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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781417953707 ISBN: 1417953705 Label: Kessinger Publishing Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 136 Publication Date: March 30, 2005 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Studio: Kessinger Publishing Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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). Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A pleasant read by the fireplace on a rainy December afternoonMy tastes in literature lean toward science fiction, adventure in Antarctica, Christmas stories and Cozies. ("Cozy" is a term recently served up by the Wall Street Journal to describe a mystery novel of the type written by Lillian Jackson Braun. It usually involves a mysterious murder, little violence, eccentric characters, a cat or two, very little sex, and useful suggestions about arts and crafts.) Readers describe a Cozy as a book a woman can feel secure in passing on to her 14-year-old daughter. ... Read More Rating:  - The Folks Back HomeTwo households in a quaint New Hampshire village experience yuletide joy in the 1880's when the handmade Christmas cards of the minister's wife are published and circulated nationally. This simple tale of family loss will appeal less to gradeschool children, since the main characters are all adults. This slender book spirits us gently back to a simpler time, as two village prodigals have been gone for three years, leaving gossip and grief behind--not to mention a minister sorrowing ... Read More 
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