Mother Carey's Chickens

kate douglas wiggin

The book tells the story of a poor but happy family of four children who, in spite of being fatherless, make the lives of others better. Their home life becomes complicated when Julia, a snobbish cousin, comes to live with them. The Carey children suffer many disappointments (Gilbert must forgo college, for example), but Julia is transformed when she realizes happiness has little to do with wealth.

Genres classicsfictionchildrenshistorical fictionyoung adultmiddle gradefamilyliteraturehistoricalnovels

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1911

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Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Published: March 1, 2005 by Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781417911431
ASIN: 1417911433
Language: English

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About the author

kate douglas wiggin

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith (1856-1923) 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. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol (1886), Polly Oliver's Problem (1893), A Cathedral Courtship (1893), The Village Watchtoer (1896), Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).