Notably, the ages of the Wilder children do not appear to be accurate to their real ages in comparison to Almanzo. Royal is stated to be thirteen, and Eliza Jane and Alice twelve and ten respectively, at the time when Almanzo is just prior to nine years old. In reality, when Almanzo turned nine, Royal would have been nineteen, old enough to leave home, and Eliza Jane and Alice would have been sixteen and twelve years old. This makes it likely that parts of the storyline based around the three older children was fabricated, at least in terms of what Almanzo himself could remember. After the deer meat had been salted several days, Pa cut a hole near the end of each piece and put a string through it. Laura watched him do this, and then she watched him hang the meat on the nails in the hollow log. Pa carved a wooden shelf for Ma for Christmas, try carving a small piece of wood. For the younger children, try carving a piece of soap with a butter knife. Changing the name of the award, or ending the award and establishing a new award, does not prohibit access to Wilder's works or suppress discussion about them," the statement continued. "Neither option asks or demands that anyone stop reading Wilder's books, talking about them, or making them available to children. These recommendations do not amount to censorship, nor do they undermine intellectual freedom."

My Little House Christmas Crafts Book (Harper, 1997), multiple writers, illus. Mary Collier and Deborah Maze, 42 pp., OCLC 37808575 Wolves lived in the Big Woods, and bears, and huge wild cats. Muskrats and mink and otter lived by the streams. Foxes had dens in the hills and deer roamed everywhere. Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, in a little gray house made of logs. Laura Ingalls Wilder fans may also wish to read these works published after her death: On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 (1962), edited and with an afterword by Rose Wilder Lane; The First Four Years (1971), the story of the Wilders' first years of marriage, edited by Roger Lea MacBride from notes left by Wilder; and West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 (1974), also edited by MacBride. It was such a busy day, with so much to see and do. Uncle Henry and Pa were jolly, and there would be spare-ribs for dinner, and Pa had promised Laura and Mary the bladder and the pig's tail.

The Wonderful MACHINE.

In 1932, at the age of 65, Wilder published the first of her eight Little House books, Little House in the Big Woods. It told the story of her early childhood years in Wisconsin and was a huge hit with readers. Wilder was 76 years old when she finished the final book in her Little House series. Yet without the help of her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, the series may never have reached a wide audience. She got her start writing about her farming experience Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. 1953. ISBN 0-06-026430-6

Once in the middle of the night Laura woke up and heard the pig squealing. Pa jumped out of bed, snatched his gun from the wall, and ran outdoors. Then Laura heard the gun go off, once, twice. Uncle Henry went home after dinner, and Pa went away to his work in the Big Woods. But for Laura and Mary and Ma, Butchering Time had only begun. There was a great deal for Ma to do, and Laura and Mary helped her. Yona Zeldis McDonough (NY: Henry Holt, 2014), Little Author in the Big Woods: A Biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, ISBN 080509542X, 156 pp., illus. Jennifer Thermes, OCLC 881064381 The "Spring Rush" comes early. The large mobilization of pioneers to the Dakotas in early March prompts Pa to leave immediately on the few days' trip to the claims office. The girls are left alone, and they spend their days and nights boarding and feeding all the pioneers passing through. They charge 25 cents for dinner and boarding, starting a savings account toward sending Mary to the School for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa, which Mary begins to attend later in the series.Anderson, William. Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa Story. Burr Oak, Iowa. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum. 2001. ISBN 0-9610088-9-X All alone in the wild Big Woods, and the snow, and the cold, the little log house was warm and snug and cosy. Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie were comfortable and happy there, especially at night. Well!" he said to her. "You're only a little half-pint of cider half drunk up, but by Jinks! you're as strong as a little French horse!" Inside Laura's Little House: The Little House on the Prairie Treasury (Harper, 2000), Carolyn Strom Collins and Christina Wyss Eriksson, illus. Renée Graef, Cathy Holly and Garth Williams, 112 pp. – "chapters explore various topics from Little House on the Prairie, providing historical and biographical information, recipes, creative activities, and related songs", OCLC 41211419 [22] Almanzo had a third sister, Laura (1844–1899), who at the time and events in the novel was already about twenty-two and had presumably moved out. He later had a brother, Perley (1869–1934), who was not yet born at the time Farmer Boy is set.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Prairie Wisdom: with Bookmark (Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publ., 2006), 78 pp., compiled by Yvonne Pope – "quotations taken from L.I. Wilder's newspaper articles and essays", OCLC 70659487 Laura and Mary watched, breathless, one on each side of Ma, while the golden little butter-pats, each with its strawberry on the top, dropped on to the plate as Ma put all the butter through the mold. Then Ma gave them each a drink of good, fresh buttermilk.

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I looked down at my feet, and then I saw that one big-toe nail had been torn clean off. I had been so scared that I had not felt it hurt till that minute." Based on a 2007 online poll, the U.S. National Education Association listed the novel as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". [5] In 2012, it was ranked number 19 on a list of the top 100 children's novels published by School Library Journal, the first of three Little House books in the Top 100. [6] Related books [ edit ] Pamela Smith Hill (South Dakota Hist. Soc., 2007), Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life, South Dakota biography series, ISBN 097779556X, 244 pp., Google Books Dorothy Smith (Distributed by Franklin County Historical and Museum Society, 1972), The Wilder Family Story, 36 pp., illustrated, OCLC 4431788

The story begins when the family is about to leave Plum Creek, shortly after the family has recovered from the scarlet fever which caused Mary to become blind. The family welcomes a visit from Aunt Docia, whom they had not seen for several years. She suggests that Pa and Ma move west to the rapidly developing Dakota Territory, where Pa could work in Uncle Henry's railroad camp. Ma and Pa agree, since it will allow Pa to look for a homestead while he works. The family has endured many hardships on Plum Creek and Pa especially is anxious for a new start. After selling his land and farm to neighbors, Pa goes ahead with the wagon and team. Mary is still too weak to travel so the rest of the family follows later by train.The Little House Christmas Theater Kit (Harper, 1995), Douglas Love, illus. Renée Graef – director's guide and copies of the plays "Mr. Edwards meets Santa Claus" and "The Christmas Horse" adapted by Love from the third and fourth Little House novels, OCLC 34326045; director's guide reissued by Scholastic, 1999, OCLC 52338616