Little House Little Town on the Prairie: A Newbery Honor Award Winner, Book 7, (Paperback)

from rainpebble

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder; (4*) After the long winter of blizzards and near starvation, the Ingalls family is finally enjoying settlling into life in the town. The family is becoming more affluent and there's so much happening in their lives. I love the bit about the kitt...

from tjsjohanna

In this book, the reader has to face the fact that Laura is really pretty grown up. She is contemplating her future as a school teacher and Almanzo Wilder is beginning to court her. Mary has passed out of the main thrust of the story since she has gone away to school. Reading about how the town e...

from EmScape

Laura is growing up! She is one of the oldest girls in school and studying all she can so she can get a teaching certificate to earn money to keep her sister in college. She attends Literaries, Sociables and parties. The town is growing and more of this book takes place in society with neighbors ...

from TeresaInTexas

Of all the "Little House" books, this one is the happiest to me. Laura finally gets some decent friends to hang out with (Mary Power and Minnie) and even gets a social life during these early teenage years. I always read the chapter on The Fourth of July on that holiday--it really captures the sm...

from fingerpost

The town of De Smet is growing, as is Laura. Now 15, she is about to finish school, hopefully to get her teacher's certificate. Mary is sent to college, and little Carrie is a weak child, but growing too. A decent entry in the series, severely marred by one chapter, "The Madcap Days," which adds ...