The Birds' Christmas Carol

Name: The Birds' Christmas Carol
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
ISBN: 9798887675466

Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin

Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Crush

Unabridged: 1 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Author's Republic

Published: 11/06/2022

Categories: Fiction, Children's Fiction, Holiday Stories, Nonfiction, Religion, Religious Holidays

Synopsis

Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite her physical illness, Carol is loved by everyone who knows her. This year, she is going to make Christmas extra special for her family and the little Ruggles children who live nearby.

Author Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author, and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878.

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 Christine

I’d like to thank my Goodreads friend Nancy for directing me to this one. What a sweet novella, and a classic, written in 1887. Carol Bird is a sickly eleven-year-old who was born on Christmas Day. She is humbled to share a birthday with Jesus Christ and has a good handle on the true meaning of Chri......more

Goodreads review by Werner

In contemporary literary criticism, much effort has been expended in recovering unjustly-neglected older works by women writers from obscurity. This 1886 novella, however, apparently hasn't been the beneficiary of similar attention. It's the sort of work contemporary establishment critics pride them......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This brings back a treasured memory for me. One Christmas Eve when I could not get to sleep I wandered into another room to find my older sister and mom wrapping Christmas presents. My mom pulled out this book, The Bird's Christmas Carol and we spent the next two hours listening to her read this bit......more

Goodreads review by Deborah

They had intended to name the baby Lucy, if it were a girl; but they hadn't expected her on Christmas morning, and a real Christmas baby was not to be lightly named -- the whole family agreed in that. They were consulting about it in the nursery. Mr. Bird said that he had assisted in naming the three......more