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(Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith 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.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
Penelope's Progress
1. Penelope's Progress (1898)
2. Penelope's Irish Experiences (1901)
3. Penelope's English Experiences (1902)
4. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland (1906)
5. Penelope's Postscripts (1915)
1. Penelope's Progress (1898)
2. Penelope's Irish Experiences (1901)
3. Penelope's English Experiences (1902)
4. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland (1906)
5. Penelope's Postscripts (1915)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook
1. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)
2. New Chronicles of Rebecca (1907)
3. More about Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1930)
1. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)
2. New Chronicles of Rebecca (1907)
3. More about Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1930)
Novels
The Story of Patsy (1883)
A Summer in a Canon (1889)
A Cathedral Courtship (1893)
Polly Oliver's Problem (1893)
Timothy's Quest (1894)
Marm Lisa (1896)
The Diary of a Goose Girl (1902)
Half-A-dozen Housekeepers (1903)
The Affair At the Inn (1904) (with Jane Findlater, Mary Findlater and Allan McAulay)
A Village Stradivarius (1904)
Finding a Home (1907)
Rose O' the River (1907)
Susanna and Sue (1909)
The Old Peabody Pew (1910)
Mother Carey's Chickens (1911)
The Story of Waitstill Baxter (1913)
Bluebeard (1914)
The Girl and the Kingdom (1915)
The Romance Of A Christmas Card (1916)
Rebecca (1917)
Ladies-in-waiting (1919)
Girl Scouts Learn to Carry On (1923)
Love By Express (1924)
The Quilt of Happiness (1924)
The Flag Raising (2004)
A Summer in a Canon (1889)
A Cathedral Courtship (1893)
Polly Oliver's Problem (1893)
Timothy's Quest (1894)
Marm Lisa (1896)
The Diary of a Goose Girl (1902)
Half-A-dozen Housekeepers (1903)
The Affair At the Inn (1904) (with Jane Findlater, Mary Findlater and Allan McAulay)
A Village Stradivarius (1904)
Finding a Home (1907)
Rose O' the River (1907)
Susanna and Sue (1909)
The Old Peabody Pew (1910)
Mother Carey's Chickens (1911)
The Story of Waitstill Baxter (1913)
Bluebeard (1914)
The Girl and the Kingdom (1915)
The Romance Of A Christmas Card (1916)
Rebecca (1917)
Ladies-in-waiting (1919)
Girl Scouts Learn to Carry On (1923)
Love By Express (1924)
The Quilt of Happiness (1924)
The Flag Raising (2004)
Omnibus
Cathedral Courtship / Penelope's English Experiences (1895)
Black Beauty / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2000) (with Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (2000) (with Anna Sewell)
Collections
The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887)
The Village Watch-tower (1895)
Golden Numbers (poems) (1902)
Magic Casements (1907)
Pinafore Palace (poems) (1907) (with Nora A Smith)
The Posy Ring (1908)
Creeping Jenny (1917)
The Writings of Kate Douglas Wiggin (1917)
Homespun Tales (1920)
Tales of Laughter (1934)
Bird's Christmas Carol / Polly Oliver's problem (1951)
Beneath Another Sky (1989) (with Rhoda Blumberg and Elizabeth George Speare)
Verses and Rhymes By The Way (poems) (2004)
The Village Watch-tower (1895)
Golden Numbers (poems) (1902)
Magic Casements (1907)
Pinafore Palace (poems) (1907) (with Nora A Smith)
The Posy Ring (1908)
Creeping Jenny (1917)
The Writings of Kate Douglas Wiggin (1917)
Homespun Tales (1920)
Tales of Laughter (1934)
Bird's Christmas Carol / Polly Oliver's problem (1951)
Beneath Another Sky (1989) (with Rhoda Blumberg and Elizabeth George Speare)
Verses and Rhymes By The Way (poems) (2004)
Chapbooks
Anthologies edited
The Story Hour (1890) (with Nora A Smith)
The Arabian Nights (1909) (with Nora A Smith)
The Fairy Ring (1910) (with Nora A Smith)
The Arabian Nights (1909) (with Nora A Smith)
The Fairy Ring (1910) (with Nora A Smith)
Non fiction
Children's Rights (1892) (with Nora A Smith)
A Child's Journey with Dickens (1912)
The Concord School of Philosophy (1923)
My Garden of Memory (1923)
A Thorn in the Flesh (1926)
A Thanksgiving Retrospect (1928)
A Child's Journey with Dickens (1912)
The Concord School of Philosophy (1923)
My Garden of Memory (1923)
A Thorn in the Flesh (1926)
A Thanksgiving Retrospect (1928)
Kate Douglas Wiggin recommends
The Better to See You (2013)
(Transplanted Tales, book 2)
Kate SeRine
"Unique and totally off-the-wall,fun, romantic, suspenseful, oh-my-GAWD enjoyable!"
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