The second book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams’s classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.While Laura Ingalls grows up on the prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his … State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town. Almanzo wishes for just one thing—his very own horse—and he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.
Farmer Boy is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved story of how her husband, Almanzo, grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.
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Farmer Boy is the only one of the Little House on the Prairie series that is written more from a male perspective. It is a wonderful read. Laura Ingalls never disappoints!
The second book in the Little House Series isn’t about Laura and her family but about her future husband Almanzo Wilder. Instead of being isolated in the Big Woods, Almanzo is settled on a farm in New York, just a buggy ride from town with his two sisters, Eliza Jane and Alice and his brother Royal.
In this close-knit family, we enter the scene just as the winter term of school is starting. Almanzo begins his first year of school, and it is quite the first term. With the threat of the big boys beating the teacher up so badly that the school is forced to close. But Mr. Corse is not the kind of man to cave to pressure, and the ensuing action is a great start to the life of Almanzo.
With a farm to run, there is plenty of work to do, but there is also quite a bit of play. Each character is unique, and their family dynamics are great fun to watch. There are animals to break, stories to tell, and much fun all in the simple lives of a farming family that love each other and work hard. And in between all of the work and play are meals described in such detail that they make my mouth water.
If you liked Laura’s first book, this second book is a great counter, told from a boy’s perspective, of the hardworking lives of farmers in the 1800s. The setting and descriptions are fantastic and make you feel like you’re right there with Almanzo and the rest of the Wilders. If you want a good, wholesome book to share with the family, this is the book for you, and you don’t even need to read the first book to understand it.
Although I have enjoyed re-reading Laura Wilder’s books about HER growing up, reading this one about Almonzo was a nice change. The books is written very similar in format as the others in the Little House series except it’s about Almonzo and his growing up when he was about 8-9 years old. She gets very descriptive at times on things, which to me was a down fall ’cause I mean how much detail do we really need? But without SOME of the details the books wouldn’t be what they are now would they? This book would be a good one for a boy or girl to pick up and read or for a parent to read to their child
I hadn’t read these books for decades, but what a pleasure it is to learn how things were done in the old days while getting acquainted with the boyhood stories of the man who eventually married Laura Ingalls.
It is Laura´s husbands point of view the wilder boys growing up
From my favorite books as a girl. Just wonderful.
I loved it. perfect content for a farmer and for a year.
This book interestingly is told in the literary voice of the young boy who one day grows up to marry Laura Ingalls. It’s obvious that Laura Ingalls Wilder used the details about his boyhood passed on to her ny her husband. I like that she still used the viewpoint of a child to tell the story. It’s more relatable to her target audience. Good details on farm living.
Read often as a child, still pick it up from time to time for a comfort read.
My 8 year old son and I read this together and he loved it. He liked the story about life on a farm and how descriptive it was. He could picture it in his head just how things were. He was happy to know that Alonzo grew up to be a good man and know we are starting to read the rest of the Little House books.
Good clean reading. A peek into the past.