Pre-Owned Un Granjero de Diez Anos (Paperback) by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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I remember enjoying this book when I was a boy, but considering it to be kind of a side-track from the main narrative (which it is if you consider the Little House book series as a whole). However, this reading to my boys I thoroughly enjoyed. I appreciated the understanding of how difficult bu...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Probably my favorite - I loved all the descriptions of food, and of chores.Reread to my teen son. I wouldn't try to inflict Laura's stories on him, but this one is basically a stand-alone. And my son says Almanzo is 'so cute' in his eagerness to be thought responsible enough to do real chores and...

from LCoale1

I love this book like no other! I grew up with it, and know half of it word for word, but I still love re-reading it. It's like a book version of comfort food. The descriptions are vivid and wonderful. I really get a picture of what it'd be like to live in the 1800s on a farm, it's great.

from elljazz

Since my first four children are boys, I thought Farmer Boy would be the perfect introduction for them to the works of Laura Ingalls Wilder. The hero of this story is Almanzo Wilder, a spunky country boy who is only 9 years old when the story opens. Almanzo lives in New York State in the late 19t...

from Zathras86

I came back to this old childhood favorite because I am spending this summer working on a small vegetable farm. These books are every bit as wonderful as they were when I first read them as a child, although I notice different things now. This is certainly an idealized version of 19th-century Ame...