In this issue: in-depth interviews with Kevin Massey and Kara Lindsay, “Almanzo” and “Laura,” respectively, in the Little House on the Prairie Musical preview for an upcoming conference in summer 2010 about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Laurapalooza announcing a new comprehensive,…

In this issue: in-depth feature on how Dean Butler, “Almanzo” on “Little House on the Prairie,” connects the TV and book worlds a critical look at the “new” single-book spinoffs of the Little House® series an interview with Jennifer Worick,…

In this issue: the Homesteader talks with Pamela Smith Hill, author of the recent biography Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life A living history expert talks about creating historically accurate clothes for The Almanzo Wilder Farm in Malone Recounting a…

In this issue: the Homesteader talks with Leslie A. Kelly, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s homesite photographer a conversation with Amy Mattson Lauters, the editor of the latest book about Rose Wilder Lane we get to know four new homesite directors, in…

In this issue: How does “Filling the Ice House” in Farmer Boy compare to actual ice harvesting history? A living history expert weighs in. The Little House Cookbook celebrates its 25th anniversary. Little House Cookbook author Barbara Walker’s darker view…

In this issue: The history of name cards and how they’re integrated into Little Town on the Prairie Editor and publisher’s note of how the Homesteader came to be An update on the second volume of Little House® music from…

In this issue: Uncle Tom Quiner’s journey into the Black Hills is revisited using non-Little House® sources, and the resulting article contains a newly discovered photo of Uncle Tom. musicologist Dale Cockrell tells how “Happy Land,” essentially a soundtrack to…

In this issue: a Laura fan who is also a doctor offers her best medical guess as to what ailment was truly responsible for Mary’s degeneration into blindness. a full-color pictorial of the daylong annual Prairie Days Festival in Independence,…