{"product_id":"the-birds-christmas-carol","title":"The Birds' Christmas Carol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorn on Christmas morning, and given one last Christmas to spend on everybody but herself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot yet released.\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition is finished and in production. Write to the press and we will let you know the day it goes on sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarol Bird is born on Christmas morning, a frail, radiant child who spends her short life making other people happy. For the Christmas she knows will be her last, she plans a feast for the nine boisterous Ruggles children in the shabby house next door, and pours her whole heart into one unforgettable day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the companion tale, the minister’s wife of snow bound Beulah paints a Christmas card from a neighbour’s lamplit window, and the little card drifts out into the world, healing an old family rift and calling two wandering sons home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Douglas Wiggin, the beloved author of \u003cem\u003eRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm\u003c\/em\u003e, first published \u003cem\u003eThe Birds’ Christmas Carol\u003c\/em\u003e in 1888 while pioneering free kindergartens in San Francisco. \u003cem\u003eThe Romance of a Christmas Card\u003c\/em\u003e followed in 1916, late in her writing life. Together they hold everything her readers loved her for: New England warmth, gentle humour, and tenderness toward children and the poor. Both tales are complete in their original texts, bound behind an original painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Christmas tales complete: \u003cem\u003eThe Birds’ Christmas Carol\u003c\/em\u003e (1888) and \u003cem\u003eThe Romance of a Christmas Card\u003c\/em\u003e (1916)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolocosmo Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lightbound Library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 102 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Solocosmo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50176363299064,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/2433\/5352\/files\/the-birds-christmas-carol.jpg?v=1786991186","url":"https:\/\/solocosmo.org\/products\/the-birds-christmas-carol","provider":"solocosmo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}