Books with author Betty MacDonald

Take a peek inside this diary of a West Australian Police Officer who knows that it’s okay to laugh at yourself and the world around you. A natural storyteller, Bob MacDonald’s writing is refreshing and makes easy reading. The author spent thirty years serving as a police officer; working his way through the ranks—from a raw recruit through to a commissioned officer attached to the Internal Investigation Branch of the Professional Standards Portfolio. His duties included time with the United Nations Civilian Police blue beret peacekeepers, based on the island nation of Cyprus during the Greek/Turkish conflict, as well as extensive service in Australian outback locations; Papua New Guinea and North Solomon Islands.The Thin Wobbly Blue Line, sixty-five chapters of anecdotal tales of events involving some of the author’s experiences in the West Australian Police Force. It is Book Two and a follow up to ‘Tales From a West Australian Cop.’Members of the West Australian Police Force proudly point out – the thin blue line may have wobbled on occasions but never once did it collapse.

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house ans smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for all of them. The incomparable Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children good or bad and never scolds but has positive cures for Answer-Backers, Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders, and other boys and girls with strange habits. '[Now] in paperback . . . for a new generation of children to enjoy.' -- San Francisco Examiner Chronicle.