Little House in the Big Woods
Red Peppers in the Attic
Little House in the Big Woods was about guns and bears and sugar snow … but it was also about FOOD.
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Little House Cooking in the NYT
A New York Times food writer discovers the delicacies inherent within Big Woods hog butchering.
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Miss Kirkus and Her Discoveries (Laura’s Editors, Part 1)
Kirkus Reviews, Virginia Kirkus and her contribution to giving a start to Little House books and so many others.
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First James, Then George, Then Grandpa
The story of “Grandpa’s Sled and the Pig” told in Little House in the Big Woods is a popular one. It’s interesting how stories about naughty children are so much more fun than stories about well-behaved ones. But the story has puzzled me for a very long time — ever since I first became interested
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Grandpa's father
Lately, I’ve been thinking about Samuel Worthen Ingalls. Laura’s great-grandfather. He interests me because he is the one ancestor Laura never met who makes it into one of her books as a minor character. As I wonder what kind of man he was, Garth Williams’ depiction of him flashes into my mind’s eye. You know
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