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Going to Town
(My First Little House Books)
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Long, long ago, a little girl named Laura Ingalls lived in a little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters, Mary and Carrie, and their good old bulldog, Jack. One spring day Pa has a wonderful surprise--he is taking the family on a trip into town! Laura is very excited, for she has never been to a town, and this special visit is everything she
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Paperback, 32 pages
Published
February 2nd 2000
by HarperCollins
(first published 1995)
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My 4 year old son picked out this book from the library because it was about 'going to town.' I don't know what caught him about the title but when we read it before bed, he was riveted to the pages.
The story flows nicely and the illustrations are quite pretty with soft colors. We will be checking more from this series out from our library. ...more
The story flows nicely and the illustrations are quite pretty with soft colors. We will be checking more from this series out from our library. ...more
Historical fiction
K-2nd grade
This book was a simple and easy read. Great for younger kids, but not one I particularly enjoyed. I didn’t love the illustrations. They were ok, but nothing too special. I did like how they wore there bonnets and dress and that they traveled by there wagon.
K-2nd grade
This book was a simple and easy read. Great for younger kids, but not one I particularly enjoyed. I didn’t love the illustrations. They were ok, but nothing too special. I did like how they wore there bonnets and dress and that they traveled by there wagon.
She likes the scene in the yard where the girls are having a tea party?
These are the sweetest picture books.
Dec 06, 2020
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Olive doesn't like their curled hair in this book.
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This series is great! It's tiding me over until I can start reading the Little House books with my 6 yr old.
12/15/17 Read with Naomi & Julia. ...more
12/15/17 Read with Naomi & Julia. ...more
AR 3.7
My 3 year old loved me reading this book. We talked about having to go to town in a wagon and all the preparations to get ready to go to town. I hope she loves the Little House books as much as me.
Cute book as a prequel to reading the Little House series
Our family loves these illustrated versions of The Little House books!
The 'My First Little House' books are so beautifully illustrated that it gives so much to each story. It's few and far between that either of us - and especially both of us will linger on a page and take everything in. That's the norm with these books and we both get excited when we go to read a new one. (As Julia's Mom I can't put into words how thrilled I am each time she gets so excited over a book.)
Going to Town follows the Ingalls' trip into Pepin which is Laura, Mary and Carrie's first ti ...more
Going to Town follows the Ingalls' trip into Pepin which is Laura, Mary and Carrie's first ti ...more
These "first" books are absolutely wonderful! The illustrations are very nice and so eye catching for non readers. I LOVED them, am so glad I found them now I won't have to wait until my 2 year old granddaughter is older to share with her the wonderfully sweet stories of Laura and History back in pioneer days! LOVED THIS BOOK...
This one the girls are old enough to go to town with Ma and Pa and see a store for the first time. They had never seen a store before, and getting dressed up and riding i ...more
This one the girls are old enough to go to town with Ma and Pa and see a store for the first time. They had never seen a store before, and getting dressed up and riding i ...more
This is another story about Laura Ingalls Wilder. This one is about her family going to town and getting shopping done at the stores. It shows the family having a picnic with each other and Laura picking the fabric for a new dress. In the end of the story it shows the family going back home into the woods and having all their new things.
I would use this in my classroom again to teach about the pioneer days and to teach about who Laura Ingalls Wilder was. I want my students to see that they had t ...more
I would use this in my classroom again to teach about the pioneer days and to teach about who Laura Ingalls Wilder was. I want my students to see that they had t ...more
Mar 08, 2013
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Nice little picture book that takes one component of the Little House books and discusses it. Through the illustrations and activities can point out what life in the 1800s was like in the midwest and the west. Both of my boys enjoyed it.
Recommend for young elementary students as a prelude to the real books.
Recommend for young elementary students as a prelude to the real books.
Notes:
All the books in this series are beautiful.
Great intro to pioneer life, but may not connect to preschoolers with no frame of reference.
Son read them after he first learned to read.
Excerpted from Wilder's actual books. ...more
All the books in this series are beautiful.
Great intro to pioneer life, but may not connect to preschoolers with no frame of reference.
Son read them after he first learned to read.
Excerpted from Wilder's actual books. ...more
Dd loves the My First Little House series and I have to read at least two of them every night (or naptime). I actually prefer these simplified and extra-illustrated versions of LHitBW to the original novel.
April 2011 - still reading this almost every night.
April 2011 - still reading this almost every night.
I think this is a good book for grades k-2, 3-4. This book gives a little glimpse about life back in the day of Laura and I think is a great book to read. It's good to have in a classroom. The genre is biography.
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a short retelling of part of the books for younger readers
E Wil
I really love these introductory Laura Ingalls Wilder books! They've got lovely illustrations, simple words and ideas, and are a great series starter for K-2nd grades.
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picture resource of the little house on the prairie one small chapter
I am a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I really liked this simple picture book about visiting town for the first time.
AR 3.7
AR 3.7
A great segmented series that breaks out smaller stories from the series. This series is a great introduction to the Laura Ingalls Wilder series to move the young reader onto once they are ready.
The girls get all dolled up to go to the town of Pepin. They are shocked by all of the choices and items. Even so, home is the best place for the family.
Another good one in the series.
Feb 24, 2015
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I love these stories. They are beautifully illustrated and written. I adore the memories that they have captured of the settling of this country. I had to have these stories in my collection.
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