Piggle-Wiggle in the 1940s, as a series of bedtime stories for her family. And bonus, you get a nice salad.īetty MacDonald created Mrs. When they sprout - voila! Your kid wants a bath. And when she's got about a quarter inch of nice loam going on, sneak into her room at night and plant radishes all over her. What do you do with a little kid who won't take a bath? Just let her get dirty. My personal favorite was the Radish Cure. Piggle-Wiggle for one of her magical cures. All the parents in that little fictional town knew: if your kid acted up, ask Mrs. She had chests of dress-up clothes and buried pirate treasure in the yard.Īnd if you were a brat, she'd set you straight. She kept her brown hair long so kids could comb it and play with it, like the best My Little Pony ever. Piggle-Wiggle smelled like sugar cookies. I loved those books when I was a little kid! Mrs.
Martin - who created the Babysitter's Club books - to reboot the series for modern readers.Īnd maybe a few older readers. Now, MacDonald's great-granddaughter Annie Parnell has teamed up with Ann M. Piggle Wiggle for her family in the 1940s those bedtime tales led to a series of classic children's books. Author Betty MacDonald began making up stories about Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and she was a combination of friend and therapist to all the kids who lived in her small town. Once upon a time, there was a strange little woman who lived in an upside down house. Your purchase helps support NPR programming.
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