A collection of the author's popular poems of childhood, illustrated with Hoosier pictures by Will Vawter. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American poet whose most famous works, Little Orphant Annie (1885) and The Raggedy Man (1890), were written in an Indiana dialect.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172).

A poem about a feisty young heroine who handles bears, giants, and even scary mightmares with aplomb.