Welcome to the brand-new Beyond Little House! This online sanctuary for all things Laura Ingalls Wilder is back and better than ever. Watch in the coming weeks for more info about our upcoming conference in Minnesota, LauraPalooza, including the opportunity…
Author: Sandra Hume
Contemporary Lessons from The Long Winter
Lizzie Skurnick, author of the recently released Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, used to write a column on Jezebel dissecting the young-adult novels we read as kids–and likely reread as adults. (Her book is based on…
Laura? Laura Wilder? Laura Ingalls Wilder? Mrs. AJ Wilder?
I’ve been doing a lot of writing about Laura lately. On the one side I’m crafting various drafts of a press release about LauraPalooza. On the other, I’m creating reprint articles as well as working on myriad new articles for…
What’s the Best Age to Read the Little House Books?
Today I got an email from a friend. She knew about my Laura Ingalls Wilder obsession interest and she was holiday shopping for her niece. She asked me what would be a good age for someone to start reading the…
Tentative LauraPalooza Schedule
We’re still at the anything-can-change stage, since proposals and papers are still coming in. The full schedule will be available on February 7, 2010, Laura’s birthday. But here’s what we’re looking at tentatively (with everything subject to change): Thursday morning,…
Twitter Rhymes
If you’ve been following Rose Wilder Lane and Half Pint Ingalls on Twitter, you’ve already seen this exchange — my favorite Twitter couplet ever, because it rhymes. @HalfPintIngalls: Almanzo likes big bustles; he cannot lie. @RoseWilderLane: As the young people…
Interview With Steve Blanchard
Here’s a radio interview with Steve “Pa Ingalls” Blanchard, who’s traveling with the musical right now, courtesy of the musical’s Twitter feed.
What Books Do YOU Have?
I’m bringing Jeanine’s comment up to the top because I think she asks a great question. I’m wondering what editions other readers of this blog have? I have the yellow paperbacks; I found a blue set (neat to know the…
Laura or Mary? Jo or Meg?
Boston’s Rebecca Steinitz, contributor to Literary Mama, gives us a lovely essay about young readers, literary heroines, Little Women, and Laura.
Kevin and Kara Again In the Homesteader
Are you a Homesteader subscriber? I sure hope so! We just got confirmation that the next issue will contain a joint interview with Kevin Massey and Kara Lindsay, current stars of the Little House on the Prairie musical that’s making…