Laura Ingalls Wilder





Laura Ingalls Wilder

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born
February 07, 1867 in near Pepin, Wisconsin, The United States

died
February 10, 1957

gender
female

website

genre

influences
own experience, her daugher Rose Wilder Lane


About this author

Ingalls wrote a series of historical fiction books for children based on her childhood growing up in a pioneer family. She also wrote a regular newspaper column and kept a diary as an adult moving from South Dakota to Missouri, the latter of which has been published as a book.


Average rating: 4.13 · 296,060 ratings · 7,730 reviews · 115 distinct works
Little House on the Prairie
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 60,348 ratings — published 1935 — 71 editions
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Little House in the Big Woods
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 50,635 ratings — published 1932 — 48 editions
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The Little House Collection...
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 42,073 ratings — published 1953 — 10 editions
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On the Banks of Plum Creek
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 28,250 ratings — published 1937 — 53 editions
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Little Town on the Prairie
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 20,828 ratings — published 1941 — 36 editions
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By the Shores of Silver Lake
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 19,257 ratings — published 1939 — 43 editions
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The Long Winter
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 18,761 ratings — published 1940 — 36 editions
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These Happy Golden Years (L...
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 16,851 ratings — published 1943 — 35 editions
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Farmer Boy
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 16,368 ratings — published 1933 — 39 editions
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The First Four Years
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 11,147 ratings — published 1971 — 28 editions
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More books by Laura Ingalls Wilder…
Little House in the Big Woods Little House on the Prairie Farmer Boy On the Banks of Plum Creek By the Shores of Silver Lake The Long Winter Little Town on the Prairie
Little House (11 books)
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4.125999819320227 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 287,802 ratings
Pioneer Sisters Animal Adventures School Days Laura & Nellie Farmer Boy Days Little House Farm Days
Little House Chapter Books: Laura (14 books)
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4.001186239620403 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,686 ratings
“The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder

“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder

“There's no great loss without some small gain.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie

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