Pros: well written and descriptive book with beautiful color illustrations Cons: none
When I was about my daughters age, nine, a friend of the family gave me my first Little House book. I was immediately captivated by the stories within and read them over and over through the years. The copy I had contained wonderful ...
Pros: wonderful story, full of adventure and history Cons: not a sequel to Plum Creek, leaves out a few years.
By the Shores of Silver Lake Number 5 in the Little House Series. I read all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books when I was a youngster. I loved to read and spent hours by myself just devouring these books. I had the ability to put myself in the ...
Pros: Beautiful wording; educational; wholesome; did I mention beautiful wording? Cons: The "poor little blind girl"!
THE INSTRUMENTAL WATERFALL “Pa’s fiddle answered... with little notes, running like water in the sunshine and widening into a pool.” Ah, a person after my own heart! When a young girl compares music to water, describes the silver moon, ...
Pros: strong characters, beauty of nature, father-love Cons: civilization encroaches, and is winning!
Wind-blown dust and endless work were ever-present for the Ingalls family, but reality had never been so grim. Scarlet fever had left Mary completely blind, and Pa was in debt to the doctor. Crop after crop had been poor and unprofitable. There was no...
Pros: wonderful historical description of pioneer life Cons: wanted more details of certain family situations, like Mary's blindness
The fifth book in the Little House series, By The Shores of Silver Lake, finds Laura and her family traveling West once again, leaving their home at Plum Creek. Several of the family have had scarlet fever and it has left Mary blind; the...
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