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In the pen of Kate Douglas Wiggin (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Plantation) comes this heartwarming storyline of Margaret Carey and her four children - or "chickens" as the writer often identifies them. The rapid death of the daddy of the family ends in the drastic reduced amount of the Careys' income and they must leave their comfortable home in Boston. Nancy Carey, the eldest, recalls a holiday in Maine when each of them picnicked in the garden of a big, vacant house that her dad enjoyed. She discovers that the home can be acquired, the hire is cheap, and persuades her mother that life inside the Yellow House in Beulah, Maine is the perfect spot to begin their new lease of life. Mom Carey is a style of strength and intelligence (think Marmee from Little Women) but her children show all the growing aches: Nancy is brimming with enthusiastic rather than always practical strategies; Gilbert resents moving to a tiny town and having his imagine college go away; Kitty is overly sensitive; and coddled young Peter must learn to do things for himself. Add to that, prim and snotty cousin Julia and goes to from acerbic, critical cousin Ann, and Mom Carey has her hands full! Soon The Yellow House becomes a inviting oasis for Beulah's quirky inhabitants. A windowpane into the joys and travails of country life of a century ago, Mom Carey's Chickens delighted everyone including Walt Disney, who adapted it for his 1963 movie Summer time Magic starring Hayley Mills as Nancy.
