So the Ingalls family is moving to town for the winter. Mostly the chapter is spent telling us exactly what Pa’s store building looks like, where it is in town, and how it’s set up for winter. A good prairie…
Month: February 2010
Happy Birthday Almanzo
I’ll confess. With Valentine’s Day coming up tomorrow, my thoughts keep traveling to my first Valentine: Almanzo James Wilder. Almanzo was my celebrity crush. In the days when all the other girls in junior high school were swooning over Kirk…
More Coverage of LauraPalooza
Great article in yesterday’s Mankato Free Press about the upcoming Laura Ingalls Wilder conference.
Nancy Westlake of Hoover Library Honored
Nancy Westlake Nancy Westlake is a long time volunteer at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. She researched in the Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane Papers at the Hoover Library and constructed 4 lesson units on Wilder that are available for…
The Long Winter, Chapter 7: Indian Warning
by guest contributor Laura McLemore (aka Dr. Laura) Well, this chapter sure opens a can of worms. Racism rears its ugly head once again. Since we have discussed the topic at least three times I will simply refer you to…
Coverage of LauraPalooza …
…in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Look here.
Seven Minutes of the Musical!
This almost seven-minute video shows more of the musical than I’ve seen anywhere. Thanks, PrairieFans! My only quibble is that it doesn’t show my favorite song, “Faster,” which Almanzo and Laura sing in the cutter. But the rest is just…
Registration Now Open
We have a full slate of fabulous presenters at this year’s LauraPalooza conference. They include: * William Anderson * John Miller * Pamela Smith Hill * Wendy Corsi Staub * Dean Butler … and many others who have been conducting…
Melissa Gilbert on the Today Show
The Today Show had a nice segment on Little House on the Prairie: the Musical. Watch it here: Today Show Interview with Melissa Gilbert
The Julia A. Sears Residence Hall at MSU
We’ve encountered a lot of questions as folks are preparing to register for LauraPalooza. Registration opens Sunday. But one question many have asked as they think through their budgets and travel plans has to do with the on-campus housing option…