Author Kate Douglas Wiggin is best known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. A few of her writer contemporaries include Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain and Jack London. Many of Wiggins novels were made into films. Most notably, the 1938 version of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm starring Shirley Temple. Also, Summer Magic (1963) starring Haley Mills and Dorothy McGuire was based on her novel Mother Carey's Chickens.
I think I was about nine or ten years old when my mom read us this bittersweet story of Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child whose loving and generous nature brings joy to all those she meets. I loved how her abundant and sweet character brought delight to her whole family.
My heart can only take reading this story every few years. At only 74 pages, this emotional story will stay with you long after you closed the book.
Along with the tears, the author also provides numerous comical moments with the nine Ruggles children. One minute you'll be shedding tears, the next minute you'll be laughing through your tears.
If you've never read The Birds' Christmas Carol, I urge you to check it out. It's a poignant Christmas story that will tug at your heartstrings even 138 years after its publication.
Reading is an adventure,
Emilee
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