Kate Douglas Wiggin

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's use in society was often little more than for 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...

An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

Baby, take a bow: When a young girl's dad is accused of stealing, the youngster becomes a most effective detective. Bright eyes: As the adored mascot for a group of aviators, little Shirley overcomes a custody battle. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: Over the objections of her grumpy old aunt, a talented tyke seeks--and finds--stardom on the stage. Young people: Shunned newcomers Wendy and her "show folk" parents win over their neighbors when disaster...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens,...