The Old Peabody Pew Author:Kate Douglas Wiggin Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American children's author and educator. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878. A few years later she and her sister opened a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887), Polly Oliver's Problem (1893), A C... more »athedral Courtship (1893), The Village Watchtoer (1896), Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903). The Old Peabody Pew is a Christmas romance set in an old country church. This book would make a wonderful gift to be read during the holiday season when a few hours of returning to a more peaceful time is so needed.« less