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A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story
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Set in a California canyon, this children's story describes a group of young people spending their summer camping outdoors. It appeals to young readers who enjoy classic American fiction about camping and the natural world.
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco, the Silver Street Free Kindergarten, in 1878. With her sister Nora during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. 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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