Little House on the Prairie (Little House)

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Summary: A real treasure!
Review: "The Big Woods are Getting too Crowded." The Wilder family must sell their cozy house and move away from the big woods. They travel in a covered wagon with their watch-dog Jake running behind them. After some long days of camping and eating only meat and corn-bread, ma, pa, Mary and Laura came into a large prairie. Pa builds a nice log house and a safe log stable for the horses, Pet and Patty. They soon discover that indians are camping very near. Will the indians take all Pa's tobacco? Will they eat all the corn-bread? To find out, read Little House on the Prairie! I recommend this book because it is about life on a wild prairie that holds many suprises! I enjoyed when their dog came to them when they thought he had drowned.

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Summary: Great for Adults too!
Review: Laura's family once setteld. They are great books! I am seeing the whole experience from a new perspective now that I am 35 (relating more with Ma I think) and I am enjoying the stories completely. It's also nice because the books can be read in a single afternoon or just a few hours. A wonderful look at the pioneer life with details on cabin building and settling a piece of land. I highly recommend these books but suggest reading them in order to keep the story of Laura's adventures straight.

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Summary: Life Lived Where it's Wild and Free
Review: This book is a sweet little slice of Americana, set in the heart of the pioneer days. If you have never read the series I highly recommend it for anyone. It is wonderfully written and highly descriptive of the days when the country was wild and free.
Laura Ingalls tells the story of her life, wild and free on the beautiful wind swept prairie. She gives us vivid pictures of just what it was like to be a homesteader living off the land. When Charles Ingalls decides the big woods of Wisconsin are getting too crowded, he gets an itchy feeling to head out and homestead in the "Indian Territory" of the midwest. Laura tells the story of this adventurous move with the wide eyed innocence of a little girl. This is especially remarkable since Laura wrote these stories while she was beyond the age of 60!
This account of her life, lived under the billowing top of a covered wagon, reads just as freshly, as if it happened yesterday! You can't help but get swept up in the lush reality of it all. Laura Ingalls Wilder lived these experiences and brings them into sharp focus for us today. Some of her most vivid and gripping recollections come in reference to the wolves and Native Americans surrounding her little cabin. Laura is full of spunk and always ready to face whatever challenge comes along. She is a wonderful role model for young children, even if she is a little impulsive at times.
If you've seen the television show and haven't read the books, please take the time to enjoy them! The TV show was good but dramatized quite a bit. These books read as a historical record told in stark honesty. They dispense with the hollywood melodrama and the present a story in a straight forward way.
But as I said before they are vivid and rich in their portrayal of life on the prairie. This particular book is well worth your time!