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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'' is a series of children's books written by Betty MacDonald. The first book is ''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'', published in 1947; three sequels by MacDonald are ''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic'', ''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm'', and ''Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'' (1949 to 1957). ''Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'' (2007) was completed by her daughter Anne MacDonald Canham based on "notes for other stories among her mother's possessions". A 2016 spinoff series by Ann M. Martin and McDonald's great-granddaughter Annie Parnell featured Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's great-niece, Missy Piggle-Wiggle. Synopsis The ''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'' series is about a small woman who lives in an upside-down house in a lively neighborhood inhabited mainly by children who have bad habits. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a chest full of magical cures left to her by her deceased husband, Mr. Piggle-Wiggle, who was a pirate. In the first two books of the series, ''Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'' (1947) and ''Mrs. Pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty MacDonald
Betty MacDonald (born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard; March 26, 1907 – February 7, 1958) was an American author who specialized in humorous autobiographical tales, and is best known for her book ''The Egg and I''. She also wrote the '' Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle'' series of children's books. She is associated with the Pacific Northwest, especially Washington. Life and work MacDonald was born in Boulder, Colorado. Her official birth date is given as March 26, 1908, although federal census returns seem to indicate 1907. Her parents were Harvard-educated mining engineer Darsie Bard and his wife Elsie Sanderson, called Sydney. Betty had three sisters: Mary Bard, Dorothea Bard, and Alison Bard; and one brother, Sydney Cleveland Bard. In adulthood, MacDonald's sister Mary Bard (Jensen) was also a published author. (Another sister, Sylvia, died in infancy.) Betty Bard spent her childhood in Mexico, Montana, and Idaho.AP Staff Writer, “Author Betty MacDonald Is Dead; Cancer,” Cedar Rapids Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Mrs
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
