Finding a Home

by Kate Douglas Wiggin

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About the author

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).

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rather cheerfully sappy 1890s orphan story. Timothy, his baby Gay, and their dog Rags lose their “mother” and, under threat of a Home, set off to the country to find a home (small h) for Gay. You can see how other orphan stories like Anne of Green Gables drew from this tradition, but though this is a very Victorian novella, the cloying sweetness never gets too bad. The characters’ transformation isn’t convincing, nor is the kind helpfulness of the adults they run into, but at least it’s a hope-inspiring change from more gritty realism children of the time. Wiggin’s sense of humor is toned down but not absent.

[Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very nice old and refreshing book to read.... It just warmed my heart with innocence of the old days and youth!!!