Remember Dean Butler’s Legacy Documentaries’ biopic about Laura Ingalls Wilder? It’s ready. Here’s the trailer.
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Dean Butler’s LIW Documentary
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Little House Cooking in the NYT
I love when The New York Times goes Little House, especially in an I-thought-I-hated-these-books-but-look-how-cool-this-part-is way. “Little House in the Hood” is a rather interesting story from the NYT Magazine — a cooking column, actually — that references Little House in…
Happy Laura Ingalls Wilder Day!
What? You hadn’t heard? That’s right, today is officially “Laura Ingalls Wilder Day” in the state of Wisconsin, as proclaimed by its governor, Jim Doyle. The proclamation was presented at 1 pm today by Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton at the…
Little House in Court: What Happened?
The Little House on the Prairie site In the fall of 2008, the Little House on the Prairie homesite near Independence, Kansas, made national headlines due to a lawsuit filed against them by Friendly Family Productions, who own the rights…
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Vote for Half Pint
Many of you may be familiar with @HalfPintIngalls and her experiences on the “twittergraph” — and if you’re not, you’ll want to be! Half Pint has been nominated for the Shorty Awards in humor and you can support her by…
Lauras and Their Picture Windows
Laura pops up in all aspects of my life, it seems. Even in other books. Right now — that is, when I’m not reading The Long Winter, which I’ll post about in the next day or so — I’m in…
Mary’s Birthday
Today is the 145th anniversary of the birth of Mary Amelia Ingalls. It’s also the 174th birthday of her father, Charles Ingalls (Pa), but as nobody threw him a party, let’s just talk about Mary. Despite frigid temperatures and snowy…
For Your Download Pleasure: The Long Winter Radio Show
Courtesy of Homeschool Radio Shows via Homeschool Freebie of the Day — this just in: An audio of a radio show that dramatizes The Long Winter. It’s old-fashioned and lovely. I just finished listening to it. Here’s what Homeschool Radio…
Founding the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association
I’ve been working behind the scenes for several weeks, now, to create the organization that makes LauraPalooza possible. It began with discussions last summer, as the group behind Beyond Little House, and several of our online friends, met in De…
Pondering Snowdrifts …
I remember thinking, when I read that Pa survived a blizzard by tunneling under a bank into a snowdrift–many, many years ago–that the drift must have been mighty big. I grew up in Wisconsin, and I’ve seen my share of…