| The Village Watchtower by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Fiction, Historical, United States, People & Places, Readers - Chapter Books Contributor(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1603128913 ISBN-13: 9781603128919 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "The Village Watchtower" is a collection of glimpses of rural American life at the turn of the twentieth century. One story is about Lucinda Bascome, an elderly woman who sits at her window watching all that happens in the village. She would be lonely, except that people come to her for gossip. Her house and her window are set up in such a way that she sees everything that goes on in the village. Another glimpse is of Tom, a young wild boy who prefers to live in the wilderness than in the shelter of a house. All the stories are set in the same small town. And each glimpse is based on Wiggin's experiences in a small American town. Kate Douglas Wiggin was the author of the famed "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," She was also an advocate in early education and created the kindergarten school in which most American children go to in the modern era. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Chapter Books - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 108 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas: - "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." |