Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith,  1856-1923 <br/><br/>
The Birds' Christmas Carol 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds%27_Christmas_Carol  Release date is 1996-11-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Judith Boss.  HTML version by Al Haines.  Produced by Judith Boss.  HTML version by Al Haines. 
<br/><br/> "The Birds' Christmas Carol" by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is a novel published in 1888. The story follows Carol Bird, a generous and cheerful girl born on Christmas Day who touches everyone she meets. When illness confines her to bed at age ten, Carol focuses her remaining energy on planning a special Christmas celebration for the nine children of the Ruggles family, a poor working-class household living nearby. This moral tale balances heartfelt sentiment with humor and intelligence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Christmas stories Children's stories Terminally ill children -- Juvenile fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ  PS