Synopsis A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire. Includes a detailed account of how the novel was written and published.
The Ingalls family moves from Wisconsin to Kansas, where they build a log cabin and start up a small farm.
This is the second title in Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic American series about her childhood on the prairie. In the late 19th-century, the Ingalls family moves from the relative safety of Wisconsin to the unknown prairies of Kansas, where they build a log cabin and start up a small farm. Braving the elements, wolves, and much more, the tightly knit family discovers a new home. With Garth Williams' B&W illustrations.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-05-01 | | Series: | Little House-the Laura Years | | Illustrator: | Garth Williams |
| Size | | Length: | 352 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 18.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
For the first time in the history of theLittle House books, this new edition features Garth Williams interior art invibrant, full color, as well as beautifully redesignedcovers. The adventurescontinue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave theirlittle house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for Kansas. Theytravel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spotto build their little house on the prairie. Soon they are planting andplowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows.Sometimes pioneer life is hard, but Laura and her folks are always busy andhappy in their new little house.
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