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…
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Ask the Experts: When were the Little House Books Published in Paperback?
Do you know when the first paperbacks were printed on the series of Little House books? I found a set that says 1953 newly illustrated uniform edition printed 1953 by Harper and Row. I can’t find anything to verify that…
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.
Ask the Experts: What sickness did Ma have?
Folks, we’ve been remiss in posting the questions received by our readers lately, having a tendency to respond by email and never put them up on the site for others to read. We’ll try to rectify that, so don’t be…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Ask the Experts, Caroline Quiner Ingalls (Ma), On the Banks of Plum Creek, Rebecca, Research
Kara and Kate: The New Laura and Nellie
Do you ever feel like your phone lines are tapped? The other day, Sandra and I were discussing the upcoming interview of Kara Lindsay and Kevin Massey for The Homesteader, and I commented that in all of the stories I’ve…
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Trick or Treat
Be on the lookout tonight and you just might spot a little Laura Ingalls running about in your neighborhood. Watch for the braids… the prairie dress… the sunbonnet hanging down the back… and perhaps, just perhaps, they might hold out…
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…
Laura: A Documentary
Those of you who keep up with Dean Butler’s Legacy Documentaries blog are probably as pleased as we are at the recent announcement that the Laura Ingalls Wilder project he has hoped and planned for is officially coming to fruition.…
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Pa’s Beard
Pa’s beard has always been a huge bone of contention between TV show and book fans. Landon’s lack of a beard is almost always mentioned in early critiques of the show by book fans and I still hear mentioned on…
Little Great Auk
Great Auk Near the beginning of The Long Winter the Ingalls family discover a strange marine bird. It’s nearly frozen and they nurse it back to life, but nothing they have to feed it seems to go down. They said…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Ancient Murrelet, Birds, Dovekie, Great Auk, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Long Winter, Pa's Big Green Animal Book, Research, Sarah Uthoff, The Long Winter