"New Chronicles of Rebecca" by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is a heartwarming novel from the early 1900s that follows Rebecca Randall, a bright and imaginative young girl, as she continues to grow up in Riverboro, Maine, under the care of her aunts. The story showcases Rebecca's vibrant spirit shining through her passion for poetry and creativity as she comes to terms with life’s hard truths, like dealing with death and understanding the importance of friendship and doing what is right. The book opens with Rebecca in her Aunt Miranda's garden, balancing her chores with her active imagination and dreaming of the perfect poem, showing both her longing for adventure and her youthful wonder. When the death of a woman shakes Riverboro, Rebecca faces difficult ideas about life and loss, which reveals her kind heart and her strong wish to help those in need, especially an orphaned child.
New Chronicles of Rebecca
By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
A young poet's world in early 20th-century Maine is transformed as she learns about loss and finds her true calling by helping an orphaned child.
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About the AuthorKate 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. With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor.
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. With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor.
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