This book is a must read for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House books. This book should also appeal to genealogists as it is filled with family pictures, articles about and by Wilder. I have read and reread this book many times usually before my class reads Little House on the Prairie. The articles and photographs never fail to impress me and feel grateful that they were preserved so carefully and shared in this one of a kind book.

I enjoyed this book immensely. Special keepsakes tucked in the book, such as Ma's letter to Laura, Mary's letter to her friend in DeSmet, and PA's drawings for his girls, made this a 5 star read for me.

A lot of information on Laura and her family. However, it may have been too much info for a short children's book. And the captions were in a font that was really hard to read.

Cool pictures of Laura and her family members, some of which I'd never seen before.

My mother once told me that Laura was gorgeous. I found it rather ironic, because of Wilder's early issues with her looks. The photos are fun to look at and I wish this had been turned into a series. It made non-fiction attractive to young me.

Of course we all know there really WAS a Little House, and a Ma, and a Pa--just not as fab as the one on TV, and certainly not with Michael Landon's hair and bod. Kidding aside, this book is a Little Gem. An eighty-page feast of photos and mementos you never would have believed existed, preserved by Half Pint herself and gathered by a dedicated historian. Read it in one sitting; then you'll have the rest of your days to spend as many moments with Laura as you like.

Any Laura Ingalls Wilder fan would enjoy this book. I picked it up in the gift shop in DeSmet, SD, run by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historical Society. It shows examples of the things she saved and wrote which is interesting in terms of watching a writer develop over the course of a great many changes in our country’s history. You also get a feel for what type of person she was and how she handled her celebrity. She really did visit with those traveling to Missouri to see her and answered all of her fan mail. I just wish the pictures were more clear to actually read everything shown.

Wonderful.

This is a beautifully compiled walk through memorabilia of the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Photographs and mementos are scattered throughout the pages, as well as stories about her life and the people she was close to. As someone who has loved Laura since childhood and who has enjoyed learning about her life, I was pleasantly surprised to learn so much new information in the stories shared by this author, and the photos that are included are beautiful and priceless.

An excellent overview of Laura's life with a collection of photos, articles & letters. A nice addition when reading the Little House books. Disappointed that the layout doesn't allow you to read every letter/article completely, but a very nice collection overall. The timeline in the back is excellent. Think it would make a wonderful gift to new LIW fans.

A charming selection of photos and mementos accompanied by a decent, if brief, biography. The selection is well picked and detailed.

Loved this book and even more so bought it at a thrift store. After visiting her houses as a child and the countless memories of reading the books, she feels real to me. Love her family history became American History and this book documents that history perfectly.