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      Little House on the Prairie

      by Laura Ingalls Wilder
      Published
      Jan 1935
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      Pages
      352
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      The Laura Years (Little House on the Prairie Originals) Book 3
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      Little House on the Prairie

      About This Book

      The Big Woods was getting too crowded. So Pa sold the little log house and built a covered wagon. They were moving to Indian country! They traveled all the way from Wisconsin to Oklahoma, and there Pa built the little house on the prairie.
      All year long Ma, Pa, Mary, and Laura sank their spirits into their land and their safe little house. But their land belonged to the Indians, and in the end the Government made them move on again.

      --
      The "Little House" books tell the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life. She was born in 1867 in the little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin, and through the years she traveled with her family by covered wagon through Kansas, Minnesota, and finally the Dakota Territory, where she met and married Almanzo Wilder.

      There was deprivation and hard work. Crops were ruined by storms and grasshopper plagues. But there were also the happy times of love and laughter; sleigh rides, holiday celebrations, and socials. These eight titles now in paperback bring the Ingalls family vividly alive and capture the best of the American pioneer spirit.

      The illustrations by Garth Williams are the results of 10 years of research. Mr. Williams actually followed the path of the Ingalls family during the period 1870-1889. No wonder, then, that the pictures have a special quality for the children who have loved these stories through the years.

      Series Placement

      Book 3
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Historical

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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