Little House on the Prairie (Little House Series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams (Illustrator)

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(Paperback - Full Color Collector's Edition)

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  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Pub. Date: May 2004
  • ISBN-13: 9780060581817
  • Sales Rank: 13,691
  • Age Range: 8 to 12
  • 352pp
  • Series: Little House Series, #2
  • Edition Description: Full Color Collector's Edition
 
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Synopsis

Laura Ingalls is heading west! The Ingalls family packs up their covered wagon and sets off for the big skies of the Kansas Territory, where wide open land stretches as far as the eye can see. Just when they begin to feel settled,they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict.

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Originally published in 1935, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the Little House Series.

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Written in 1935 and now re-issued, this second of the nine critically-acclaimed and immensely popular "Little House" novels is probably the one best known and loved. It deserves its reputation as a classic of children's literature. Wilder tells how she, Laura, and her family (Pa, Ma, sister Mary and baby Carrie) journeyed in a covered wagon from Wisconsin to the immense rolling prairie of Kansas. We marvel at her father's energy, ingenuity, and boundless optimism as he drives them across the frozen Mississippi and constructs a house and farm almost single-handedly. We admire mother Caroline's quiet courage and determination as she overcomes her misgivings to nurture her family. Laura's independence, curiosity, and sheer joy of living reach us quite clearly in the simple but eloquent prose. Wilder has opened a window into the past and we look through it with the eyes of an observant child at perils (wolves, raging creeks, malaria) and joys (unexpected Christmas presents, a rocking chair, the music of Pa's fiddle). An ever-present reality is the relationship between the settlers and the hostile Osage Indians. It is instructive to overhear the comments of various white neighbors, ranging from fear and dislike of the native inhabitants to the brutal desire for their extermination. Even Laura's wise and tolerant father believes that when the white settlers come, the Indians must move on. The immediacy of this story makes it especially valuable both as history and as an engrossing tale of the pioneer life and spirit. 2003 (orig. 1935), Avon, Talcroft

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Millions of readers have read -- and re-read -- the Little House on the Prairie books, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s charming, fascinating tales of her own girlhood spent in the American West. The series, which is both a document of frontier-town America in the 19th century and a beautifully told coming-of-age story, is beloved by readers everywhere for their universal truths about family, love, and endurance in the face of hardship.

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A True Classicby Becca28

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June 29, 2009: For me the Little House series taught me to be grateful for what I have.

The Ingalls family had so little and they treasured the things I take for granted like a warm house or food. I read the Little House series in 5th grade and I know now as a 6th grader going to 7th they are not for my age group. But I still love them and once and a while a read one or two because they are very enjoyable.

I Also Recommend: Little House in the Highlands (Little House Series, Little House in Brookfield (Little House Series, Little House by Boston Bay (Little House Series, Little House in the Big Woods, Across the Puddingstone Dam (Little House Series.

this book was okby ressica22

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March 02, 2009: this book would be a good read for a 4th grader. I think girls would like it more than boys becauses it is mainly about a girl named laura who lived in the 1800's.


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