Little House in the Big Woods 75th Anniversary Edition | 
| Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Creator: Garth Williams
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 245588
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 75 Anv
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.4 x 1
ISBN: 0061289809
EAN: 9780061289804
ASIN: 0061289809
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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p When Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote her first book, iLittle House in the Big Woods/i, she captured history in the eyes of a little girl who had boundless love for her family, her land, and all of her little houses. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for Laura and her family, but it is also exciting as they celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into town. And every night they are safe and warm in their little house, with the happy sound of Pa's fiddle sending Laura and her sisters off to sleep. /p p For anyone who has ever read and loved iLittle House in the Big Woods/i, and for those many readers who have yet to discover Laura's world, this seventy-fifth anniversary edition, with heartwarming illustrations by Garth Williams, is a volume to cherish forever. /p
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Charming... June 2, 2008
Despite the fact that I grew up not far from Pepin, where the Ingalls family does their trading, as a child I never read the Little House series. I was familiar with them from watching the TV show, but never got around to the written word. Recently I was reminded of them when reading "Stealing Buddha's Dinner," a memoir about the immigrant experience. Curious, I got a copy.br /br /What I found is a book that is both familiar and refreshingly new. The characters -- Pa and Ma, Laura and her sisters Mary and Carrie -- were known to me, as well as their domestic life, circa 1880. What was new was all the detail about that type of life -- the seasons, hunting, domestic work, family life. The novel is full of specific detail about how people lived then, including details about living off the land and enduring the harshness of the natural world. br /br /There were also things about it that forced my modern mind to look askance. Pa represents a sentimental ideal that seems kind of hokey at times; the scene where he takes a belt to Laura (after lecturing her against violence) points to a greater hypocrisy of these ideals. Also some of the songs he sings to the kids are quite racist by today's standards. Anyone tempted to romanticize the past might consider the ways in which we've improved since then.br /br /That said, I enjoyed the book and will plan to read a few more in the series.
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