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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.

2) Little house on the prairie / (bk. 2 Little House)

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The Ingalls family packs up their covered wagon and travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home in Kansas Territory, where wide open land stretches as far as the eye can see. On the prairie, they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

3) Little town on the prairie

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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.

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

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4) On the banks of Plum Creek / (bk. 4 Little House)

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Pa Ingalls builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop, until millions of grasshoppers cover the field and ruin the crop.

5) The first four years / (bk. 9 Little House)

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During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.

6) Brookfield days: adapted from The Caroline years books

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Wilkes, Maria D

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HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

1999

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Presents the daily experiences and adventures of young Caroline Quiner, the girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.

7) Rose at Rocky Ridge: adapted from The Rose years books

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HarperTrophy

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2000

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When Rose Wilder and her parents arrive in Missouri, they must work hard to make a rundown farm into their own home.

8) Rose & Alva: adapted from the Rose years books

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HarperCollins

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2000

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Rose meets a girl named Alva, a neighbor at her Missouri farm, and together they explore the hills, pick pokeweed, explore a cave, and have other adventures in the Ozark Mountains.

9) These happy golden years / (bk. 8 Little House)

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Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the students are taller than she is, but every week Almonzo Wilder arrives to take her to her family for the weekend.

10) Little town on the prairie / (bk. 7 Little House)

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Harper Trophy

Pub. Date

1971

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Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

11) Missouri bound

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HarperCollins

Pub. Date

1999

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Even though she is sad to leave her home in South Dakota, Rose has many new experiences as she and her parents and the Cooley family make their journey to Missouri.

12) Missouri school days

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HarperTrophy

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c2001

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After moving from South Dakota, Rose Wilder eventually makes friends, proves herself to be the best speller in her class, and copes with a difficult teacher at her new Missouri school.

13) My Little house ABC: adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

c1997

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An alphabet book illustrating various aspects of pioneer life.

14) By the shores of Silver Lake / (bk. 5 Little House)

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Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.

15) The long winter / (bk. 6 Little House)

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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

16) Caroline & her sister: adapted from The Caroline years books

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Wilkes, Maria D

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HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2000

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Six-year-old Caroline and her older sister Martha share wash-day chores, playing in the snow, and the first day of school in their home on the Wisconsin frontier.

17) The adventures of Rose & Swiney: adapted from the Rose years books

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HarperCollins

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2000

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Rose, the eight-year-old daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, has adventures in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri with her neighbor Swiney Baird.

18) Summertime in the Big Woods: adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

1996

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