Howard Garis was an early 20th century American author. He wrote many books for the famous Stratemeyer Syndicate under an assumed name. In 1910 he began writing under his own name. Stories in this bedtime collection include Buddy Pigg in a cabbage, Brighteyes and Mrs. Hoptoad, Buddy Pigg and Sammy Littletail, Buddy Pigg plays ball, Brighteyes Pigg and Sister Sallie, Dr. Pigg and Uncle Wiggily, Buddy Pigg is caught, Buddy's and Brighteyes' Fourth of July, Buddy Pigg wants a tail, Buddy walks a tight rope, Brighteyes in a tin can, Dr. Pigg and the firecracker, Buddy Pigg in a boat, Brighteyes and the peanut candy, Buddy and the june bug, Brighteyes and the bad boy, Buddy's great run, Brighteyes, buddy and the turnip, Buddy and the burglar fox, Brighteyes has an adventure, Buddy in a deep hole, A trick the groundhogs played, Buddy in the berry bush, Bringing home the cows, Buddy rides horseback, Buddy and Brighteyes fall downhill, Buddy and Brighteyes go bathing, Buddy builds a sand house, Buddy helps Sammy Littletail, Brighteyes and Jennie Chipmunk, and Buddy and Brighteyes in the mountains.