Uncle Wiggily Rescue

Uncle Wiggily #24

by Howard R. Garis

Hardcover children's book. PICTURE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 29, 1988

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

[Tabatha Krieger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book when I was a kid. There was something very compelling about the illustrations, and the language is quirky and fun. The book is actually two stories about a rather eccentric rabbit gentleman named Uncle Wiggly. In the first, he helps a young hop toad overcome his fear of hopping. In the second, he helps an injured butterfly and is then helped in return. The stories are fairly long for a picture book, but my daughter, who just turned four, also loves this book and stays engaged through the whole book.

[Rachel Brokaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uncle Wiggly is about a rabbit and it's a great parent to child book. It could be used elsewhere but it teaches a lot about family. I picked this book because it was read to me by my grandfather as a child.

[Ashley Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uncle Wiggily to the Rescue by Howard Garis (1988)

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Shannon 1988." I remember liking the way rabbits were drawn in this book, but I don't remember the story much. I feel like this was a book purchased at Meijer, which had great pictures books.