Monthly Archives: January 2013

These Happy Golden Years

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder At the end of Little Town on the Prairie Laura has earned her teaching certificate, and so as These Happy Golden Years opens, she’s off to teach school for the first time.  She’s … Continue reading

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Little Town on the Prairie

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Life is finally becoming a bit easier for the Ingalls family.  There are no major hardships for them to face; the farm is coming along nicely and Mary is finally able … Continue reading

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The Long Winter

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder Pioneer life is at its most difficult in The Long Winter. What will seem to modern readers as exciting snow days quickly deteriorates to harrowing life-threatening conditions as the town runs out of provisions. … Continue reading

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By the Shores of Silver Lake

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder Pa is again restless.  They’ve been two more years by Plum Creek and the crops are weak and the animals are scarce.  Pa wants a place where the hunting is better. … Continue reading

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On the Banks of Plum Creek

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder Now in Minnesota, the Ingalls family once again tries to get back on their feet.  Although there’s not much game here for hunting, Pa hopes the wheat crop will bring … Continue reading

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Farmer Boy

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder In terms of publication, this is the second book in the series. For whatever reason, I always thought it was the third in the series (in fact, I can find it listed as the … Continue reading

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Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder If my memory serves correctly, this is the book in the Little House series with the most racism.  And there is good reason for that.  The Ingalls family relocates from their … Continue reading

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Little House in the Big Woods

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Of all the books in the Little House series, this is the one I’ve read the most often.  Many of you already know that I am a purist about starting … Continue reading

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May B.

May B. by Caroline Starr Rose Mavis Elizabeth Betterly must leave her family, her schooling and her home to live as a hired girl in another family’s soddy (think Laura Ingalls grass sod home in On the Banks of Plum … Continue reading

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A Fresh Start – Westward Ho!

For most people these days a fresh calendar is all we need to feel like we’re getting a chance to start over.  As January begins people energetically undertake all sorts of personal improvement projects under the heading RESOLUTIONS hoping to … Continue reading

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