Little House Little House in the Big Woods, Book 1, (Hardcover)

from Micareads

This is a re-read for me as it's been so long since I've been able to sit down and enjoy the story from another perspective. As an adult, it is easier for me to understand the simplicity behind the telling of the Ingalls' story and the way Laura Ingalls chose to describe the area in which she liv...

from bratlaw

A book by a favorite author. I've reread this series so many times, the books are becoming very worn. Laura and her family, Pa, Ma, Mary, and baby Carrie live in the big words of Wisconsin near Pepin. Laura"s unique style of story telling is appealing to all ages.

from megadallion

Unfortunately, I didn't read this as a little girl. I really wish I had though because it was amazing. I can't believe I learned so much from a children's book - everything from how pioneers had to make houses and furniture to how they concocted cheese and candy. This gives an intimate view of wh...

from AnnieHidalgo

The older I get, the more it seems to me that Laura Ingalls Wilder's books are a perfect example of how different life can seem from a child's perspective to that of an adult. I've always thought they were kind of an idealized example of the perfect childhood - simple, close to nature, structured...

from mattries37315

Little House in the Big Woods recounts a little over a year in the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder living in the Wisconsin backwoods in the 1870s. Wilder recounts various events in her childhood that gives a modern-day reader a glimpse of what life was like in the northern frontier when your nearest...