The third 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.The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and … Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for the big skies of the Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their house. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict.
The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura’s own childhood and 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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One of my favorite stories at a child. <3
Loved these books! Read them all more than once. Have the whole series. Definitely recommend them for the young ladies.
I loved the series and considering I was named after Half Pint it only seems fitting.
This book and this whole series is such a fascinating look at pioneer life in the early days of America. I grew up in the Midwest in a rural farming town. I have been lucky enough to visit each of the historic sites where they lived. The ones with the most information and memorable items are in De Smet, SD and in Mansfield, MO.
I loved this series of books!
This is the third book in the Little House Series, and it is the second adventure of Laura Ingalls and her family. Because of dwindling resources in the Big Woods due to an increase of the human population, Pa decides to sell the cabin and head west. So Laura sets off with her family off to the plains of Oklahoma where they settle down and start their life on the prairie.
With the same beloved characters that we were introduced to in the first book, we are told the next tale in Laura’s life of growing up as a pioneer. This time she and her family ride into Indian Territory and construct a log cabin on the never-ending prairie. They meet neighbors who have also moved out west, and they settle in. There are new problems that face the family in their new environment, and with the family’s bond and ingenuity in the face of unknown adversity.
While I love the Little House Series, there are some parts that are a big unsavory. At one point, Laura wants to keep an Indian baby for her very own without giving a thought for the mother or the baby. This behavior is due both to the time when the story was written and the period where the story is set as well as how foreign Indians were to Laura and her family and her age. There is blatant hatred against Indians from some secondary characters, and this also is due to the time period and the horror stories that were passed around. I believe that Laura wanted to keep her account as authentic as possible when writing it out, and I believe it tells the story of how she saw the Indians based on her upbringing.
Overall, I loved this book, though there were some parts that I didn’t agree with. This is a classic story and a wonderful show of human adaptivity in new environments. I would recommend this for older children to fully take in the wonderful story as well as start meaningful discussions. The characters are just as real, and the book is amazing. If you love good stories, great characters, and a look back through history, this is the book for you.
Should be read with understanding of the history of our nation. Adult guidance would be helpful. Suggest starting with Little House In the Big Woods.
It was the next best thing to being there, reading Laura’s picturesque story of pioneer life along wagon trails & homesteading. Gifted writer, she was. I ended up both in admiration of these plucky families, and also very appreciative of both the accurate TV series & our modern standard of living!
4 star
Talks of living in the wagon until they could make their home in Indian territory only to come to find out that the Indian were being pushed one way on into the territory and the ingallas out.
I’d forgotten how exciting this book is, with crossing a flooding creek, the wolf-pack, Indians, a terrible fever, and the prairie fire!
I like the book and the movies
I have read Little House in the Prairie to each of my young children, and it has been a wonderful source of inspiration as well as a terrific glimpse into history. Often when teaching history in other contexts, I use Little House books as a reference point, so my kids understand what was going on in the western US while other advancements were taking place elsewhere. The characters are superlatively drawn, authentic, with great sensitivity to all kinds of people including the settlers, merchants, and the Native Americans. A timeless story that inspires the best in human adventure.
THIS! This book series had a HUGE impact on me as a kid! I loved it, and I would always dream about living in the “olden days” just like in Little House! This was so much a part of my childhood that I use it as a reference in my “Molly Parker” books, and I reference it often! Highly Recommend!
Loved the TV series as a child but love the books even more as an adult
From my favorite books as a girl. Just wonderful.
If you like Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott, this is the book for you! It is a fun, historical fiction, hope you enjoy…
Read this series (and watched the TV show) as a kid and like most kids my age from any generation who reads it, fell in love with it. A definite must-classic for kids 7-11.
Little House on the Prairie is a book that was read to me as a child. This is my first time reading it for myself. I was always fond of the story when I was younger. Now I am reading this series to my seven year old son. He is really enjoying the series so far. He is very inquisitive. He asks me so many questions as I read it to him. The story seems very engaging to him. Hearing the story again as an adult the experience is much different. It is a good story, but much of the wording is repetitive and seems unnecessary. The author goes into descriptive details about every little thing and it seems like most of the book is made up of this. This is definitely something that I would recommend to young children. Not especially young, however, because my four year old son isn’t the least bit interested in it. I don’t think that this story could keep the attention of older children. This is a story that I think everyone should read at least once in their lives. Definitely a classic tale.
Loved it as a child and loved it just as much as an adult!
This book is very interesting because there were very attractive characters and the story is very creature.