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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

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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 · 43,382 ratings · 2,265 reviews · 396 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 3.87 avg rating — 35,939 ratings — published 1903 — 1528 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birds' Christmas Carol 4.02 avg rating — 2,063 ratings — published 1886 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales by Kate Douglas Wiggin (Adapted By), Maxfield Parrish (Illustrator), Nora Archibald Smith (Adapted By) 3.69 avg rating — 830 ratings — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother Carey's Chickens 4.20 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 1911 — 170 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romance of a Christmas Card 3.85 avg rating — 691 ratings — published 1916 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Chronicles of Rebecca 3.50 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1907 — 197 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cortejo en la catedral by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Charles Edmund Brock (illustrator), Rosa Sahuquillo Moreno (translator) 3.34 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1893 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Kate Douglas Wiggin (Editor), Nora Archibald Smith (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2002 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country Church 3.56 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1907 — 161 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diary of a Goose Girl by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Claude A. Shepperson (Illustrator) 3.37 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1902 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

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A Country ChristmasLouisa May Alcott

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The Burglar's ChristmasLouisa May Alcott

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Christmas at Red Butt L.M. Montgomery

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A Chaparral Christmas Gift byO. Henry

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The Christmas Present byRichmal Crompton

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The Romance of a Christmas CardKate Douglas Wiggin

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Life and Adventures of Santa ClausL. Frank Baum

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