Betty Bard MacDonald

Mrs. Piggle-wiggle, the widow of a pirate, has a remarkable way of handling children. She manages to cure a persistent never-want-to-go-to-bedder, an answer-backer, and a slow-eater-tiny-bite-taker.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Onions in the Stew

The Egg and I

"Another female household-hinter gave a recipe for a big hearty main dish of elbow macaroni, mint jelly, lima beans, mayonnaise and cheese baked until 'hot and yummy.' Unless my taste buds are paralyzed, this dish could be baked until hell freezes over and it might get hot but never 'yummy.'" Best-selling memoirist Betty MacDonald's final frolicsome memoir recounts how she set to work making a life on a rough-and-tumble island in Puget Sound with her second husband and teenage daughters. Set in the late 1940's, her quips and observations on life, its pleasures and challenges, are still intimately relatable.

Eva Marxová

The author relates the joys and frustrations of life on a poultry farm in the mountains of Washington.

Vejce a já

Adventure, warmth, unforgettable characters and unexpected kindness abound in a classic story, originally published in 1952--now back in print--in which two orphaned sisters are sent to live at a boarding school run by the cruel and greedy Mrs. Monday, where they dream about someday having enough to eat and being able to experience a real Christmas.

Nancy and Plum

"Getting tuberculosis in the middle of your life is like starting downtown to do a lot of urgent errands and being hit by a bus. When you regain consciousness you remember nothing about the urgent errands. You can't even remember where you were going." Thus begins Betty MacDonald's memoir of her year in a sanatorium just outside Seattle battling the "White Plague." MacDonald uses her offbeat humor to make the most of her time in the TB sanatorium--making all of us laugh in the process.

The Plague and I

Betty MacDonald

Meet Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle! She lives in an upside-down house with a kitchen that is always full of freshly baked cookies. She was even married to a pirate once! Best of all, she knows everything there is to know about children. When Mary turns into an Answer-Backer or Dick becomes Selfish or Allen decides to be a Slow-Eater-Tiny-Bite-Taker, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has the perfect cure. And her solutions always work, with plenty of laughs along the way. This is the book that started it all! Perfect for fans of Mary Poppins and Nanny McPhee, this classic series is all about learning and problem-solving. Young readers will love this book.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Onions in the Stew" by Betty Bard MacDonald. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Egg and I" by Betty Bard MacDonald. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The author's family's life on Vashon Island.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle suggests the radish cure for Patsy's bad habit of not taking a bath.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Won't-take-a-bath Cure

Hand in Hand der Sonne nach

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle cured a child who could not tell the truth, another who neglected her pets, and a boy who broke everything in sight.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle sends Lester the pig to cure Christopher's bad table manners.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Bad Table-Manners Cure

Who, Me! the Autobiography of Betty MacDonald

"After surviving the failed chicken farm-and marriage-immortalized in The Egg and I, Betty MacDonald returns to live with her mother and desperately searches to find a job to support her two young daughters. Anybody Can Do Anything recounts Betty's hilarious attempts to find work during the Great Depression, all with the help of her older sister Mary"--Cover, page 4. ,

Anybody Can Do Anything

A humourous celebration of family life during the Depression. R/R demand. CS copy in very poor condition.

Betty Bard MacDonald

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