Mother Carey's chickens
By: by Kate Douglas Wiggin ; with illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott
Series: Riverside bookshelf
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Families; Juvenile fiction; Widows; Mother and child; Poverty; Farm life
Notes: Illustrated title page.

This novel was the basis for Disney's 1963 film Summer magic with Hayley Mills.
Table of contents: title: Mother Carey herself; title: The chickens; title: The common denominator; title: The broken circle; title: How about Julia?; title: Nancy's idea; title: "Old Beasts into New"; title: The Knight of Beulah Castle; title: Gilbert's Embassy; title: The Careys' flitting; title: The service on the threshold; title: Cousin Ann; title: The pink of perfection; title: Ways and means; title: Belonging to Beulah; title: The post-bag; title: Jack of all trades; title: The house of lords; title: Old and new; title: The painted chamber; title: A family rhomboid; title: Cradle gifts; title: Nearing shiny wall; title: A letter from Germany; title: "Following the Gleam"; title: A zoölogical father; title: The Carey housewarming; title: "Tibi splendet focus"; title: "Th' action fine"; title: The Inglenook; title: Grooves of change; title: Doors of daring; title: Mother Hamilton's birthday; title: Nancy comes out; title: The crimson rambler.