In this issue: a historical look at the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s Midwest that Laura recounted in On the Banks of Plum Creek an interview with renowned LIW biographer William T. Anderson an LIW children’s entertainer shares her experiences…

In this issue: a feature, including photographs, on the Almanzo Wilder Farm in Burke, New York (setting for Farmer Boy) an in-depth look at the South Dakota tornadoes in the 1880s that lend credence to the storms in These Happy…