Classic Family Story of the Frontier

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	• Little House in the Big Woods Book and Charm (Charming Classics) Laura Ingalls Wilder HarperFestival, 2005 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great story, cute charm necklace

My sons love this story. When our old book was too torn-up to read I ordered this copy. I didn't receive any discount off the list price through Amazon, but the fiddle charm necklace was a nice touch. My 4 year-old was so excited about it. He wore it until the chain broke!

Good Book

This book was a good book. It was because I really like Little House movies, but the books describe more my parents say so I tried the book. Also because sometimes when a character says he or she is going to tell a story, they tell the story actually to you from start to finish. If you'd like to know about how it was in the old days this is the book for you!
This book is about lots of things. Lots of things happen in this book it is almost like there are different stories in it. There are so many things that I don't want to give away any. Plus in the book the stories that the parents tell are funny or scary. Also the book has a few pictures in it now and then. Also these books come in big pack so you can have a lot of these books!

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My Children are enjoying this book

My children are small, but I wanted to find a book that was a little more advanced for them that I could read to them before bedtime. We are all enjoying this book. There are a few things I need to explain to them that are false (for example celebration of Santa Claus and conduct/behavior on Sunday). Overall this is a light-hearted book that displays a love that a family has for each other. I am planning to read each book separately instead of purchasing the entire collection of books.

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The book was great and my grandaughter loved it, but the neckless chain was broke inside the book.I had to go buy a new chain the day after christmas.

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Classic Family Story of the Frontier

This is a classic that has been read by generations of readers. It is the beginning of Laura Ingalls Wilder's tales of frontier life. Set in the "Big Woods" of Wisconsin in the 1870s, the story is told from the point of view of five-year-old Laura, the middle sister of three, who lives with her parents in a log cabin where her father earns his living as a trapper.

Wilder describes life in the 1870s in painstaking detail that keeps the story interesting without ever bogging down the pacing. The story takes the reader through a year in the life of the family, from the harvest and storing of food for the winter, through the Christmas celebrations, and the playful days of summer.

All of the family's work and play is described, with the occasional tall tale from Pa Ingalls, often told with a lesson in mind for the girls. The cycle of the year forms the structure and plot of the story, although the central conflict involves Laura's struggle with her jealous feelings toward her older sister.

There is humor and tenderness spread throughout the story, as well as a constant subtle tension as the reader is reminded of how fragile life on the frontier can be. The family has only themselves to rely on. Neighbors and relatives are distant, and the nearest town is far enough away that they only make one trip to town in a year. The story does not dance around the realities of hunting and raising animals for food. In fact, the first chapter is devoted mostly to the butchering of the family's hog.

Wilder's talent for description makes this an educational story, but her considerable skills as a storyteller give us characters that we care about as they live their lives in the Big Woods.

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America's Original Pioneer Girl

Meet Laura Ingalls, the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books.

Wolves and panthers and bears roam the deep Wisconsin woods in the late 1870's. In those same woods, Laura lives with Pa and Ma, and her sisters, Mary and Baby Carrie, in a snug little house built of logs. Pa hunts and traps. Ma makes her own cheese and butter. All night long, the wind howls lonesomely, but Pa plays the fiddle and sings, keeping the family safe and cozy.

Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in the Laura Years series.

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