Li'l Tomboy #95

When the Pigwigs invite themselves to dinner yet again, Li'l Tomboy's parents send her out for groceries—but she'd rather practice baseball with the neighborhood kids. Tomboy convinces the boys to help her shop at lightning speed by treating the errand like a game, though her unconventional shopping methods cause quite a bit of chaos in the store. By the time she gets home with the bags, a hilarious mix-up leaves the unwelcome dinner guests with a very different meal than they expected.

When a tomboyish girl goes to the library to join and pick out picture books, she immediately clashes with the strict rules of silence—loudly asking for books with animals and making a ruckus that draws the guard's repeated ire. Her well-meaning trip to find a quiet afternoon of reading becomes anything but, as she learns the hard way that libraries are no place for a kid who can't help being noisy.

When a friend challenges Li'l Tomboy to match her skating skills, the determined tomboy takes the dare—only to find herself tumbling through a series of mishaps on the ice. Each spill and crash sends her rival into fits of laughter, but Li'l Tomboy refuses to give up, setting her sights on an increasingly ambitious stunt involving barrels and a pole. As the story builds to its climax, there's a twist to what seemed like nothing but bad luck.

A young girl finally gets her mom behind the wheel for a driving lesson, and what could go wrong quickly does—speeding, a run-in with a police officer, and a string of mishaps that leave Dad wondering what he's gotten himself into. This 1957 comedy from *Li'l Tomboy* #95 is pure slapstick chaos as a well-meaning promise spirals into traffic violations and mounting bills.

Li'l Tomboy confesses to her mom that she's used up all of her perfumes—but there's a perfectly good reason when it comes to managing her unusual pet. This lighthearted one-pager captures the tomboy's practical (if unconventional) approach to everyday problems.