Little House on the Prairie
Kids Think the Darnedest Things…
One day when Pa was hunting, two Indians came. They came into the house, because Jack was chained.
Those Indians were dirty and scowling and mean. They acted as if the house belonged to them. One of them looked through Ma’s cupboard and took all the cornbread. The other took Pa’s tobacco-pouch. They looked at the
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Experiencing the Music of the Little House Books
When I was very small, I loved to listen to my mother read me the Little House books. But one thing frustrated me: the frequent use of song lyrics. Occasionally a song would be familiar, such as Yankee Doodle or Pop Goes the Weasel, and we could sing along together, but so often we were
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Should Little House Be Banned?
I’m not sure which came first. Was my interest in American History the reason for falling in love with the Little House books, or did the Little House books drive my need to learn more about American History? At any rate, my fascination with American History led me to have a profound respect and admiration
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Should I Be Admitting This?
Rereading New Moon, the sequel to Twilight (and the second book in the Twilight series) on the elliptical this morning, I was jarred–and suddenly remembered being similarly jarred during my first read–to realize that Edward’s real name had been Edward Masen. Born just two years into the twentieth century, when Rose was still in her
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Ask the Experts: How can a book title be copyrighted?
I’ve been getting questions about the Friendly case since the story I wrote appeared in the Homesteader, including one from an interested reader at this site.
“How can this so-called Friendly group have the rights to a book title? Did Laura’s daughter sign them over or what?” — Janine Johnson, Orlando, Fla.
This is actually a fundamental part of
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