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1) Farmer boy
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Series
Language
English
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While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Almanzo wishes for just one thing--his very own horse--but he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.
Author
Series
Little house chapter books. Caroline volume 1
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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.
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English
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When Laura Ingalls and her family leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they head west for the open prairie skies of Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the perfect spot for Pa to build them a new home. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. But just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous...
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Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 5
Language
English
Description
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.
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Series
Little house (HarperCollins). Caroline years volume 2
Little house. The Caroline years volume 2
Little house. Caroline years volume 2
Little house. The Caroline years volume 2
Little house. Caroline years volume 2
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, as she and her family have new adventures as the frontier outpost of Brookfield, Wisconsin, grows into a bustling town.
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English
Description
This beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family begins in 1871 in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her pa, her ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, but it is also exciting as they make their own homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and visit town. And every night Laura and her family are...
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
With the War of 1812 over, seven-year-old Charlotte Tucker, who would grow up to become the grandmother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, begins to realize that there is a world beyond her home in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and wonders when she will get to see it.
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Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 8
Language
English
Description
Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.
13) The long winter
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Series
Language
English
Description
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.
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Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 7
Language
English
Description
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.
15) Pioneer sisters
Author
Series
Little house chapter book volume 2
Language
English
Description
Laura Ingalls and her sisters share many adventures while growing up on the American frontier.
18) Bachelor girl
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Having left her parents' Missouri farm for good and trained to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, teenage Rose moves out to San Francisco and joins the thousands of "bachelor girls" supporting themselves.
Author
Series
Little house chapter book volume Rose 1
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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.
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