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Little Eva #14

Jan 1954 · St. John · 0.10 USD

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Little Eva's hair-clipping mischief with a neighborhood child escalates when she refuses to stop, leading the child to seek a shampoo as a remedy—only to have Eva chase her with shampoo instead of letting her use it. In "Short Stuff in The Giant," the tiny character encounters oversized objects including a giant boot and cactuses while being chased by larger creatures. A beach rescue story follows in which a lifeguard responds to a child struggling in the water, discovering it's only a hat caught by the wind before retrieving it for the grateful youngster.

Contains 5 stories

Bigger and Better Ghosts

6 pp · Humor, Children

Little Eva accepts a dare to venture into the haunted house on Greene Street, but her prankster pals have a scheme of their own—they plan to dress up as ghosts and scare her silly. When their first attempt falls flat, the boys stack up to make a bigger, scarier ghost, only to discover there's something genuinely terrifying lurking in that old house. Eva's got more tricks up her sleeve than anyone bargained for in this playful 1954 tale that turns the tables on would-be tricksters.

Shine and a Haircut, Two Bits

4 pp · Humor, Children

Little Ike figures he can save some cash by letting his friend Nipper give him a haircut instead of paying a barber with his 75¢—after all, how hard can it be? What follows is a comedy of errors as Nipper's hedge-clipping experience proves no match for actual hairdressing, leading to increasingly frantic attempts to fix the lopsided results.

Rich Eccentric

7 pp · Humor, Children

When Nipper reads about a wealthy eccentric leaving his fortune to a kind waitress, he gets the wild idea that his friend Susie's father might be secretly rich—and sets out to win his favor with an endless stream of helpfulness. But the more Nipper schmoozes and schemes, the more his well-meaning efforts backfire in hilariously chaotic ways, teaching him a lesson about what really matters.

The Giant

4 pp · Humor, Children

Short Stuff

The Horrible Hat

7 pp · Humor, Children

Little Eva sneaks her mother's old hat to the beach, but when the wind carries it into the water, her friend Nipper ends up on a wild rescue mission—only to discover the life guard was fishing out fabric, not a person. What follows is a chaotic day of mishaps, mistaken identities, and one very unlucky hot dog that leaves everyone looking worse for wear by the time Eva's mother finds out what happened.