Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Name: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
ISBN: 9781470357474

Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin

Narrator: Barbara Caruso

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/08/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

This unforgettable classic has been captivating children and adults alike for more than a century. Rebecca's widowed mother has a failing farm, meager resources, and seven children to raise. When her spinster sisters offer Rebecca a home and an education, Mrs. Randall bundles her second eldest into a stagecoach with a kiss and an admonition to stay out of mischief. Could she be asking too much of the free-spirited imp with sparkling eyes and insatiable curiosity? Kate Douglas Wiggin wrote children's books to finance the school she started in the slums of San Francisco in 1878. Her first book was published in 1883, and by 1887 she had become a popular success. But the publication of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm in 1903 won her major acclaim both here and in Great Britain.

About Kate Douglas Wiggin

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 – 1923) was an American educator and children’s writer best known for the novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and for her work establishing and training Kindergartens and Kindergarten teachers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Werner on October 10, 2018

Note, Oct. 10. 2018: I just edited this review to embed a link to an online article I referred to here. (When I originally reviewed the book, I wasn't as adept at embedding links as I've become since then.) My first encounter with this book was as a grade-school student back in the early 60s; I'd rea......more

Goodreads review by maya on January 23, 2025

*3.25* i liked it, reading about Rebecca's adventures and childhood. towards the end it started feeling bittersweet especially with the longer time jumps and her growing up... I preferred the first 50-70% of the book, the lighthearted simplicity of it. would have given it a 4 if it had continued on t......more

Goodreads review by Judy on May 26, 2012

If I were teaching a literature class, I would definitely use this book to compare the early American society that existed over 100 years ago to today's American society. I first read this book as a child in the early 1970s. At that time I enjoyed literature filled with wholesome views of life, fami......more