Epilogue – Definition: a conclusion, comment, postscript, supplement, addendum, postlude, denouement, swan song, peroration. Does it have to be over? I would rather it not. Every time I picked up Prairie Fires I was engaged and interested, much like I…
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Prairie Fires Readalong – Sunshine and Shadow | Beyond Little House
According to Caroline Fraser, Laura Ingalls Wilder often wrote this at beginning of her fan letters about her life: “It is a story filled with sunshine and shadow” (479.) As with everything in Fraser’s book, there is a reason for…
Prairie Fires Readalong – Dusty Old Dust | Beyond Little House
Pick the Dust Bowl chapter, the meteorologist said. I’ll relate to it, she said. Well, I’ll get to talk about the Dust Bowl, but it looks like I’m going to have to talk politics, too. Let’s take a deep breath…
Prairie Fires Readalong – A Ruined Country | Beyond Little House
Guest Blog Post by Kristi Martin — This chapter begins with Laura Ingalls Wilder’s journey to visit her past in the prairies. Returning with her husband to DeSmet, South Dakota was a homecoming to a place transformed by time. The…
Prairie Fires Readalong – Pioneer Girl | Beyond Little House
This week’s blog was written by Karen and Kevin Pearce Kevin: As I did with chapter 6, here are definitions for words that I had to look up due to the imparity between Fraser’s vocabulary and my own. Once again,…
Prairie Fires Readalong – A World Made | Beyond Little House
One thing that has made reading this book both exciting and humbling for me so far is the fact that Fraser’s vocabulary exceeds mine by leaps and bounds. I just finished writing my doctoral dissertation, so I’d hardly consider myself…
Prairie Fires Readalong – On The Frontier | Beyond Little House
At the beginning of “On the Frontier,” Caroline Fraser describes the Big Woods in a way that is reminiscent of Laura’s description at the beginning of “Little House in the Big Woods,” even including a quote from the book. However,…
LIWLRA response to the renaming of the ALA Laura Ingalls Wilder award | Beyond Little House
Hello, LIWLRA members and friends, For decades, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a part of the American Library Association (ALA), has granted the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy Award to authors who have contributed, as she did, a…
Preserving the Legacy Through Unwavering Support | Beyond Little House
LIWLRA Board Member and Laurapalooza Auction Organizer Connie Neumann presents a $1000 donation to Mrs. Jean Coday, DirectorLaura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum. Have you ever been the lucky winner of an item at one of the Laurapalooza Auctions? …
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Will THIS Project Be the One? | Beyond Little House
So my Google alerts, um, alerted me to this story yesterday about yet another Laura Ingalls Wilder project in the works. This comes from Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green, who was quoted as saying he has read Little House…