Pa’s fireside stories and Laura’s daily experiences acquaint us with the Big Woods of Wisconsin—think hungry bears and … Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes. Pa accepts a job in the Dakota Territory, where he will work on a new railroad and claim their final homestead. When Laura was still a baby, Pa and Ma decided to move to a farm near Keytesville, Missouri, and the family lived there about a year. Marriage brings the happy beginnings of Laura’s new life with Almanzo Wilder. After spending many sleepless weeks at the Brewsters’ while working as a teacher, Laura finally moves home. This list has the most popular Little House on the Prairie books, and … $9.99. The only book in the series that doesn’t focus on the Ingalls family, this tale of Almanzo Wilder—who would grow up to marry Laura—is low on the pioneer hardship meter, but high on charm. | $9.99. On the Banks of Plum Creek, Book 4 The Long Winter, Book 6 4.19 avg rating — 64,913 ratings. Why does a book with such a title come in at number five on the Cruelties of Life scale? The eighth book, These Happy Golden Years, featured Laura Ingalls at ages 15 to 18 and was originally published with one page at the end containing the note, "The end of the Little House books." The absolute best Little House on the Prairie books ever written, by Laura Ingalls Wilder and other authors, ranked from the most popular to the least based on the votes cast for each listing. These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) by. If her childhood as a pioneer girl brought a constant stream of adventures, Laura’s experience as a farm wife is filled with just as many surprises and, often, devastating tribulations. Browse Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House box sets and more. Little House on the Prairie, The Long Winter, On the Banks of Plum Creek. Here are lists of the top children's fiction and storybooks to line your child's bookshelf. As pioneers in nineteenth-century America, the protagonists of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiographical Little House series faced bone-chilling winters, disappearing food supplies, and prairie wolves that would happily make a meal out of little girls in calico dresses. list created February 5th, 2012 You must have a goodreads account to vote. The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9), Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3), Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1), These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8), Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7), The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4), By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5), The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie, West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 (Little House #11), On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 (Little House #10), Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Journeys Across America, Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and Places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Life and books, Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years, A Little House Sampler: A Collection of Early Stories and Reminiscenses, Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings, Dear Laura: Letters from Children to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook: Favorite Songs from the Little House Books, Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Inside Laura's Little House: The Little House on the Prairie Treasury, A Little House of Their Own (Little House: The Caroline Years, #7), My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself, Little House in Brookfield (Little House: The Caroline Years, #1), Little House by Boston Bay (Little House: The Charlotte Years, #1), A Little House Christmas: Holiday Stories From the Little House Books, A Little House Reader: A Collection of Writings by Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Don't Trade the Baby for a Horse: And Other Ways to Make Your Life a Little More Laura Ingalls Wilder, Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Behind the Legend, Little Author in the Big Woods: A Biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet, Little House, Long Shadow: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Impact on American Culture, Across the Rolling River (Little House: The Caroline Years, #5), Little City by the Lake (Little House: The Caroline Years, #6), On Top of Concord Hill (Little House: The Caroline Years, #4), On Tide Mill Lane (Little House: The Charlotte Years, #2), The Road from Roxbury (Little House: The Charlotte Years, #3), Across the Puddingstone Dam (Little House: The Charlotte Years, #4), From the Mouth of Ma: A Search for Caroline Quiner Ingalls, The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks, Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Life as a Pioneer Woman (Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder #2), Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up in the Little House, Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #1), The Laura Ingalls Wilder Country Cookbook, Little Farm in the Ozarks (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #2), A Little House Picture Book Treasury: Six Stories of Life on the Prairie, Little House in the Highlands (Little House: The Martha Years, #1), Laura Ingalls Wilder: Storyteller of the Prairie, The Three Faces of Nellie: The Real Story Behind Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Nellie Oleson", The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books, Prairie Girl: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Saving Graces: The Inspirational Writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pioneer Girl Perspectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls' Friends Remember Her: Memories From Laura's Ozarks Home, The 40 Most Popular Horror Novels of the Last 5 Years. Farmer Boy, Book 3 Latest Book in the Series. Whatever life threw at the Ingallses, they caught it and whittled it into a thing of beauty, or at least overcame it with trademark pioneer fortitude. Laura’s safety is compromised when Mrs. Brewster, the hateful mistress of her temporary lodgings, threatens to slice and dice Mr. Brewster. On his way back, a terrible blizzard strikes and Pa nearly freezes, proving once again that pioneer life is not for the faint of heart. 9. 15 Gift-Card-Worthy New Books for Young Readers, Head to Your Local B&N Saturday, December 21st for a Storytime Event Featuring. Little House in the Big Woods, Book 1 The book that started it all is filled with admirable examples of PTCB (pioneers taking care of business). score: 1,236 , and 13 people voted. Luckily, the attentions of bachelor hunk Almanzo Wilder are enough to offset Laura’s Nellie-induced woe. Little House on the Prairie, Book 2 Bad weather has prevented trains from delivering supplies, and Pa worries that the family may starve. by. Laura’s own school resumes, and she finds that Nellie Oleson, her haughty nemesis from Minnesota, has moved to town. 8. An episode of scarlet fever sickens everyone but Pa and Laura, and leaves Mary blind. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4. The absolute best Little House on the Prairie books ever written, by Laura Ingalls Wilder and other authors, ranked from the most popular to the least based on the votes cast for each listing. Paperback Pa issues his best oh-no-they-didn’t and packs up the covered wagon once more. 8 Series for Kids to Read After They Finish Dog Man. Nature and family are central themes in the series, and here it is established that these two forces are the lifeblood of the Ingalls tribe. Paperback The book that started it all is filled with admirable examples of PTCB (pioneers taking care of business). 8. Pa’s fireside stories and Laura’s daily experiences acquaint us with the Big Woods of Wisconsin—think hungry bears and panthers—and the ways of pioneer life. Here, Pa builds a house and plants crops, and the family survives a bout with malaria. 1. 2. The Ingallses leave Indian Territory for Minnesota, where Pa builds a beautiful house, the girls attend school, and Laura has her first encounters with meanie Nellie Oleson. Nothing inspires growth and development quite like reading (and being read to). Family fortunes quickly fade, however, when a grasshopper plague obliterates the crops, and Pa travels 300 miles away—on foot—to find work. 5. Like most homesteading families, the Ingallses have moved to town for the interminable winter, and food stores are low. Paperback For the thousands of devoted fans of the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder (who was born on February 7, 1867), that problem is particularly acute. Almanzo’s childhood underscores the differences between families who chose to stay in one place and those who, like the Ingallses, opted for life as roving settlers. Head to Your Local B&N for Storytime at 11am Saturday 12/28 and Baby & Me Storytime at 11am Sunday 12/29! 1 Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 2017) $12.99. Clear rating. Little House on the Prairie Book Series (9 Books) All Formats Kindle Edition From Book 1.