Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith 1856-1923

Overview

Works:	613 works in 2,970 publications in 8 languages and 67,354 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works History Folklore Fairy tales Biography Historical fiction Autobiographies Christmas stories Domestic fiction
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Creator, Bibliographic antecedent, Correspondent
Classifications:	PZ7.W638, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

My garden of memory: an autobiography by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )
Kate Douglas Wiggin as her sister knew her by Nora Archibald Smith( Book )
The women who make our novels by Grant M Overton( Book )
Kate Douglas Wiggin, the little schoolteacher by Miriam E Mason( Book )
Yours with love, Kate by Miriam E Mason( Book )

Some American story tellers by Frederic Taber Cooper( Book )
Children's literature review( )
The terrors of death, and the consolations of faith, or The substance of two discourses : preached in the Congregational Church, at Sratham [sic], December 28, 1794. : Being the Lord's Day after the interment of Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Wiggin, and Miss Smith. : And published by request. by James Miltimore( )
Kate Douglas Wiggin's country of childhood by Helen Frances BENNER( Book )
The old Peabody pew by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )
Younger days of famous writers : Defoe, Cooper, Dickens, Spyri, Louisa M. Alcott, Alger, Lewis Carroll, Mary Mapes Dodge, Mark Twain, Stevenson, Howard Pyle, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Kipling by Katherine Dunlap Cather( Book )
The writings of Kate Douglas Wiggin by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )
Miss Kate : Kate Douglas Wiggin in San Francisco by Lois Rather( Book )
A sermon preached at Wolfborough, 8th of September, 1799. : On the death of Col. Wiggin's son, aged eight years, who died suddenly of a fever-- : which, upon the request of the hearers, is submitted to the candid public. by Thomas Russell( )
Kate Douglas Wiggin : a sketch of her life with an appreciation by Frances Hodgson Burnett( Book )
A child's journey with Dickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )
Kate Douglas Wiggin : her personality & her books by Houghton Mifflin Company( Book )
The California kindergarten movement : a study in class and social feminism by Carol Roland( )
There was a child went forth : a study of St. Nicholas Magazine and selected children's authors, 1890-1915 by Fred Erisman( Book )
Kate Douglas Wiggin and her books( Book )

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Most widely held works by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )

232 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 10,323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up

The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )

155 editions published between 1886 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 5,163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Carol Bird was born on Christmas Day, and after she became ill, she helped make her last Christmas with her family and friends very special for everyone

New chronicles of Rebecca by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

64 editions published between 1905 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,655 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Home life in New England, with portrayals of girls and women-folk

Penelope's Irish experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

61 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A fictional travelogue documenting the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to Ireland

Rose o' the river by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

48 editions published between 1903 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The village watch-tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

38 editions published between 1895 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The old Peabody pew : a Christmas romance of a country church by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

28 editions published between 1905 and 2018 in English and held by 2,271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Christmas Eve in an old New England meeting house

Penelope's English experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

51 editions published between 1893 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A series of letters from an American artist Penelope Hamilton as she describes her time in London with two other women from America as well as her stay in a small house in the country. Penelope falls in love and finds her aspirations of being an artist do not satisfy her as much as being a woman

The story of Waitstill Baxter by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

31 editions published between 1913 and 2018 in English and held by 2,224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The diary of a goose girl by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

28 editions published between 1897 and 2018 in English and held by 2,136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A manuscript draft for publication in Scribner's Magazine

Penelope's postscripts : Switzerland, Venice, Wales, Devon, home by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

29 editions published between 1905 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,082 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Arabian nights : their best-known tales by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )

77 editions published between 1907 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ten stories from the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, including the well-known ones of Aladdin and the lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Sinbad the sailor

A cathedral courtship by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

27 editions published between 1893 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 1,915 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While touring English cathedral towns with her aunt Celia, Kitty meets and is courted by Jack Copley

Penelope's experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

20 editions published between 1898 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Experiences of three American ladies who go to Scotland

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

45 editions published between 1980 and 2014 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rebecca is sent from the failing family farm to the home of her spinster aunt. However her aunt may not have known what she was getting into when she offered this free-spirited girl a home and an education

The Scottish chiefs by Jane Porter( Book )

26 editions published between 1921 and 2013 in English and held by 1,150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Wallace encounters secret passageways, disguises, and a quintet of horrible villains as he fights for Scotland at the turn of the fourteenth century

Timothy's quest : a story for anybody, young or old, who cares to read it by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )

89 editions published between 1890 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 884 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Timothy's Quest is the story of two orphans trying to find a good home. -- vendor's description

Penelope's progress : being such extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton as relate to her experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )

29 editions published between 1898 and 2012 in English and held by 849 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mother Carey's chickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( )

40 editions published between 1910 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 844 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The close-knit Carey family is devastated by their father's death of typhoid fever, but with inexhaustible optimism and courage the group manages to continue to enriche not only its own life but also that of the community

The fairy ring by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin( Book )

35 editions published between 1905 and 2012 in English and held by 792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

46 folk tales collected from around the world

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