The World of Little HouseStep back in time and experience all the wonders of Laura and her pioneer life. At the heart of this book are chapters revolving around Laura’s nine Little House books, each exploring in detail the stories, houses, landscapes, journeys, foods, activities, and crafts of her pioneer life. Meticulously researched, lovingly written and beautifully illustrated, The World of Little House is for anyone who has ever read and loved the Little House books. Included in this glorious volume are *floorplans of Laura's little houses *a timeline showing events in Laura’s life and the United States *a biography illustrated with historic photographs *a family tree showing four generations of the Ingalls and Wilder families *a guide to all the Little House sites and museums *a selected bibliography of books about Laura and Little House *reproductions of Garth Williams’ original covers *over 150 full-color illustrations *over 20 Little House recipes, crafts and activities *embroidered satin ribbon marker |
Contents
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13 | |
Little House on the Prairie | 25 |
Farmer Boy | 39 |
On the Banks of Plum Greek | 51 |
By the Shores of Silver Lake | 63 |
The Long Winter | 75 |
Little Town on the Prairie | 87 |
These Happy Golden Years | 99 |
The First Four Years | 111 |
The Rocky Ridge Years | 123 |
Laura and Little House Through the Years | 133 |
Seeing the Little House Sites Today | 143 |
Bibliography | 147 |
Index | 149 |
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Almanzo Wilder apple baking Banks of Plum beads Bedroom Big Woods blizzard boiling Brewster brown sugar Burr Oak butter cakes candy Candy thermometer Carrie Charles Ingalls Christmas church churn claim shanty clove COOK county fair covered wagon Dakota Territory dish dugout Eliza farmhouse flour frontier Garth Williams girls Happy Golden homestead horses Ingalls family Ingallses Ingallses moved Inside Iowa Kansas kitchen land Laura and Almanzo Laura and Mary Laura described Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura was growing Little House books Little Town log cabin long winter Ma's Mansfield married Mary and Laura miles Minnesota Missouri Mixing spoon molasses museum P.O. Box Pa's pancakes paper Pepin pioneer Plum Creek prairie published pumpkin Quiner railroad recipe Rocky Ridge Farm Rose Wilder Rose Wilder Lane sewing Shores of Silver Silver Lake Smet South Dakota spoon spring square teaspoon train Walnut Grove World of Little