Classics for Christmastime: Five Novels About the Spirit of the Holiday (Featuring the Story of the other Wise Man, the birds' Christmas Carol, Brotherly House, the Romance of a Christmas Card, a Christmas Carol. Henry van Dyke, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Grace S. Richmond and Charles Dickens. Published by A Ballantine/ Epiphany Book, New York, Her passion for children's rights carried over to her successful career as an author of children's books. In her tale "The Birds' Christmas Carol", Kate Douglas Wiggin tells the story of the angelic Carol Bird, a young girl who spreads mirth to everyone around her. Born on Christmas, Carol tragically falls ill when she is five years www.doorway.ru by: 1. The Birds' Christmas Carol () is a very sweet short novel written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and illustrated by Katharine R. Wireman. It centers around Carol Bird--originally destined to be named Lucy until she arrived unexpectedly on Christmas.4/5().
Few characters embody the spirit of Christmas more fully than Kate Douglas Wiggin's Carol Bird. This classic Christmas story by the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm features a child as memorable and charitable as Dickens's Tiny Tim. Born on Christmas Day, Carol is the Bird family's special Christmas baby. LibriVox recording of The Bird's Christmas Carol, by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Read by Andrea Boltz. Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite physical illness, Carol is loved by everyone who knows her. Few characters embody the spirit of Christmas more fully than Kate Douglas Wiggin's Carol Bird. This classic Christmas story by the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm features a child as memorable and charitable as Dickens's Tiny Tim. Since this bittersweet holiday classic has been cherished by generations of young readers, reminding them of the true nature of Christmas through a child.
The author, Kate Douglas Wiggin, also wrote the children's classic, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," and was a leader in the American kindergarten education movement. Aimed at an audience of Victorian children, "The Birds' Christmas Carol" is overly sweet by contemporary literary standards. The Birds' Christmas Carol, one of Wiggin's earliest children's books, was initially written and privately published to raise money for childrens' education. Her holiday tale of "Carol Bird, an invalid girl so named because she was born at Christmas," soon became one of her most beloved works (Carpenter Prichard, ). The Birds' Christmas Carol is a novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin printed privately in and published in with illustrations by Katharine R. Wireman. Wiggin published the book to help fund the Silver Street Free Kindergarten, which she founded in
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