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Mother Carey's Chickens Kindle Edition

by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 227 ratings
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    157 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    May 16, 2012
  5. File size
    506 KB
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Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 – August 24, 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0083ZR3Y0
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 506 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 157 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1848301200
  • Customer Reviews:
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Sunshine
5.0 out of 5 stars A good familyread aloud, the simple life, and uplifting.
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016
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This is a good old story. You get a peek into the past, how they lived and some of there attitudes. Its very uplifting, through hardships they keep a good attitude and end up all right in the end. This is a wonderful book, that I will be reading to my family for family read aloud time. It makes you yearn for a simpler life. :) (with modern day pluming .... I am not ready to give that up yet)

I do suggest when you come to new words or phrases, look them up on line. Some phrases we say today have changed meanings in the last century. (at one point it says a little girl french kisses a friend of the family's - I am pretty sure that means a peck on one cheek and then a peck on the other cheek) And they talk about poems and books we might not have heard of. Stop and learn about them. Its great fun getting lost in the past.
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JustMe
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book - Terrible Title
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2014
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A wonderful children's classic somewhat neglected, I would imagine, because of its unilluminating and uninspiring title. This book is contemporaneous with, and as good as, the best of Frances Hodgson Burnett ("Secret Garden", "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "The Little Princess"), similar in tone to "The Railway Children" with a little bit of "Pollyanna" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" thrown in. --- Mrs. Carey, recently widowed and in straightened circumstances, moves her family to a small village in Maine where the expenses of living will be less. Her "chickens" are her children, and this book relates their adventures. It was the basis for a Disney movie from some years ago called "Summer Magic". --- An excellent read for anyone who enjoyed the aforementioned books. If you liked them, this will make an excellent companion for them on your bookshelf.
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Judy H. Gruver
4.0 out of 5 stars The book behind the movie
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2016
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The book behind Disney's "Summer Magic", is a late 19th Century moral tale by the same author that wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. In it, innocence and simplistic virtue win out over all obstacles to produce felicity and general happiness for the fatherless family and their circle of acquaintances.

Disney borrowed several of the characters and reworked them into a slightly different and somewhat simplified storyline, but one which is of similar character. If you enjoyed the movie, you'll probably enjoy the book, as long as you don't expect it to be the exact same story.
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lillirose51
5.0 out of 5 stars lovely reminder of childhood
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2014
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This was totally charming...I was a big fan of the Disney Summer Magic movie with Haley Mills as a young girl...this is the book on which the movie was based...I was actually surprised to find that the book was far closer to the original book than I expected given Disney's tendency to embroider on source material...other than removing a redundant daughter from the central family and collapsing two families of neighbors into one set of characters the book held all of the charm and more of the movie and was a sheer delight...
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Terri L. Cardon
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2016
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Loved the beauty of the book, the story, the descriptive writing and included poem snippets. It was a pleasant read from beginning to end. The characters all came to life for me. It was like I was part of the story
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Maryann Settanni
5.0 out of 5 stars An old-fashioned story
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2022
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A lovely story, especially to read aloud to youngsters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet book of family love and joy
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2020
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What sweet life lessons can be learned from this loving, loyal, hard-working and joyful family. This book made me want to LIVE it.
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Jane L Spence
5.0 out of 5 stars Mother Carey's Chickens
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2018
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The book was very good. Nothing deep or complex . .just entertaining. It would be a good read for young kids as there isn't any `language' or other inappropriate scenes to contend with.
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Lane
5.0 out of 5 stars Martha Carey's Chickens
Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2016
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I bought this on my Kindle and loved the little story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2015
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Wonderful- highly recommended.
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Irène Dod
3.0 out of 5 stars Romantique
Reviewed in France on June 14, 2012
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Je connaissais la version française depuis mon enfance. Cela m'amusait de découvrir la version originale. Cela étant, le livre garde son charme suranné mais l'adaptation qu'en ont faite les studios Disney est affligeante, superficielle et à la limite du grotesque.
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