The Birds' Christmas Carol

Languageen
First published2008-01-14
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#24286

Description

"The Birds' Christmas Carol" by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is a novel published in 1888. The story follows Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child known for her loving and generous nature. At age five, Carol contracts a serious illness, and by ten, she is bedridden with little time left. Despite her condition, the cheerful and intelligent girl focuses on planning a special Christmas celebration for the nine children of the poor Ruggles family who live nearby. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • Christmas stories
  • Children's stories
  • Terminally ill children -- Juvenile fiction
  • PZ

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