Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis.He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily story every day (except Sundays) for more than 30 years, and published 79 books within the author's lifetime.ncle Wiggily is only one of many recurring characters in the series. For example, the Pipsisewah is an unsavory bully that appears as a rhinoceros-like creature.