Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith (1856-1923) was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the "Silver Street Free Kindergarten"). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol (1886), Polly Oliver's Problem (1893), A Cathedral Courtship (1893), The Village Watchtoer (1896), Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).
Books
Cortejo en la catedral
1893
A Summer in a Canyon
A California Story
1889
The Diary of a Goose Girl
1902
The Affair at the Inn
1904
Rose O' the River
1905
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland
1898
The Birds' Christmas Carol
1886
The Arabian Nights
Their Best-Known Tales
1909
The Arabian Nights
1996
The Old Peabody Pew
A Christmas Romance of a Country Church
1907
Penelope's English Experiences
1893
The Ultimate Christmas Collection
2020
New Chronicles of Rebecca
1907
The Fairy Ring
1906
Mother Carey's Chickens
1911
Timothy's Quest
1890
The Romance of a Christmas Card
1916
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1903
Penelope's Irish Experiences
1901
The Story of Patsy
1883
Ladies in Waiting
1919
