Normally I don’t post much about the NBC Little House on the Prairie TV show. However, I think this is worth a post. Alison Arngrim, who appeared on the show as Nellie Oleson and is very generous Twittering with fans…
Year: 2011
Listening to the voices of nature…
With the birds singing, the trees budding and, “the green grass growing all around,” as we used to sing in school, who would not love the country and prefer farm life to any other? We are glad that so much…
Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 6: The Month of Roses
Guest post by Amanda Morris When I was very young, probably around ten years old, I bought a Little House Diary from a local bookstore. Each chapter was decorated with a border that was representative of that month. I don’t…
Steve Luse of Burr Oak Gives Update
The most recent episode of Trundlebed Tales Radio featured an interview with Steve Luse, director of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum in Burr Oak, Iowa. Luse gave listeners the scoop about a major redesign of several of the…
The Anniversary of Ma’s Death (Easter Sunday, April 20, 1924)
Eighty-seven years ago, Caroline Quiner Ingalls passed away. The world knows her (and loves her) as Ma Ingalls. Upon hearing of her mother’s death, Laura wrote the following passage for The Missouri Ruralist: As a Farm Woman ThinksBy Mrs. A.J. Wilder…
Ask the Experts: Foreign Translations of the Books
Dear Beyond Little House: As a long-time lover of the books AND someone who is interested in foreign languages, I have always been intrigued by the many translated versions, but have had little luck finding them. Some years ago I was…
Wilder Barns Burn! — in 1851
Extra, extra, read all about it! Wilder Barns Burn But don’t panic — this is no recent devastation, but rather, a headline culled from an 1851 edition of the Franklin Gazette, courtesy of the Franklin County Historical Society in New…
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Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 5: Working in Town | Beyond Little House
Guest post by Chris Lowenstein When Pa explains that Laura’s job in town will not be working as “the hired girl in the hotel” but instead making shirts in Mr. Clancy’s store, he tells the family all about Clancy’s amazing…
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Wilder Life Author Wendy McClure Talks to Beyond Little House
The time has come! Wendy McClure’s book, The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie, has officially been released. The book is being mentioned all over the media, including an interview this morning…
Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 4: The Happy Days
Guest post by Janet Sahni This is a serene and happy chapter with everything falling into place. Everywhere there is a theme of growth: town is growing so Pa is working there as a carpenter, the planted fields and garden…