy to read, and enjoyable by all.
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle2 reviews
Betty MacDonald
Scholastic Inc., 1987
Great Books - Box Set
This is a set of four books: Mrs Piggle Wiggle, Mrs Piggle Wiggle's Farm, Mrs Piggle Wiggle's Magic, and Hello, Mrs Piggle Wiggle. Good way to get the set.
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The Ethics of Foreign Policy (Ethics and Global Politics)
Ashgate Publishing, 2007
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The Egg and I1 review
Betty MacDonald
J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945
You'll be so glad you read it
I've given copies of this book to dozens of people. The writing sings. She was funny, clear, and beautiful. Surely she's an angel now, because she gave the world such a perfect gift: This book.
If you haven't read it yet, I envy you. The first read is astounding. On the other hand, I enjoyed reading it for the hundredth time, long ago. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, and are ...
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The Plague and I23 reviews
Betty MacDonald
George Mann Books, 1994
A funny look at a serious situation.
This book is filled with an off beat sence of humor. It isn't the slap you in the face kind of humor but rather the kind of humor that hits you later. For example, I found myself smilingat something I read earlier in the day while cooking dinner. At the end of this book you feel like you know each of the people personally. I wanted a follow up to find out what happened to each person. It's that ...
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Onions in the Stew11 reviews
Betty MacDonald
George Mann Books, 1993
Much better than. . .
"The Egg and I." As I said in my review of the earlier book, although I found parts of "Egg" charming, the chapter on Indians made my part-Cherokee blood boil, and that other parts seemed rather mean-spirited as well.
There is none of the mean-spiritedness in "Onions", probably because, in spite of the various toils and tribulations of life on the island, Betty was basically happy there, as ...
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Won't-Pick-Up-Toys Cure2 reviews
Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1997
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
I read this book at the Children's Story Hour in our town. This is the first Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle I read to the children. They were on the edge of their seats, laughing and participating! They begged me to bring more Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle stories. I have and they just as big a success!
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Onions in the Stew2 reviews
Macdonald Betty
J b Lippincott, 1955
The only way to make it though this tough life is to laugh through the tears....Betty sure did.
The above write has obvious not read Betty MacDonald's other books that would explain why she feels the way she doses about such issues as why she dislikes Indians and why she like the Japanese family. Just like anyone it was based on her own experiences in life. (The Egg and I explains her feelings toward the Indians and the Plague and I explains why she gave the Japanese the benefit of the ...
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Nancy and Plum32 reviews
Betty MacDonald
Joan Keil Enterprises, 1997
Fond Memories
I never had anyone read this to me. I stumbled upon it during library time at good old Woodmore Elementary in Bowie MD. I bet it's still there. I loved this book from the moment I opened it. I loved the story, the hard cover, the size of the book, the way the old brittle pages felt as I turned the pages, and even the way the old pages smelled in 1974 (the book had been out for about 20 years ...
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