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Betty MacDonald

Author

(1908 - 1958)

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Betty MacDonald 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.



Bibliography

Best in Children’s Books Volume 36 (1960)

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An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

Author(s): William Allingham
Brothers Grimm
Betty MacDonald
Tony Palazzo
Et al
Illustrator(s): Burmah Burris
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Et al

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The Egg and I (1945)

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The creator of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle started in life as the wife of a chicken farmer in the wilds of the Olympic Peninsula.

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Richard Bennett

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Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)

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A woman with a magic way of curing children’s bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1947)

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The widow of a retired pirate keeps open house for the children of the neighborhood and supplies their mothers with magical cures for the children’s bad habits.

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Richard Bennett

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is the widow of a pirate who lives in a house built upside down. When worried mothers call her about Jane or Darci’s behavior problems, she always has a solution.

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Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm (1954)

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The widow of a retired pirate has move to the country but is still providing cures for children with bad habits.

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Maurice Sendak

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1949)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle comes to the rescue of parents who don’t know what to do when their children act up.

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1957)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle sometimes comes up with surprising cures for childrens’ problems.

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Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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Nancy and Plum (1952)

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Two orphaned sisters are sent by their uncle to a boarding school run on the lines made infamous by Dotheboys Hall and run away as soon as they can.

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hildegarde Hopkins

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