Miss Polly Wiggles

Miss Polly Wiggles opens the door to The Lilacs, the Carr family's cheerful country home, where Elizabeth "Polly Wiggles" Carr, her sister Jeannette, and little Cubby grow up amid parental and grandparental affection, playful nicknames, and the easy rhythms of summer days. When Aunt Elsie's gray cat, Boots, mysteriously delivers invitations to a dolls' bathing picnic, the girls rush into a whirl of brookside adventure at Fleur-de-Lys Point, where teasing, boys, handmade birch-bark canoes, and a comic swimming contest turn a simple outing into a triumph of imagination. The book's heart is a warm, humorous family world: picnics with surprise birthday cake, word games that spark laughter, and a treasured memory quilt that opens into stories of courtship, childhood, and old keepsakes. Grandpa and Grandma reminisce about their younger days, from shy glances at school to roof-top playhouses, blackberry-pie disasters, and boyish pranks, all told with affectionate teasing and nostalgia. Full of lively children, loving adults, and make-believe adventures, this is a cozy, mischievous celebration of family life. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.