# The Birds' Christmas Carol

By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Christmas stories; Children's stories; Terminally ill children -- Juvenile fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Birds' Christmas Carol](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/1504) by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1 h 12 min, English)
- [Birds' Christmas Carol (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4897) by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1 h 10 min, English)

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