Most Laura fans are probably aware of the long time Laura Ingalls Wilder event every Labor Day at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. After missing a year last year, they’ve started it again and there has been a gratifying push…
Year: 2012
Laura Event Makes the National Archive Blog | Beyond Little House
Posted in Events, Random Little House Sightings Tagged with: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, Laura Ingalls Wilder, National Archives, Prologue
LauraPalooza 2012 Day 4 Videos
Welcome to Day 4 of LauraPalooza, Saturday, July 13, 2012. We finish up the last day in Mankato, Minnesota and then head out to Walnut Grove where we visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Fragments of a Dream, the…
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Library of America Interview
The Library of America recently released a new two box set, Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books. Very lovely indeed. On Library of America’s blog today is an interview with Caroline Fraser, who is the editor of those very books.
Come to Laura Days in Pepin
Once again this year I’m going to be a keynote speaker for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Days in Pepin. I always have a great time at this annual event and I think you would to. The event committee have made…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Events, Lake Pepin, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder Days, Little House Travel, Pepin, Pepin WI
NPR’s List
National Public Radio came out with their list of 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels. What’s missing? Our Little House books. I guess this depends on where one would categorize the Little House series. This blog post explains why some of the…
Sharing Laura
Can you believe it’s been a month and a half since LauraPalooza? I had such a terrific time. It was even a reunion for me, seeing everyone I had met at LauraPalooza 2010 and have gotten to know through Beyond…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Cultural Impact, LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies, LauraPalooza 2012
Exciting Wilder Days in store for Mansfield
Charlotte Stewart signing autograph for Sarah Uthoff It sounds like they are pulling out all the stops for Wilder Days in Mansfield, Missouri. It’s always a great event with chances to do things that you can’t the rest of the…
LauraPalooza 2012 Day 3 Video
Welcome to Day 3 of LauraPalooza, Friday, July 13, 2012. We have three videos for today. The middle one has a long bit of Barbara Walker’s speech, I hope you enjoy it. Note that YouTube has started a stabilization feature.…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Administrivia, Amber Waves, Amy Lauter, Barbara Walker, Cooking, Crafting, Laura Ingalls Wilder, LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies, LauraPalooza 2012, Linda Halpin, Little House Cookbook, Music, quilts, Wendy McClure
Happy Anniversary…
Today is the 127th anniversary of the day Almanzo and Laura became husband and wife. And the day that Almanzo agreed not to expect Laura to obey him. They were married for over sixty years and shared, not only a…
The “Little House” Books: Popular Then, Popular Now, Why?
Guest post by Ann Weller Dahl Since the first “Little House” book was published in 1932, this classic series has remained popular, both in this country and around the world. It was so popular, in fact, that a television series…