Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
By: Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American children’s novel that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall growing up with her two aunts in the village of Riverboro, Maine, having been placed with them by her widowed mother. Rebecca’s caring joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. Written with sensitivity and wit, the story has been filmed three times, once with Shirley Temple in the title role.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an educator and children’s book author, best known for the classic children’s novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878, but spent most of her life in Maine. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were often thought of as cheap labor.
