Uncle Wiggily And Old Mother Hubbard — Howard R. Garis / Howard Roger Garis

And half the fun of nearly everything, you know, is thinking about it beforehand, or afterward…

These delightful stories will captivate today's young readers as much as they did youngsters in the early twentieth century.

Howard Garis (1873â€"1962) was a budding reporter for the Newark Evening News when he first started writing stories for children about a delightful rabbit named Uncle Wiggily. Calling them "bedtime stories" (in all likelihood the first time the term was used), he created a popular syndicated series that eventually totaled hundreds of tales.

This high quality volume includes 26 of the best stories from the series, relating the long-eared cottontail's adventures with Little Boy Blue, Little Bo-Peep, Jack and Jill, Jack Horner, Miss Muffet, and other lovable characters.

CONTENTS

Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose

Uncle Wiggily and the First Pig

Uncle Wiggily and the Second Pig

Uncle Wiggily and the Third Pig

Uncle Wiggily and Little Boy Blue

Uncle Wiggily and Higgledee Piggledee

Uncle Wiggily and Little Bo-Peep

Uncle Wiggily and Tommie Tucker

Uncle Wiggily and Pussy Cat Mole

Uncle Wiggily and Jack and Jill

Uncle Wiggily and Jack Horner

Uncle Wiggily and Mr. Pop-Goes

Uncle Wiggily and Simple Simon

Uncle Wiggily and the Crumpled-Horn Cow

Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard

Uncle Wiggily and Miss Muffet

Uncle Wiggily and the First Kitten

Uncle Wiggily and the Second Kitten

Uncle Wiggily and the Third Kitten

Uncle Wiggily and the Jack Horse

Uncle Wiggily and the Clock-Mouse

Uncle Wiggily and the Late Scholar

Uncle Wiggily and Baa-Baa Black Sheep

Uncle Wiggily and Polly Flinders

Uncle Wiggily and the Garden Maid

Uncle Wiggily and the King