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This book is a biography of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, who is best known for her "Little House" books. A chapter of creative writing tips is included.

2) The Wilder life: my adventures in the lost world of Little house on the prairie

Author

McClure, Wendy

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

For anyone who has ever wanted to step into the world of a favorite book, here is a pioneer pilgrimage, a tribute to Laura Ingalls Wilder, and a hilarious account of butter-churning obsession.
Wendy McClure is on a quest to find the world of beloved Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder-a fantastic realm of fiction, history, and places she's never been to, yet somehow knows by heart. She retraces the pioneer...

3) A Little house reader: a collection of writings

Author

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

Description

A collection of articles, essays, poems, and other writings which shows that the author known for her Little house books was a prolific and talented writer all her life.

4) Little house on the prairie

Author

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2

Pub. Date

1981.

Language

Achinese

Description

A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie

5) Going west

Author

My first Little house books (Picture books)

Series

Pub. Date

1996.

Language

English

Description

A young pioneer girl and her family prepare to leave the big woods of Wisconsin and travel west in their covered wagon.

6) A little house sampler

Author

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

Description

Articles and fictional works by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, some of which were published in magazines of an earlier era, create a chronological account of their lives.

7) On the banks of Plum Creek

Author

Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 4

Language

English

Appears on list

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.

8) By the shores of Silver Lake

Author

Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 5

Language

English

Appears on list

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.

9) The first four years

Author

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 9

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.

10) Laura's ma: adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author

Series

Little house chapter books. Laura volume 11

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

Description

Laura, her mother, and other family members share many exciting adventures while living as pioneers on the American frontier.

11) Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author

Stone, Tanya Lee

Series

DK biography

Pub. Date

2009.

Language

English

Appears on list

Writing - Youth

Description

A biography of the writer whose pioneer life on the American prairie became the basis for her "Little House" books.

12) Little farm in the Ozarks

Author

Series

Little house (HarperCollins). Rose years volume 2
Little house. Rose years volume 2

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

Description

Laura and Almanzo Wilder and their eight-year-old daughter Rose continue to work to make Rocky Ridge farm in Missouri their new home.

13) Little city by the lake

Author

Wilkins, Celia

Series

Little house (HarperCollins). Caroline years volume 6
Little house. Caroline years volume 6

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

Description

Fifteen-year-old Caroline Quiner moves to Milwaukee in 1855 to experience city life and attend school.

14) The Little house cookbook: frontier foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic stories

Author

Walker, Barbara M

Pub. Date

[1979]

Language

English

Description

Women's History - Children

Recipes based on the pioneer food written about in the "Little House" books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with quotes from the books and descriptions of the food and cooking of pioneer times.

15) Pioneer girl: the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author

Anderson, William

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

Appears on list

Description

Recounts the life story of the author of the "Little House" books, from her childhood in Wisconsin to her old age at Rocky Ridge Farm.

16) Little town in the Ozarks

Author

Series

Little house (HarperCollins). Rose years volume 5
Little house. Rose years volume 5

Pub. Date

1996.

Language

English

Description

When drought and fire afflict Rocky Ridge Farm, eleven-year-old Rose Wilder and her parents temporarily move to Mansfield and try to adjust to a new life in town.

17) Little house on Rocky Ridge

Author

Series

Little house (HarperCollins). Rose years volume 1
Little house. Rose years volume 1

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

Description

In 1894 Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, and her seven-year-old daughter Rose leave the Ingalls family in Dakota and make the long and difficult journey to Missouri to start a new life.

18) Little house on the prairie

Author

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, Playaway

Description

The third book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series.

The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for the big skies of the Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their house. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their

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19) New dawn on Rocky Ridge

Author

Series

Little house (HarperCollins). Rose years volume 6
Little house. Rose years volume 6

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

Description

While living on the Rocky Ridge Farm in Missouri, thirteen-year-old Rose Wilder celebrates the turn of the twentieth century and begins to wonder about her future.

20) School days: adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author

Back to School, More Titles - Tween

Series

Little house chapter books. Laura volume 4

Pub. Date

1997.

Language

English

Appears on list

Description