A narrative portrait of the author of the Little House series details her real life as a young pioneer traveling west with her family and homesteading on new territories, revealing how her actual life differed from the adventures in her books.
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
activities based on research from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Homes and Museums
Rozakis, Laurie
1993
This book extends the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder beyond the pages of the "Little house" books by using seldom-seen family photographs, maps, original manuscript pages, quotes and artifacts as the basis for hands-on classroom activities.
June Jordan --- Audre Lord --- Alice Walker --- Frederick Douglass --- William Dean Howell --- Laura Ingalls Wilder --- Louise Erdrich --- Phillip Roth --- Walter Dean Myers --- Chang-Rae Lee --- Margaret Atwood
2017
Examines the nature and significance of social justice themes for a number of well-known American authors over the last two hundred years.
Chronicles the adventures of the Ingalls family as they stake their claim to a rugged parcel of land on the Kansas prairie. Their exciting journey brings them face-to-face with mysterious Indians, wild animals and their peculiar new neighbors.
Laura Ingalls travels with her family from the big woods of Wisconsin to the prairies of Kansas, where they build a house, meet neighboring Native Americans, and face the challenges of frontier life.
