Guest post by Jaime Brooks Birthday parties are a way of life for us all. I cannot tell you how many parties I have attended, but I do remember how much fun they were. Try stepping into Laura’s world, she…

Guest post by Eddie Higgins If ever I find my calendar getting booked up with several social occasions in one week, I indulge my inner Laura by saying out loud, “I am living in such a whirl of gaiety lately,…

Guest post by Amanda Morris This chapter begins with a visit from Mary Power, informing Laura that the Ladies’ Aid Society is giving a dime sociable and asking if she can attend. Laura does not know what a dime sociable…

Guest post by Lauri Goforth If anyone saw the sign-ups, I pretty much begged for this chapter.  We’ve met Laura.  We’ve met Almanzo.  They’ve seen each other, but for the first time in this chapter they have a chance to…

Guest post by Annika Laura thought that Nellie Oleson looked disappointed when she and Carrie came into the schoolhouse the next morning. Nellie might have expected that they would not come back to school. “You wouldn’t let her meanness keep…

Guest post by Melanie Stringer Sent Home from School has always been a stand-out chapter for me.  Even when reading it as a child and teenager, I found it a noticeable departure from the usual depiction of  Laura’s harmonious obedience…

Guest post by Barb Boustead In sharp contrast to the start of the Long Winter, the Ingalls family is preparing itself for the worst that winter can bring by harvesting and moving to town before any blizzards can catch them…