Updated September 2026
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All free classicsRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
A Cathedral Courtship
Penelope's Irish Experiences
Ladies-In-Waiting
The Story of Waitstill Baxter
New Chronicles of Rebecca
The Story Hour
Froebel's Gifts
The Birds' Christmas Carol
Penelope's English Experiences
Rose o' the River
The Village Watch-Tower
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland
Mother Carey's Chickens
About Kate Douglas Wiggin
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, the Silver Street Free Kindergarten, in 1878. With her sister Nora during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. 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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