Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Softcover

Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804901449 ISBN 13: 9780804901444

Publisher: Airmont Pub Co, 1967

Synopsis

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is the fresh, delightful story of Rebecca Randall, a quaint little ten-year-old girl who, because of her family's straitened circumstances, is sent to live with her spinster aunts, Miranda and Jane. Although Rebecca at first is a trial -- to Aunt Miranda at least -- she finds a friend in Emma Jane Perkins and a hero-admirer in Mr. Adam Ladd, whom she calls "Mr. Aladdin." The book tells of her growing up and ends with her graduation from Wareham Academy in Maine, ready to become a teacher. The lasting popularity of the story is due largely to Rebecca Rowena, with a name straight out of Ivanhoe, and a wholesome charm, originality, and optimistic spirit which captivate the reader, just as they captivate all the characters in the book itself.

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Review

Author Jack London wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin a letter about her classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm from the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904: "May I thank you for Rebecca?... I would have quested the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred cakes of soap? Why, O, why?" Mark Twain called Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm "beautiful and warm and satisfying."

Who is this beguiling creature? The irrepressible 10-year-old Rebecca Rowena Randall burst into the world of children's book characters (and her new life in Maine) in 1903 when storybook girls were gentle and proper. A "bird of a very different feather," she had "a small, plain face illuminated by a pair of eyes carrying such messages, such suggestions, such hints of sleeping power and insight, that one never tired of looking into their shining depths.... " Soon enough, she wins over her prim Aunt Miranda, the whole town, and thousands of readers everywhere with her energetic, indomitable spirit. This beautiful trade edition features the artwork of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm's original illustrator Helen Mason Grose, with 6 full- color plates and 32 pen-and-ink drawings. (Ages 9 and older)

About the Author

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American of Welsh descent. She wrote juvenile literature that catered brilliantly to children's tastes. She started the first free Kindergarten in San Francisco and, with the help of her sister, set up a training institute for kindergarten teachers. As a writer of children's books, she is best known for her The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).

Edition details

• Publisher: Airmont Pub Co
• Publication date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804901449
• ISBN 13: 9780804901444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256