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Kate Douglas Wiggin's "The Birds' Christmas Carol," enriched with original illustrations, is a charming and poignant children's story that weaves themes of compassion, charity, and the true spirit of Christmas into its narrative. Set against the backdrop of a small New England... Read Full Overview

Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child, who as a young girl is unusually loving and generous, having a positive effect on everyone with whom she comes into contact. The book is a wistful moral tale about a saintly child, but is enlivened by many humorous scenes.

"The Birds' Christmas Carol" is a heartwarming novella written by Kate Douglas Wiggin, an American author. The book was first published in 1886 and has since become a classic in the genre of children's literature. The story is a touching and poignant tale that revolves around... Read Full Overview

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's place in society was little other than cheap labor, Kate Douglas Wiggin was dedicated to the betterment of youth. She was the first person... Read Full Overview

It was very early Christmas morning, and in the stillness of the dawn, with the soft snow falling on the house-tops, a little child was born in the Bird household.

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Mrs. Bird thought, as the Christmas music floated in upon her gentle sleep, that she had slipped into heaven with her new baby, and that angels were bidding them welcome. But the tiny bundle by her side stirred a little, though it was scarcely more than the... Read Full Overview

Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from The Birds Christmas Carol: Dramatic Version

The Birds' Christmas Carol is a novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin printed privately in 1886 and published in 1888 1] with illustrations by Katharine R. Wireman. Wiggin published the book to help fund the Silver Street Free Kindergarten, which she founded in 1878. 1]The story is about... Read Full Overview

In this sweet Christmas classic, discover how ten-year-old Carol Bird and her family are able to bring joy to the Ruggleses, their neighbors, even as deep sadness is falling on their own home. This first book by Kate Douglas Wiggin, author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,... Read Full Overview