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Informationen zum Autor Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 - 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor. Klappentext 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. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883)! The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887)! Polly Oliver's Problem (1893)! A Cathedral Courtship (1893)! The Village Watchtoer (1896)! Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903). Stories in this collection include A difference in hearts - Rebecca's point of view - Wisdom's ways - The saving of the colors - The state o' Maine girl
