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Title: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams ISBN: 0-06-440002-6 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 14 October, 1953 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 (52 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Life on the Frontier
Comment: Pa Ingalls is tired of how crowded the big woods are getting. So he decides to sell the house and move west with his family. Just before the ice breaks, the family loads up their wagon and heads out. They cross the Mississippi River and then head south, settling two days away from Independence, Missouri. Now they have to build a new house and survive the wilderness. Meanwhile, Laura is anxious to see a papoose. And with all the Indians in the area, she may get her chance.
This is a charming book. It's almost a collection of short stories with many chapters being a self-contained event. Still, through these pages, we get a good picture of life on the American frontier 130 years ago. The book gives plenty of detail about their everyday life without getting bogged down. And it is interesting. Frankly, some of the chapters are so harrowing I felt my pulse quicken. Often I found myself shaking my head in awe at what the Ingalls dealt with on a daily basis. This is a good way to make anyone appreciate just what we have today.
These books are still popular 70 years after they were first written for good reason. They are an entertaining and enlightening look at a bygone era.
Rating: 4
Summary: Laura's Childhood Memories
Comment: This was written in 1935, and is her story about a long time ago, when the grandparents then were little children, or perhaps not even born. The Ingalls family left their homestead in wooded Wisconsin to travel to the grassy prairies of the new lands out west. Their grandparents, aunt, uncles, and cousins all came to say goodbye; they might never see them again.
This book will give you an idea of what it was like to live and travel in the 1870s. Before airplanes, automobiles, even trains; before television, radio, electricity, and indoor plumbing. No maps or roadsigns either. What was it like to cross a creek in those days? What was it like to build your own house? How did people eat without a butcher, baker, or grocery store? Where did they get furniture? They settled on the prairie, far away from the woods. For Christmas, Mary and Laura got their very own tin cups; how happy they were! But then things changed in the spring - they had to move away to a new land again.
The illustrations usually show the people without hats or sunbonnets, historically inaccurate.
Rating: 4
Summary: Michelle from Richview Middle School
Comment: This story begins in the big woods of Wisconsin. A family lived there that consisted of a a dog Jack, a baby Carrie, the oldest daugter Mary and the yourner daughter Laura. The parents are known in this story as Ma and Pa. Ma and Pa are somewhat strict whils Mary is somewhat conservitive and Laura is very adventorous. They left the big woods and went to a new place out west. They traveled along the Mississippi and stopped in amny differnt places to rest. When they finally got there they met their new neighbor, Mr. Edwards. When Pa and Mr. Edwards met Pa asked if they wanted to help each other build their houses. For the next several weeks they helped each other build their houses. When they were finished with the houses Pa asked Mr. Edwards if he would help him build his stable in turn for food. He accepted and they built a sturdy nice looking stable. One night Pa and Laura were sitting in the doorstep and they heard something that sounded very close. It was cowboys! The cowboys were coming to ask Pa if he would help them keep the cattle out of the ravine in turn for fresh meat. He accepted and was back in no time. The next day they decided to go search for an indian camp. They found one eventually but there was no one there. They found some beads and took them home and then they made a necklace for baby Carrie. She loved it. The next few weeks the girls were'nt feeling well. They were very sicka dn needed someone to take care of them luckily htye had a good neighbor who came to just check up on them. It was Mrs. Scott. She took care of them until they became well. Now it was Christmas time. Pa went down to town and bought the girls Christmas presents. They didnt know it but Mr. Scott was on his way over there and he was also bringing him presents for Christmas. They loved all the presents they got and they were very thankful for them.
A week later Pa heard a loud screech from the Scott's house. Pa thought it was something awful like someone was hurt but it was just a panther and Pa ended up killing it anyways. About three weeks later there was a prairie fire. It burned about everything so they decided to leave the prairie. They were going to head West to Plum Creek. That's where the next story of this series begins.
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Title: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams ISBN: 0064400018 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 14 October, 1953 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams ISBN: 0060264705 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 14 October, 1953 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams ISBN: 0060264160 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 14 October, 1953 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams ISBN: 0064400034 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 14 October, 1953 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams ISBN: 0064400069 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 14 October, 1953 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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