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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
By the mid-1930s Laura Ingalls Wilder's journeys had taken her from Wisconsin to South Dakota, from Missouri to California and back again. She had traveled by wagon, by train, and by car; alone, with her husband, and with her daughter. She had watched the times, seasons, and people change over six decades of traveling. But one thing remained the same: Laura always kept a pencil and paper with her to jot down notes about her experiences. For the...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Relive the Oleson's adoption of Nancy, and every endearing moment of season eight of the series, with restored and remastered picture and sound. Share memories with the Wilders and Ingalls when snowed in at Christmas, witness Almanzo's stroke and the birth of baby Rose, and behold Charles' faith as he pleads for his adopted son's life, in this completely uncut and unforgettable, 22-episode saga.
126) Going to town
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A little pioneer girl and her family, living in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, make their first trip into town to visit the general store.
128) Bedtime for Laura
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
It's bedtime in the little house on the prairie for Laura.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Almanzo Wilder comes to Walnut Grove with his sister Eliza-Jane, the new schoolteacher. The Ingalls decide to adopt Albert. Nels Oleson is reunited with his estranged sister. A faith healer convinces the citizens of Walnut Grove to trust him. Caroline's father discovers a talent as a storyteller while grieving after the loss of his wife. Laura and Mary are held captive by escaped convicts until Charles disarms the criminals. Albert and a friend accidentally...
Author
Description
Mr. Edwards … that colorful Tennessee Wildcat Laura Ingalls Wilder so deeply loved. He helped Pa build the family’s cabin, saved Christmas by carrying presents across a raging creek, and spit farther than Laura thought possible. Though he was a little rough around the edges, Laura simply adored Mr. Edwards. Through her vivid, heartwarming stories, we came to love him, too.
But who was he? Virtually all Laura’s Little House characters were real...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Ten-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, experiences the larger world outside of tiny Glencaraid, Scotland, when she goes to visit her married sister in Perth.
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
A biography of the author of The Little House on the Prairie series that comes to life only in the recounting of the stormy relationship between Wilder and her daughter. Those fictionalized accounts of Wilder's turn-of-the-century girlhood on the rural frontier are accurate both in spirit and largely in fact. The first part of this biography reruns those years in detail, but Miller (History/South Dakota State Univ.) also examines the controversy about...