Uncle Wiggily's Happy Day

Uncle Wiggily #8

by Howard R. Garis

Uncle Wiggily spends his summer days outwitting a fox, a wolf, and a bobcat while taking care of orphaned rabbit children

Genres: Fantasy

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1947

About the author

Howard Roger Garis graduated from Binghamton High School and attended Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, New Jersey. From 1896 to 1947, Mr. Garis was a reporter and special writer for the Newark, New Jersey "Evening News." His Uncle Wiggily stories first appeared in the "News" in 1910, were sydicated in 1915, and continued to be published for more than forty years, at one time appearing in one hundred newspapers.

Howard R. Garis wrote 35 volumes of Uncle Wiggily stories under his own name, as well as numerous other children's books under several pseudonyms. Among series Garis contributed to are Tom Swift (as Victor Appleton), the Bobbsey Twins (as Laura Lee Hope), the Motor Boys (as Clarence Young), the Great Marvel series, and books featuring Baseball Joe (as Lester Chadwick) and the Camp Fire Girls (as Marion Davidson). He also wrote "With Force of Arms" (1902), four volumes of the Rocket Riders series, and seven volumes of the Teddy series. His wife, Lilian McNamara Garas, whom he married in 1900, collaborated on several of his books including the Bobbsey Twins volumes.

He had a son, Roger.

Reviews

[Andrea Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

My childhood favorite -- best book ever. Full of many little life lessons, grand adventures, a quick-thinking old rabbit gentleman, and a quirky little cliffhanger at the end of each chapter. A truly delightful book. They don't write 'em like that anymore.

I still have my original copy.

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[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked up this sweet book at an estate sale. I could see myself reading this over and over as a child. I had the Uncle Wiggily board game as a kid and loved it.