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).
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
Whether you're a first-time reader of the novel or someone returning to an old childhood favorite, you'll love the optimism and charm that Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm epitomizes.
at Robinson's , ” snapped a very exasperated Jenny . “ They just phoned to say they are walking home by the road , since it's better footing than across the field . ” By the time Mark and Fanny had plodded home - Mark pulling Fanny on ...
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall leaves Sunnybrook Farm to go and live with her aunts, Miranda and Jane, in Riverboro neither she nor her aunts know quite what to expect. And...
Rebecca Randall leaves her family at Sunnybrook Farm and goes to live with her two aunts in Riverboro.
In Kate Douglas's classic tale of friendship she brings us the delightful Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms.
Rebecca goes to live with two aunts and completely changes their lives.
But I'm too old and tired to scold and fuss and try to train you , same as I did at first . You've apologized , and we won't say no more about it today , but I expect you to show by extry good conduct how sorry you be !
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903) is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine.