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The Birds' Christmas Carol
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The Birds' Christmas Carol Hardcover - 1997

by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

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  • Hardcover

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 1997. Hardcover. Used - Good.
Used - Good
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Details

  • Title The Birds' Christmas Carol
  • Author Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Thirty Fourth
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
  • Date October 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 43114
  • ISBN 9780395072059 / 0395072050
  • Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.28 x 5.37 x 0.49 in (18.49 x 13.64 x 1.24 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 7
  • Reading level 1200
  • Library of Congress subjects Christmas
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

This classic Christmas story by the author of REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM features a child as memorable and charitable as Dickens's Tiny Tim. Born on Christmas Day, Carol is the Bird family's special Christmas baby. As her tenth birthday approaches, declining health threatens young Carol's life. Her only wish, however, is to plan an unforgettable Christmas celebration for the poor Ruggles children next door. Few characters have embodied the spirit of Christmas more fully than Carol Bird in this bittersweet holiday classic, which generations of readers have cherished for more than a hundred years.

First line

IT was very early Christmas morning, and in the stillness of the dawn, with the soft snow falling on the housetops, a little child was born in the Bird household.

Media reviews

"A well-known Christmas story, first published in 1888, which has both humor and pathos." Wilson Children's Catalog