The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s real childhood as an American pioneer and are cherished by readers of all generations. In her spare time, she sews shirts to help earn money to send Mary to a college for the blind. Laura also receives her teaching certificate and can work at a school. And, best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to being walking her home from church. Life in the little town certainly is exciting! In Little Town on the Prairie, the young town of De Smet has survived the long, harsh winter of 1880-1881. With the arrival of spring comes invitations to socials, parties, and “literaries.” Laura, who is now fifteen years old, attends her first evening social. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams. She had learned much from her experiences growing up as the daughter of homesteaders, and she turned those experiences into stories still loved by millions today.Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie is the seventh book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. Laura Ingalls Wilder lived to be 90 years old. She was 63 years old when she started writing her books. Farmer boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town On the Prairie, and Those Happy Golden Years all followed. The book was very popular with children and young adults, so she kept writing. Laura liked the idea and wrote her first book, Little House in the Big Woods. It was Rose who encouraged her mother to begin writing stories about her days growing up on the prairie. Laura and Almanzo's daughter grew up to be the famous novelist Rose Wilder Lane. Like her parents before her, Laura and her family moved around quite a bit, living in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Florida before finally settling down on a farm in Mansfield, Missouri. They had a daughter and a son, but the little boy died in infancy. There she met Almanzo Wilder, who she married when she was 18. Laura Ingalls went to school for a time and began working as a teacher when she was only 15 years old.
One winter, the entire community of De Smet was cut off from the rest of the area by continuous blizzards. Backbreaking labor, solitude, and natural disasters were commonplace to most homesteading families, and the Ingalls' were no exception. While homesteading in De Smet, the Ingalls family faced many of the same hardships that nearly all homesteaders experienced. Besides Wisconsin, They also lived in Kansas, Iowa, and Minnesota before becoming homesteaders. While she was growing up, her family moved several times before settling on 160 acres of homesteading land in South Dakota. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born to Charles and Caroline Ingalls in Wisconsin in 1867.
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