Kate Douglas Wiggin

Broschiertes Buch

The Birds' Christmas Carol

Beschreibung

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American children's author and educator. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878. A few years later she and her sister opened a training school for kindergarten teachers. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is her most well known work. First published in 1888 and a Christmas favorite ever since, this story tells how Carol Bird encourages the rest of the Bird family to make a merry Christmas for the poor Ruggleses, who live behind them. This book is recommended for grades 4-7.

Autor

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author, and composer who lived from September 28, 1856, until August 24, 1923. She also created collections of children's songs in addition to writing children's books, most famously the classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. In San Francisco, she established the city's first free kindergarten in 1878. (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). She also started a kindergarten teacher training program in the 1880s with her sister. In an era when kids were often seen as cheap labor, Kate Wiggin dedicated her whole life to the welfare of kids. Wiggin traveled to California to research kindergarten instruction. She started teaching in San Francisco with the help of her sister Nora, and the two were crucial in establishing more than 60 kindergartens for the underprivileged in Oakland and San Francisco. She relocated from California to New York, and because she was out of kindergarten assignments, she focused on literature. Her submissions of The Story of Patsy and The Bird's Christmas Carol were immediately accepted by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. She had storytelling ability in addition to being a good singer, guitarist, and composer of settings for her poems. She was a skilled orator as well.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Seitenzahl: 52
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9781438523729
• ISBN-10: 1438523726
• Artikelnr.: 26994316