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Summary: The Long Winter
Review: Have you ever been trapped in your home the whole winter and only getting out between blizzards? The author Laura Ingalls Wilder has in the book The Long Winter. Laura's family had to move off of the lonesome praire into pa's builing in town for the long winter. Ma told Laura and Carrie that they would have to go to school while they were living in town. After a while they loved school. They didn't go to school for long because blizzards hit and it was only clear for one day or less between blizzards. There was also no coal in town. One night it snowed so bad that there was snow all the way up to the second floor window. Laura saw the wild hores's hooves pass the window. With all the blizzards the train was stopped till the Spring. There was hardly any food left in town. There was no meat, crackers, wheat, flour and nothing left in the shops. The townspeople thought Spring would be in March but it didn't come till April. Laura's family and the Boasts had Christmas dinner in May. They got a barrel from the church in the big woods. How long could you be trapped indoors with only bread and potatoes for every meal?
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Summary: The Long Winter
Review: Have you ever been trapped in your home the whole winter and only getting out between blizzards? The author Laura Ingalls Wilder has in the book The Long Winter. Laura's family had to move off of the lonesome praire into pa's builing in town for the long winter. Ma told Laura and Carrie that they would have to go to school while they were living in town. After a while they loved school. They didn't go to school for long because blizzards hit and it was only clear for one day or less between blizzards. There was also no coal in town. One night it snowed so bad that there was snow all the way up to the second floor window. Laura saw the wild hores's hooves pass the window. With all the blizzards the train was stopped till the Spring. There was hardly any food left in town. There was no meat, crackers, wheat, flour and nothing left in the shops. The townspeople thought Spring would be in March but it didn't come till April. Laura's family and the Boasts had Christmas dinner in May. They got a barrel from the church in the big woods. How long could you be trapped indoors with only bread and potatoes for every meal?
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Summary: Good for elementary age
Review: I devoured these books when I was in 2nd grade. My mom bought me the complete set in 3rd grade. I think that these books helped me to become very interested in museums and history, which I still am to this day. The only gripe I have about this set is that it does not include "Farmer Boy" and "These Happy Golden Years." They are very important books to be read along with this series. For the curious, "The First Four Years" lets the reader know what happened to Laura when she married Almonzo. Also, there is a diary of Laura's journey to Missouri with her family, "On The Way Home." Please do not let your children grow up without reading these books!
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Summary: Wonderful for any age
Review: I first read the " Little House " books when I was 10 years old. I was enthralled by them at that time, as I am now, at 36 years of age. These books take you back to a time when simple things brought great joy, and family was everything. They remember a time long gone, when integrity and honor were the norm, not the exception. I still love to read these books, and when my two year old daughter is old enough, we'll read them together, and think about the message they contain.
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Summary: Childhood Memories
Review: I read these books when I was in the fifth grade. I thought they were a good read because of what the family went through. Reading about Laura I. Wilder's life in the west and the constant moving from one area to another due to crop failure, weather conditions, and beginning anew. Each story details how the family survives, Laura's childhood, and her relationship to her family. I even saw the Little House on the Prairie series with Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon. I didn't care if anyone thought my choice of reading subject. It was a good series and the books were just as good to read as well. It's good to read about someone and what they had to go through before there was even technology. Parents should place more emphasis on reading materials like this so that children understand and appreciate the value of family and respect of elders.
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Summary: Wonderful Way to Look at Simpler Times
Review: I remember devouring these books as a young girl, I'm 35 now and have begun reading the books with my 5 year old daughter. The first in the series is written so that she can read a great deal herself. Laura wrote such a wonderful recount of her life that you can really imagine, even if you are five, how much simpler life was . . . or complicated depending on how you look at it. We've had several discussions about the husstle and busstle of our life, brought on by the togetherness and importance of family that these books demonstrate.
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Summary: Wonderful Way to Look at Simpler Times
Review: I remember devouring these books as a young girl, I'm 35 now and have begun reading the books with my 5 year old daughter. The first in the series is written so that she can read a great deal herself. Laura wrote such a wonderful recount of her life that you can really imagine, even if you are five, how much simpler life was . . . or complicated depending on how you look at it. We've had several discussions about the husstle and busstle of our life, brought on by the togetherness and importance of family that these books demonstrate.
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Summary: Down Memory Lane
Review: I remember reading the "Little House" books when I was a little girl. I am now 28 and looking forward to reading them with my 6 year old. We now live about 40 miles from Walnut Grove, MN and my daughter can't wait to read about that town and how life was in the pioneer days! I definitely recommend these books!
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Summary: Down Memory Lane
Review: I remember reading the "Little House" books when I was a little girl. I am now 28 and looking forward to reading them with my 6 year old. We now live about 40 miles from Walnut Grove, MN and my daughter can't wait to read about that town and how life was in the pioneer days! I definitely recommend these books!
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Summary: Never to late to enjoy these great books.
Review: This one will be short and sweet. I just completed reading all five of the boxed set. I feel I knew the Ingalls family as I shared their lives, dangers, joys, and challenges. But, why, oh why, did I wait over fifty years to discover these wonderful stories. Laura waited until she was 65 years old to start writing them, so I think it safe to say that 65(my age) is not too late for me to read them. To say this is about a pioneer family moving west, or about a little girl who lived in the big woods, on the prairie, near a creek, on the shores of a lake, and in various structures including a sod house dug into the side of a hill - misses the point. These stories are about adventures and goodness and have successfully warmth the hearts of generations of all ages since they were written. I recommend anyone of any age read Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Series. The best part of all is that the stories are based on her family and her life and capture the time and a spirit of those strong and determined folks who moved west in the 19th Century.
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