An interview you might be interested in reading, with Dr. John J. Fry, professor of history at Trinity Christian College in Chicago, discussing the politics of Laura Ingalls Wilder, was published today. Read it here and feel free to comment…
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Anne vs. Laura
Last week I got wind of a fight I didn’t want to participate in — mainly because I could never choose a side. The question at stake: Who’s Cooler: Anne of Green Gables… or Laura Ingalls? Wow. I felt like…
From Oprah to Guideposts, Little House Has Something for Everyone
More than fifty years after her death, Laura Ingalls Wilder is still changing lives. Read this heartwarming article in Guideposts magazine about a little girl who came to understand the meaning of family through a visit to the Little House…
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Amy on NPR Talking About Her Book!
She tried to be humble about it, slipping it in at the bottom of her post, but I won’t let her get away with that. Beyond Little House’s own Amy Mattson Lauters was on a Wisconsin NPR station today talking…
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Prairie Tale: A Memoir
Melissa Gilbert, of Little House on the Prairie television and musical fame, has just announced the publication of her new book, Prairie Tale: A Memoir, which will be released on June 9, 2009. The autobiography chronicles Melissa’s years on the…
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The LA Times On the Appeal of the Little House Books
…For all that they are fiction, and children’s fiction at that, I admit that much of what I truly, deeply understand and love about American history and character comes from my early childhood reading and rereading of these books: frontier…