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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 (1887), Polly Oliver's Problem (1893), A Cathedral Courtship (1893), The Village Watchtoer (1896), Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).

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Average rating: 3.86 · 36,889 ratings · 1,437 reviews · 172 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 3.87 avg rating — 32,417 ratings — published 1903 — 414 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 3.93 avg rating — 1,224 ratings — published 1886 — 193 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 (Editor), Nora Archibald Smith (Editor) , Maxfield Parrish (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 1909 — 81 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 4.15 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1911 — 82 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) 3.75 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2002 — 20 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 3.77 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1916 — 59 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 3.42 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1907 — 88 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
	A Cathedral Courtship 3.29 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1893 — 57 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
	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Eliza Gatewood Warren (Adaptor), Kate Douglas Wiggin , Ed Tadiello (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 1994 — 22 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 3.52 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1907 — 72 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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Quotes by Kate Douglas Wiggin

“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

I saw three ships by Elizabeth Goudge

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Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum

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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

1 vote, 8.3%

Christmas at Red Butte by L.M. Montgomery

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A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

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A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

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The Star by Arthur C. Clarke

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The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather

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A Country Christmas by Louisa May Alcott

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The Romance of the Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin

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The Christmas Present by Richmal Crompton

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A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry

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Christmas Day in the Morning Pearl S. Buck

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A Christmas Eve Suit by E. P. Roe

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