I have just rediscovered Little House on the Prairie...

[Fillyjonk]

Thats it really

But it is REALLY good

ds won't let me stop reading

Had forgotten about these books

PMSL at Terrific Two

oooooh Gilbert Blythe. I'd do him now (rubbish name though).

my MIL likes anne of green gables

sadly, we established long ago that we are NOT kindred sprits . I am not much of a one for nymphs or hand clasping

mrsb had forgotten the knitting of lace. imagine that, a whole house, perhaps more, knitting lace all together

I just reread The Long Winter. Puts all our grumbles about snow at Easter into perspective!

I love those books.

[beyond tragic]

I think the ingalls line DOES die out with rose wilder lane, actually

have checked. aside from laura, NONE of his daughters had kids. NONE. and rose wilder lane did have a son but he was stillborn.

gosh thats all a bit sad really

I had to read all these when I was a quiz setter - to make a set of questions for a little girl contestant.

Excellent books - I was really impressed with how tough these people were - and how determined they were to survive against massive odds.

ok i am spending money on amazon now

and writing it off as a homeschooling expense

I only know the TV series...and I loved it so much growing up....never read the books, think I might have to get hold of them...

oh feck there is a cookbook

it turns out I MUST have the cookbook

oh dear

Do read the books 3andnomore, they are brilliant.

oh god YES read the books

I am trying to decide whether my nearly 5 yo ds should have the paper dolls (main problem is he would have to fight his sister for them...)

Funny to see this thread - have been raving to all and sundry about all of them for the last month since rescuing them from my mum's loft & reading to DD. Actually, only managed to read about half of Little House on the Big Woods as she swiped the book to read herself & wouldn't give back
Did read some bits of the later books together, lots of interesting conversations about the land being taken from the native americans etc.
DD was utterly entranced with all of them - until she got to the start of On the Shores of Silver Lake where Jack (Laura's dog) dies, at which she was in floods of tears & wouldn't read any more!

I have been re-reading the Little House on the Prairie books recently .

One of mhy favourite parts is Christmas in Little House on the Prairie where Ma explains how Father Christmas can be everywhere at once - she says something like when everyone is being unselfish that it happens - and it only happens at Christmas. Somehow that doesn't ring true with today's experiences of Christmas, but I love it all the same.

About to read Wikipedia links now .

dd is reading these at the moment, they are lovely books

and Anne is 100 years old this year!

Policy,that is so sweet about you pretending your trunk was Almanzo's seat!

Martian, as a direct result of these books I have made each of my sisters and my parents (and myself) and each of my children a king sized patchwork quilt and hand stitched every single one of them.

Do you remember The Long Winer when Pa sussed that Almanzo and his brother had a secret stash of buckwheat behind the wall in their store? I eat buckwheat often and think of them every single time.

They all have fever'n ague (malaria). I used to think it was pronounced 'agyoo'.

How strange that none of them had children.I never knew about the little brother either (althoguh hardly surprising in those days)

I wonder if later editions have removed some of the frankly dodgy comments about American Indians?

Christ they were brave. Compare and contrast Pa to our urban warriors bravely negotiating Tesco on a Sunday morning while wearing a fleece and chinos.

Then laugh bitterly.

I would die of passion if a man built me a log cabin and whittled me a little shelf for whatnots.

Have found the Little House Books website. Think it looks a little too televison based for me though .

I read these for the first time only a couple of years ago - really want to buy my own set now!!

oh dear I have bankrupted myself buying books ABOUT little house

esp tense relationship between rose wilder lane and her mother

but soon I will know how to make johnny cake and it will all be worth it

popcorn in milk, remember?

......and leeches

Oh please don't tell me I've killed another thread?

I'm off to bed.

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