Kate Douglas Wiggin
1856 – 1923
American educator, author, and composer of children’s songs, famous for the children’s classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
American educator, author, and composer of children’s songs, famous for the children’s classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Wiggin named her home Quillcote which means “House of the Pen” (5)
Click above to see what Wiggin’s home looks like today through this visit with the current owner (25) PDF copy
A vintage postcard of Kate Douglas Wiggin’s house in Hollis, Maine (6)
Like her famous character Rebecca, Wiggin liked to be a bit, well, showy (8)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903) – 1st Chapter – “We Are Seven” (11)
Visual Text: What made Rebecca such an endearing character,
with the book adapted to Broadway and 3 movies? (12, 13 & 14)
Click here to read Kate Douglas Wiggin’s account of her experience sitting with her idol Charles Dickens on a train bound for Boston in 1868 when she was 11. Dickens was touring America giving readings from his novels (15) Photo credit (16)
Click here to read the article Kate Douglas Wiggin, 11, Charms Charles Dickens, 56 at the New England Historical Society (17)
Letter from Jack London to Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1904 in
which London says Rebecca “won my heart” (18)
2 Essays in Kate Douglas Wiggin’s book Children’s Rights: A Book of Nursery Logic published in 1893
(Wiggin was a pioneer in the kindergarten movement in the United States and a champion of children). (19)
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