Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

When Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her spinster aunts in Riverboro, Rebecca's aunts find her to be more of a handful than they bargained for. But even more surprising than the transition of Rebecca into a well-mannered young lady are the effects that Rebecca has on her aunts' humdrum lives. Rebecca, with her wide dark eyes and spirit that no walls can contain, will change their lives -- and the lives of everyone she meets -- forever.

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was born in Pennsylvania and at the age of seventeen moved to California, where she began her lifelong devotion to the welfare of children. In 1878, she started the first free kindergarten in California. Over her lifetime, Ms. Wiggin authored a number of children's books, but none brought her the acclaim of her overnight best-seller, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Its sequel, The New Chronicles of Rebecca, was published in 1907.