Kate Wiggin

Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Penelope's English Experiences

Penelope's Irish Experiences

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is the children's classic novel loved the world over. It is the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall, a chatty ten year old girl who goes to live with her spinster aunts in the town of Riverboro. There she spends the next seven years of her life. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is a classic coming of age story in which Rebecca, a rambunctious youth, yields to the pressures of her aunts to grow up and become a proper young lady.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Classic Book

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca. Eric Wiggin, a great-nephew of the author, wrote updated versions of several Rebecca books, including a concluding story. The story was adapted for the theatrical stage and filmed three times, once with Shirley Temple in the title role.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Illustrated

Penelope's Experiences in Scotland

When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall leaves Sunnybrook Farm to go and live with her aunts, Miranda and Jane, in Riverboro neither she nor her aunts know quite what to expect. And with Rebecca around it's usually the unexpected that happens anyway. In fact it is this gift for the unexpected that means that life is never quite the same again for anyone with whom she comes into contact. This classic story of a young girl growing up in the American state of Maine at the end of the l9th century follows Rebecca's life, education and escapades through the next seven years until the day, as the new mistress of her aunts' old brick house, she begins her adult life.

The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country Church

Homespun Tales

An exuberant and sensitive young girl transforms the world of her two maiden aunts.

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American author and teacher best known for writing stories for children. Wiggin lived at a time when education was not considered to be important as most kids helped around their parents' farms. On top of her books, Wiggin was notable for the importance she placed on children and their well-being.Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic in children's literature. The book tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and the joy for living that inspired her harsh aunts. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm has been made into film on many occasions. Wiggin later wrote a sequel called New Chronicles of Rebecca.New Chronicles of Rebecca is the sequel to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The book details more of Rebecca's adventures.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and New Chronicles of Rebecca

New Chronicles of Rebecca

Penelope's Postscripts

Ladies-In-Waiting

Charles Dickens

Robert Louis Stevenson

H.G. Wells

Johann David Wyss

Rudyard Kipling

Louisa May Alcott

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Oscar Wilde

Mary Shelley

Johanna Spyri

Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

Jonathan Swift

Stephen Crane

Howard Pyle

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Kenneth Grahame

Mark Twain

Edgar Allan Poe

James Fenimore Cooper

Washington Irving

J.M. Barrie

Eleanor Porter

L Frank Baum

William Bligh

Sir Walter Scott, Sir

Jack Londen

Marry Mapes Dodge

Victor Huga

Anna Sewall

Professor Jules Verne

Daniel Defae

Herman Melville

For generations, readers have enjoyed classic literature. They have delighted in the romance of Jane Austen, thrilled at the adventures of Jules Verne, and pondered the lessons of Aesop. Introduce young readers to these familiar volumes with Great Illustrated Classics. In this series, literary masterworks have been adapted for young scholars. Large, easy-to-read type and charming pen-and-ink drawings enhance the text. Students are sure to enjoy becoming acquainted with traditional literature through these well-loved classics.

Great Illustrated Classics

The Birds' Christmas Carol is a well-loved children's Christian classic first published in 1886. It is the heart warming tale of Carol Bird who was born on Christmas Day. She was an unusually loving and generous child, often thinking of ways to bring joy to others. At ten, although very ill she brings Christmas cheer to those around her by inviting a neighbouring family for Christmas day. The themes and values within this book still resonate as strongly today as they did in yesteryear.While the original wording of the book is used, this version uses UK spelling.

UK Edition

The Birds' Christmas Carol

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's place in society was little other than cheap labor, Kate Douglas Wiggin was dedicated to the betterment of youth. She was the first person to found a free kindergarten school in San Francisco in 1878. Her passion for children's rights carried over to her successful career as an author of children's books. In her 1887 tale "The Birds' Christmas Carol", Kate Douglas Wiggin tells the story of the angelic Carol Bird, a young girl who spreads mirth to everyone around her. Born on Christmas, Carol tragically falls ill when she is five years old. The novel follows her heartwarming plan to hold a majestic Christmas celebration for the neighboring Ruggles family. A true Christmas classic, this tale is sure to inspire all with Christmas joy.

The Bird's Christmas Carol

Melanie Wisher

The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin This book was originally published in 1888 and tells the story of an angelic little girl called Carol Bird. Carol was born on Christmas day and she spreads joy to everyone around her. Carol tragically falls gravely ill when she is five years old. This story follows her heartwarming plan to hold a wonderful Christmas feast for the poor children of the neighboring Ruggles family. A true Christmas classic. This tale is sure to inspire all with Christmas joy. [Professionally hand-typed and NOT photocopied or scanned pages put in book form! Includes original illustrations together with some new ones.]

The Birds' Christmas Carol (Illustrated)

The Birds' Christmas Carol is a novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin printed privately in 1886 and published in 1888[1] with illustrations by Katharine R. Wireman. Wiggin published the book to help fund the Silver Street Free Kindergarten, which she founded in 1878.The story is about Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child, a young girl who is unusually loving and generous, having a positive effect on everyone with whom she comes into contact. She is the youngest member of her family and has several devoted older brothers. At about the age of 5, Carol contracts an unspecified illness (possibly tuberculosis), and, by the time she is 10, she is bedridden; physicians say that she does not have long to live. Most of the brief novel's plot involves Carol making plans for a Christmas celebration for the nine Ruggles children, a poor, working-class family living near the Birds.Wiggin's story is primarily a moral tale about a saintly child, but unlike many other such stories of the period, Carol is refreshingly intelligent and cheerful instead of pious. The story is also enlivened by many humorous touches, particularly in the scenes of the Ruggles family's home life.In 1917, the story was adapted as the silent movie "A Bit o' Heaven" starring Mary Louise as Carol, Donald Watson and Ella Gilbert as Mr. and Mrs. Bird and Mary Talbot as Mrs. Ruggles.

A Novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin

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