Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Thanks to the show, this is the place most closely associated with. Wilder writes the book from an innocent child’s perspective rather than that of a grown adult, reflecting on past events, perhaps to make the story more relatable to her young readers. Walnut Grove is the setting for the 'Little House on the Prairie' television series, which aired from 1974 to 1983. Reflecting Laura’s young age and the target audience of young readers, the narration is written in a simple style. Official website of Little House on the Prairie which serves as a home for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic books and the beloved television show. Her follow-up, an account of Almanzo's childhood entitled Farmer Boy, provided a dramatic contrast to Laura's early life. He immediately packs up the house and reassembles the covered wagon, and the family moves on the next day, looking for a new place to call home. The first book in the Little House series, Little House in the Big Woods, was published in 1932, when Laura Ingalls Wilder was 65 years old, according to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Just as Pa is preparing farm fields to grow crops and a garden, he learns that US soldiers will be coming through the territory to remove white settlers rather than allowing them to claim land.

She loves to hear Pa play the fiddle in the evenings, which he does often.Ī year after the family arrives in Kansas, many Native Americans leave the area. Laura and Mary love playing and frolicking on the prairie, and Laura is captivated by the landscape and by the family’s animals-dog Jack, the horses Pet and Patty, and a foal named Bunny. The house is very isolated from other settlers, but the family interacts with a few neighbors, a bachelor named Mr. Potentially dangerous wildlife is also nearby, and the family has run-ins with wolves and a panther. Natives sometimes come into their house, and Laura’s parents feel compelled to give them supplies when they indicate that they want something. Native Americans often pass through and camp near the family’s house, putting them on edge because they are afraid the Native Americans will be hostile toward them.

Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder