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Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)

Laura Ingalls Wilder,

Garth Williams (Illustrator)

Start date: November 1, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

Discussion: Group Read Archive 2014-16

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Jan 05, 2012 Janakap rated it it was amazing

I own all of the Little House books, and adored Melissa Gilbert in the TV series. My favorite of all of Wilders' memoirs is Little House in the Big Woods, which is the first in the series and the "pre-quel" to Little House on the Prairie. The writing of Little House on the Prairie is descriptive and makes me feel as though I was travelling in the wagon with Laura and her family. The book tells the tale of the Ingalls family moving from Wisconsin to Minnesota in a horse drawn wagon. I give all pi ...more

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Dec 29, 2021 Elle rated it really liked it

4.5 stars. I loved this tale of the Ingalls family's move from Wisconsin to Kansas. It continued my education about the historical time period as well as all of the amazing homesteading tasks that were undertaken by the family as a regular course of their year. I did not appreciate Caroline Ingalls in this volume as I found her disturbingly racist with regard to the indigenous peoples, but I do understand that the story was supposed to be written true to her character. I enjoyed the fact that Ch ...more

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