The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
"The Birds' Christmas Carol" by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is a novel published in 1888. The story follows Carol Bird, a generous and cheerful girl born on Christmas Day who touches everyone she meets. When illness confines her to bed at age ten, Carol focuses her remaining energy on planning a special Christmas celebration for the nine children of the Ruggles family, a poor working-class household living nearby. This moral tale balances
heartfelt sentiment with humor and intelligence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Birds' Christmas Carol |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds%27_Christmas_Carol |
| Credits | Produced by Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Christmas stories |
| Subject | Children's stories |
| Subject | Terminally ill children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 721 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 1996 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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