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Kate Douglas Wiggin


Born
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
September 28, 1856

Died
August 24, 1923

Genre
Children's Books


Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith (1856-1923) was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the "Silver Street Free Kindergarten"). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol (1886), Polly Oliver's Problem (1893), A Cathedral Courtship (1893), The Village Watchtoer (1896), Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903). ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 43,765 ratings · 2,312 reviews · 615 distinct works • Similar authors
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
3.87 avg rating — 36,151 ratings — published 1903 — 1526 editions
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The Birds' Christmas Carol
4.02 avg rating — 2,102 ratings — published 1886 — 377 editions
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The Arabian Nights: Their B...
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Mother Carey's Chickens
4.21 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 1911 — 169 editions
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The Romance of a Christmas ...
3.85 avg rating — 705 ratings — published 1916 — 130 editions
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New Chronicles of Rebecca
3.49 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1907 — 44 editions
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Cortejo en la catedral
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3.35 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1893 — 96 editions
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Tales of Wonder Every Child...
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The Old Peabody Pew: A Chri...
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“Nothing but writing rests me; only then do I seem completely myself!”
― Kate Douglas Wiggin
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“There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.”
― Kate Douglas Wiggin, New Chronicles of Rebecca
tags: coming-home, going-away, magic, travel
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“The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds, that moment a new standard of conduct is established, and your eager neighbors look to you for a continuous manifestation of the good cheer, the sympathy, the ready wit, the comradeship, or the inspiration, you once showed yourself capable of. Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.”
― Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
tags: conduct, friends, habits, neighbors
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Which story would you like to choose for our Christmas Read

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The Star by Arthur C. Clarke
 
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A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
 
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A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
 
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A Country Christmas by Louisa May Alcott
 
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A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry
 
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The Christmas Present by Richmal Crompton
 
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The Romance of the Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin
 
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Christmas Day in the Morning Pearl S. Buck
 
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