Wiggin, Kate Douglas

Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.

Carol Bird and her family make a merry Christmas for the Ruggles' family which lives 'in the rear'.

Although she is a sickly child, Carol Bird manages to make a decent Christmas for a poor family.

An abridged version of the tale of Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

Although she is a sickly child, Carol Bird manages to make a decent Christmas for a poor family.