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Jan 21, 2008
Vanessa
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Like so many people, I read and loved these books as a girl. When my son was an infant and I was looking for something to entertain me during his marathon bouts of nursing, I decided to read the series again. I still found it immensely enjoyable, but with one striking difference: When I was a child, Pa Ingalls seemed like the coolest dad on the planet - he played the fiddle, made his own bullets and took his family on all sorts of adventures all over the unsettled west. As an adult, however,
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Dec 17, 2009
Belinda
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OK, so I'm a little generous with the whole Little House series. Sue me. But for me, as a child, they WERE "amazing," and here's why.
When I was in first grade in a tiny, tiny town in Arkansas, and hating school with the heat of a thousand suns, each member of the class was given identical packages at Christmas time. They were books. I'd been reading for a long time already, so loved a new book...but disappointment set in as my classmates who got their books first opened More...
When I was in first grade in a tiny, tiny town in Arkansas, and hating school with the heat of a thousand suns, each member of the class was given identical packages at Christmas time. They were books. I'd been reading for a long time already, so loved a new book...but disappointment set in as my classmates who got their books first opened More...
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Dec 16, 2009
Taylor
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Okay, I'll admit it. I still re-read these. I just finished a ramble though the pioneer prairies with Laura and enjoyed it throughly.
I know there is an outcry about the treatment and representation of Native Americans in these books, not to mention women, African Americans, and children. But let's calm our politically correct minds for a moment and think about the treasure of literature these books are. Specifically, they are WONDERFUL for educating young people about how people of More...
I know there is an outcry about the treatment and representation of Native Americans in these books, not to mention women, African Americans, and children. But let's calm our politically correct minds for a moment and think about the treasure of literature these books are. Specifically, they are WONDERFUL for educating young people about how people of More...
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Jan 01, 2012
Laura (Roses and Vellum)
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From my blog: http://rosesandvellum.blogspot.com/
When I was a little girl, my father used to read me these books. It has been a really long time since then and I can hardly remember most of the stories from the book, but I still remember the sense of excitement and adventure in these books. Laura and her family were pioneers, and as a young girl she met each move with a sense of adventure and openness to the world. I also loved that the girl was called Laura like me.
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When I was a little girl, my father used to read me these books. It has been a really long time since then and I can hardly remember most of the stories from the book, but I still remember the sense of excitement and adventure in these books. Laura and her family were pioneers, and as a young girl she met each move with a sense of adventure and openness to the world. I also loved that the girl was called Laura like me.
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Oct 25, 2011
I love each of these books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I am continuing to read related books by other authors as I am studying what characteristics made up the American Spirit during the great expansion when Americans were Homesteading and during the years following.
I was very impressed with the attitudes and character of each member of the Ingalls family and of Almanzo Wilder. They had a love of family and of God. They believed in being their best no matter what was happening More...
I was very impressed with the attitudes and character of each member of the Ingalls family and of Almanzo Wilder. They had a love of family and of God. They believed in being their best no matter what was happening More...
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Apr 24, 2011
Carolyn
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I've read all the books in this set may times over. I've also read other Wilder books, as well as those by her daughter, Rose. Love them all!
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Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
Farmer Boy (1933) - about her husband's childhood on a farm in New York
Little House on the Prairie (1935)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937), a Newbery Honor book
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939), a Newbery Honor book
The Long Winter (1940), a More...
From Wikipedia:
Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
Farmer Boy (1933) - about her husband's childhood on a farm in New York
Little House on the Prairie (1935)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937), a Newbery Honor book
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939), a Newbery Honor book
The Long Winter (1940), a More...
Dec 20, 2010
Mary
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The Little House Books were the first series of books I read as a young girl. It is a wonderful series for children and adults alike. It is very interesting to read what life was like in the 1880's in the early years of our country. It was interesting to read in my childhood, but even moreso today in a sense. I thought things were so advanced in the years I was a child - but children today have things that I didn't have and of course none of the things in our lifetimes were things that Laura and
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Apr 17, 2010
Kathy
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I read these as a young girl and loved them. That's about all I remembered about them, though. So I decided to read them again, and I'm so glad I did!
Reasons I loved these books:
1. They are clean and wholesome.
2. They teach responsibility and hard work.
3. They teach about gratitude and being happy with what you have instead of looking elsewhere for happiness.
4. FAMILY is emphasized and taught to be an important part of society. Laura's family is warm, l More...
Reasons I loved these books:
1. They are clean and wholesome.
2. They teach responsibility and hard work.
3. They teach about gratitude and being happy with what you have instead of looking elsewhere for happiness.
4. FAMILY is emphasized and taught to be an important part of society. Laura's family is warm, l More...
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Apr 09, 2009
Angela
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I used to listen to these books as my mother read them. My mother got them as a child they kept their gifts in the attic inside their pillow case. My mother snuck up into the attic every night to read her books she had not received yet. She loved them and still reads them to her children to this day.
The books themselves are well put together have pencil drawing and explain a lot about the early american heading south. Laura is wonderful at describing the suroundings as she moves through t More...
The books themselves are well put together have pencil drawing and explain a lot about the early american heading south. Laura is wonderful at describing the suroundings as she moves through t More...
Mar 07, 2011
Lady
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I used to own these books, and I wonder (as I do with many other books that have disappeared from my shelves) what happened to them. They are delightful, almost timeless, which is ironic considering that they are about a time, and places, that are long gone. I would read them again and again, and I learned a great deal about all sorts of esoteric things - cheesemaking, Godey's Lady's Book, courting rituals, daily life in the unsettled West, subjects studied in schools (which we have long since n
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May 14, 2010
Aerin
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This is the edition I had as a child, read so many times that the spines were all cracked and each volume fell open to my favorite chapter:
My copies are long gone; I haven't seen them in years and I assume they were given away or sold in a garage sale at some point in the fuzzy past. But I can't tell you how much just finding this picture has made me achingly nostalgic for these books I loved so much so long ago. I want to buy a new set and reread them, but it wouldn't More...
My copies are long gone; I haven't seen them in years and I assume they were given away or sold in a garage sale at some point in the fuzzy past. But I can't tell you how much just finding this picture has made me achingly nostalgic for these books I loved so much so long ago. I want to buy a new set and reread them, but it wouldn't More...
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Jan 16, 2009
Joanne
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My husband found this collection in a used book store and bought it for me as a Christmas gift. He knew how much I loved these books, and that I had this same collection as a child (my mom gave me this same set when I was 9 or 10). I tore through all of them at record speed, and loved them as much as ever. The day to day life of the Ingalls family, their struggles, and triumphs, brought me back to being a little girl in love with these books. The saddest part however, was, that aside from the f
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Jun 29, 2011
Knightlindsey
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I literally have read this entire set at least 10 times throughout my childhood. I love how Laura Ingalls Wilder made the simplest things sound wonderful: such as receiving a shiny new penny and peppermint stick for Christmas, singing around the fire while pa played the fiddle, the joy of a new dress - hand sewn out of fresh calico, and homemade biscuits. Her life was full of challenges and great hardship, yet her positive attitude permeates her narrative. I gained such an appreciati More...
Jun 14, 2011
Larissa
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These books taught me to fall in love with reading. Not only did these books teach me so much about life in general *such as how to make cheese from scratch* but they really just expanded my worldview as a child. I have a great sense of nostalgia when I think of this series. But more than that, I feel that Laura Ingalls Wilder had such a gift for storytelling. Her literary voice is just beautiful. The stories were humorous, and touching, and you always wanted things to turn out for the best for
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May 01, 2010
Nycdreamin
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So this isn't really the edition my fmily owned but I don't see that one listed here. I remember being 1st or 2nd grade when our teacher read us "Little House in the Big Woods" and loving it. I soon read one or two of the books on my own and in short time my mom and step dad invested in a box set of the complete set of paperbacks. One or two nights a week my brother and I and mom would sit and listen ad my step-father read a few chapters at a time aloud to us. I remember those as good
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Oct 22, 2009
Kelli
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Love ths set. My mom bought it for me when I was a child, and now we are reading them to my 4 year old daughter who also loves them. I will say that the subsequent books in the series are not as engaging as the first novel, "Little House in the Big Woods" but they are still a great introduction to the time period. Also, you may have to explain a little about Native Americans, some of the books portray Native Americans in a poor light that does not explain what really happened. We've
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Oct 22, 2009
My aunt loaned me this box set after I finished the Boxcar Children and I was searching for another series to read. I think what fascinated me most was the fact that this was a whole different world from the one I grew up in, and it was about pioneers making a new life in the wilderness. I remember how they got the wagon across a great wide river, how they had to clear trees for a cabin, how they had to tie a rope from the cabin to the barn to keep from getting lost in a snowstorm, and how the
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Dec 27, 2008
Tamara
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I literally have read this entire set at least 10 times throughout my childhood. I love how Laura Ingalls Wilder made the simplest things sound wonderful: such as receiving a shiny new penny and peppermint stick for Christmas, singing around the fire while pa played the fiddle, the joy of a new dress - hand sewn out of fresh calico, and homemade biscuits. Her life was full of challenges and great hardship, yet her positive attitude permeates her narrative. I gained such an appreciation of ou
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Nov 09, 2007
Natalie
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I re-read the majority of these about 5, 6 summers ago. They are delightful, and I'll never forget the stories. I want to read them to my children (for my benefit and theirs!). I think that On the Banks of Plum Creek and Little House in the Big Woods are my favorites.
Jan 08, 2009
Doralyn
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I know my mom read these to me, but I don't know if I read them myself. If I did, I was really little. I'm enjoying the series. I like how she describes everything they did to make a life, how much their lives revolved around simply surviving. However, the little moral lessons I could do without ("children should be seen and not heard" etc). I think Laura passive aggressively describes Mary on a regular basis, making her seem really anal and unpleasant. And the way she describes hersel
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Jan 06, 2010
Lkohn
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Every child should read or be read these books. And not just girls...my boys loved these stories and there are lessons to be learned by all about gratitude, perserverance, work, sacrifice and love.
I LOVE this series and although I don't normally enjoy re-reading books, these I could read again and again. I sepecially liked Little House on the Praire, Little Town on the Prairie, The Long Winter, and These Happy Golden Years. I did not enjoy Farmer Boy Much and I really wish I would More...
I LOVE this series and although I don't normally enjoy re-reading books, these I could read again and again. I sepecially liked Little House on the Praire, Little Town on the Prairie, The Long Winter, and These Happy Golden Years. I did not enjoy Farmer Boy Much and I really wish I would More...
Sep 30, 2011
Lori
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Most people love these novels, and I can't for the life of me understand why. I was given the collection growing up and read them, but I never cared much for them and never re-read them.
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Aug 03, 2011
Minna
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Long summers for me meant lots of time to read. I read the entire Little House-series during one summer and I liked it. They were entertaining, but I'm not really sure how they'd hold up for me today. What struck me at the time was that Laura clearly idolized her parents, mainly her father. He was always described as a capable, strong and sensible man. This is what made me unsure how much of the books are real and what is added fluff or nostalgia seen from a little girls point of view.
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Feb 24, 2011
Brandy
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this was a christmas gift from a man in my childhood life that i dont have very good memories from. But!this was one and the few good things i ever recieved from him, and i read all of them,and amazingly still remember alot about, and i wrapped myself up in these books to disappear into these girls lives that were very simple times, and i remember thinking just how much the were loved by their daddy, and it made me long for my own real father to swoop out of nowhere and love me like this dad lov
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Jul 07, 2009
Amy
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I've been reading this series to my 6yr-old daughter for many months. I read it as a child and loved it and now see it through totally new eyes, identifying with Ma (and Pa) more than the kids, seeing how desperate their situations were and how hard their lives were. Also thought a lot about my great-grandparents and grandparents who lived in South Dakota during the time the Ingalls were there. My daughter has decided she is going to be a farmer when she grows up -- did we read the same books?
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Jan 01, 2012
Desiree
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What can I say about The Little House books. :) I loved them as a child and it helped to nurture my love of reading. One of my friends at the time was a big reader and I use to think that was odd. I mean what 8 or 9 yr old spent there time reading when you could be outside riding your bike or better yet, getting dirty. We had a ritual when I'd spend the night at her house. She had this whole set and we would each pick a book to read before we went to bed. I loved Laura and reading about a
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Sep 16, 2009
Natasha
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I was in love with The Little House Collection when I was in grade school. My mom would always tell me to keep reading them because I needed to see how others lived many years ago. I found them so entertaining, especially small things such as making maple syrup candy. I also think that it's important to learn about the lifestyle of families living in America a while back. It shows how much our society has progressed and how technology can really influence our daily procedures. Overall, this coll
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