Kate Douglas Wiggin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1941
Edition
Memorial ed.
Physical Desc
84 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is a classic American children's novel.that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro, Maine.Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca.
Author
Series
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm volume 2
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
viii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebecca Randall is excited to meet and make new friends when she starts school at Wareham Academy.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In early twentieth-century New England, talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, and spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up in their company.
15) Summer magic
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a close-knit Boston family loses their fortune, they find a wealth of family secrets, young love and charming summer nights in Beulah, Maine.