Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | 
#OnThisDay in 1856 American author and child welfare advocate Kate Douglas Wiggin was born. Best known for writing the children's classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Wiggin devoted much of her life to bettering the lives of children. She and her sister Nora established the first free Kindergarten program in San Francisco in 1878 and the first training school for Kindergarten teachers. #HistoryGetsLIT
The writing in this story is so pretty ?
"She was in time to hold Tom's hand through hours of pain; to show him for once the heart of a prim New England girl when it is ablaze with love and grief; to put her arms about him so that he could have a home to die in..."
pickI spent the first quarter of this trying to decide if I‘d actually read this as a child, or if it‘s just uncannily similar to Anne of Green Gables. In the end I decided the later, though I suppose I could have seen part of a made for tv version of this one and gotten the title and a few key scenes stuck in my head... I got curious and looked it up, and it turns out the two were written and published within 5 years of each other.
Poor students, forbidden to read (or even browse) fiction! And they‘re so hungry for it.
pickIt suffers by comparison to Anne of Green Gables, and certainly belongs in the same category with it and Pollyanna, but this is a pleasant read about a spirited and determined girl. I‘m curious as to sequels, because this story can‘t be done.
#3 for #middlegrademarch done.
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Current read. Not really drawing me in yet, at page 50/208. So far it reads like a younger Anne of Green Gables, so much that every time Rebecca‘s black hair is mentioned I have to adjust my mental image. I‘m going to keep trying, as I‘m tired from a long week and coming off a cold and it might just be me.
so-soAnother childhood classic done! This reminded me so much of Anne of Green Gables (and I‘m not the first to draw the parallel). I did enjoy it and towards the end, the book differed enough from Anne that I could separate the two.
Can't find any books with cover that depict 'hot', 'sunny' or 'summer'...this is the most 'sunny' I can get.
#17rainbowbooks #asunnybook @jess.how
No shortage of books with #flowersoncovers here!
I have enough to make my own book garden 🌸💐🌺🌹#feistyfeb
I have lots of bookish memorabilia (I'm wearing a Ravenclaw sweatshirt now), but my favorite is my bookish tattoo. This pic was taken several years ago right after it was finished. The Latin translates, "I adore and implore thee to liberate me." The penny farthing, a symbol of the New Woman's freedom and mobility. #Riotgrams
#TBRtemptation post! The library has received a new edition of this timeless children's classic! I haven't read this yet, but I've seen the Shirley Temple movie. 10-year old Rebecca visits small-town Maine and her prim aunts, bringing energy and charm with her. Think Pollyanna. This book received high praise from Jack London to Mark Twain. Wiggins' tale was considered bold for her day with such an exciting heroine. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
Heard this today while standing in this spot: "My deddy always tol' me to follow a star and it'd set me in a straight line." Can a Southern author incorporate that line into their next book?
