Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, "Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas"

It’s December 15. Welcome back to the Kids’ Short Story Advent Calendar—a box set full of excitement and mystery for younger readers to enjoy on the days counting down to Christmas.

Learn more about today’s author:

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) was an American writer. Over the course of her career she wrote dozens of novels and books of short stories. “Jimmy Scarecrow’s Christmas” first appeared in The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories in 1913.

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