Guest post by Laura McLemore Sometimes life imitates art, sort of. When my daughter was in Kindergarten many years ago a little girl in her class had beautiful long hair which she wore in braids. One day she came to…
Year: 2011
Little Town on the Praire, Ch. 2: Springtime on the Claim
So exactly why is she teaching the calf to drink? Someone needs to let me in on this. It is only now, having actually lived around cows and calves and seen many bucket calves being fed, that it occurs to…
Ask the Experts: UK Editions of the Little House Series
Dear Beyond Little House: I hope you might be able to help. I am looking for a set of the books but with specific cover art. I think the reprint was around 1982/83. This is the set my mum bought me…
Little Town on the Prairie, Ch. 1: Surprise
The first chapter in Little Town on the Prairie. It’s a short one, so short that it can hardly be considered a chapter at all. I can see why Laura wrote it this way though. It doesn’t say much, but…
The Little Town on the Prairie Read-along
You may have noticed that we’ve put up a running list up for the Little Town on the Prairie Read-along. It’s over there on the right. If you’ve volunteered to take a chapter, or if you’ve asked to have one…
It’s So Easy to Laugh — Or Read — In The Springtime
“There’s just this month, and February is a short month, and March will be spring.”-The Long Winter In most places, spring has sprung. Warmer days filled with sunshine, tiny new buds peeking through the earth … and Little Town on the…
Welcome to Our New Online Coordinators
Beyond Little House is thrilled to introduce you to our four new contributors. One, whose name you’ve already seen, is Tracy Moore. Not only will she be posting all the Laura news we want to know, she’ll also be teaching…
On Turning 15
My niece, Kesinee Wiltrout, turns 15 today. Those of you who attended LauraPalooza may remember her as my right-hand assistant, dorm roommate, and crafting activities guru. Kesinee also helped to model and display several heirloom fabric items during the craft…
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Prairie Fire
“The wind was rising and wildly screaming.” Like this day described in Chapter 22 in Little House on the Prairie, my day, too, began with wind. It ended, as that day did, with fire. I live on the high plains…
Issue 18, Winter 2010-2011
Spring has sprung, and we’re just in time — the winter 2010-2011 issue of the Homesteader is done and mailed. Subscribers should have received it in their mailboxes last week. It was delayed because of the special LauraPalooza issue, but…