Despite her impoverished background, Rebecca is an imaginative and charming child, often composing little poems and songs to express her feelings or to amuse her younger brothers and sisters. Rebeccas joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding

Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child, who as a young girl is unusually loving and generous, having a positive effect on everyone with whom she comes into contact. The book is a wistful moral tale about a saintly child, but is enlivened by many humorous scenes.

Included in this book are three short, but heartfelt Christmas tales. They show the true meaning of love, friendship and the Christmas spirit. Share these delightful tales with all of the family to pass along the cheerful Christmas spirit The Birds' Christmas Carol The First Christmas tree The Christmas Angel

When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall leaves Sunnybrook Farm to go and live with her aunts, neither she nor her aunts know quite what to expect. And with Rebecca around it's usually the unexpected that happens. In fact it is this gift for the unexpected that means that life is never quite the same again for those with whom she comes into contact.