Howard R. Garis

"Baseball Joe" Matson's great ambition is to go to boarding school and play on the school team, in this second volume of the Baseball Joe series. Joe is a wide-awake country boy who enjoys playing baseball. We follow his career in the series, and his...

The adventures of two little pig boys and their mom and dad. "Once upon a time, not so very many years ago, in the days when there were fairies and giants and all things like that, there lived in a little house, on the edge of a wood, a family of...

Hal and Mabel's Daddy knows everything - how a thermometer works, what makes a car go, why we get warm when we run. It's a cold and icy evening after school and Daddy has a secret but what is it? And what is in the mysterious packages he has for the...

The Wibblewobble family of ducks appear in a series of 31 bedtime stories - one for each day of the month - written by Howard R. Garis. Each story is an adventure featuring the ducks and their neighbors, including Uncle Wiggily Longears, the famous...

Het korte kinderverhaal Oom Wiggily en de paddestoel is geschreven door Howard R. Garis.Het konijn oom Wiggily is samen met zijn vriend het stekelvarken door het bos aan het lopen. Ze kletsen wat en besluiten te gaan lunchen bij een groep...

Het kinderverhaaltje, Oom Wiggly gaat zwemmen, is geschreven door Howard R. Garis. Het konijn oom Wiggly ziet de kikker jongens zwemmen en besluit er ook in te springen! Maar hij kan het niet zo goed en de jongens zetten hem op een vlot. De sluwe vos...

Het kinderverhaaltje Oom Wiggily's Halloween pret is geschreven door Howard R. Garis.Het konijn oom Wiggily gaat samen met alle anderen dieren verkleed de straat op voor Halloween. Terwijl ze op pad zijn komen ze iemand verkleed als beer tegen! Maar...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Evil Roots. Professor Jonkin is a scientist who has successfully cultivated a tree which produces many fruits. He doesn’t stop there though and starts experimenting on a pitcher...

This delightful story is full of ups and downs involving a young boy and his dog, "a gift from the sea". The adventures range from playful antics to times of peril, and through it all, our protagonists (both human and canine alike) come through for...

Once upon a time there lived in a small house built underneath the ground two curious little folk, with their father, their mother, their uncle and Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy. Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy was the nurse, hired girl and cook, all in one, and the reason she...

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be in a circus? What if, rather than choosing to be in one, you were captured and taken away from the home and family you knew and made to perform in the heat of a big top? Meet Umboo, the elephant, Chako, the...

Uncle Wiggily Longears, an old bunny gentleman now stricken with rheumatism and getting around with a cane, still is quite active. In these stories, he encounters a string of characters from Mother Goose's tales and has adventures that are not quite...

Uncle Wiggily and Puss in Boots is written by Howard R. Garis. The gentleman rabbit Uncle Wiggily is out and he hears a cat crying. "Without my boots they will take me out of all the story books!". He finds Puss in Boots, but without his boots! Uncle...

Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories. In this collection, the loveable old rabbit stays close to home and visits woodland friends. (Summary by Lynne...

Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories. In this collection, the loveable old rabbit visits other childhood friends from the "Alice In Wonderland" stories,...

Uncle Wiggily makes a cherry pie is part of the popular Uncle Wiggily series. In this story Uncle Wiggily helps his friend, the Hedgehog, to make a pie. The moral of this story is: it feels good to be helpful. Recommended for age 3+. Duration - 6m....

Due to Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism being so very bad, Dr. Possum prescribes a journey to help him move around, have a change of air, and a good long bout of traveling to get more exercise. So Uncle Wiggily packs his valise and sets forth! (Summary by...

This is the second of 79 Uncle Wiggily books published and contains another selection of bedtime stories from those originally published in the Newark Evening News every day except Saturday for over 40 years. Uncle Wiggily Longears is a loveable...

Uncle Wiggily's Christmas is a story about helping the less fortunate. Uncle Wiggily overhears a couple of children talking about how they won't get any Christmas presents this year and he feels bad. So with the help from his friends he makes them...

Uncle Wiggily's Halloween Fun is written by Howard R. Garis. The gentlemen rabbit Uncle Wiggily prepares to celebrate Halloween with his animal friends. He is dressed up as an elephant. The friends encounter a bear and think it's fake, but it's a real...

Uncle Wiggily's icicle maker is a fun children's story for wintertime. Uncle Wiggily runs into Jack Frost and he gets an icicle maker from him. Uncle Wiggily helps a lot of his friends with the icicle maker, but then the bad fox wants to catch him......

Uncle Wiggily decides to visit Uncle Butter's farm and hunt for eggs. Unfortunately he does not know much about farms and looks for eggs in all the wrong places causing many adventures and funny escapades. The next story tells how the Froggie Boys try...