What can I say? I grew up on a farm and I am a Daddy's Girl. I will always have a soft spot for these books. I enjoy it everytime I read them. I also cry everytime I read them. And that my friends is what the best things are made of: joy and tears. I don't care what anyone thinks (Diane) - I like them!

I read these over and over till they fell apart! :-)

These are the books that made me fall in love with reading. I simply could not put them down. Little House in the Big Woods is on my nightstand to this day.

I liked to see how people lived back then

Absolutely gorgeous

One of the best.

I really enjoyed this book, giving some of the information placing the Ingalls in history. Now this is a children's book rather than adults, but any Laura fan will enjoy it.

An interesting read about the back story of the Ingalls family. How hard it was to build a life on the Prairie and take care of a family and how to make that cabin a home.
In the pages are recipes that were cooked over an open fire and patterns for handmade items for gifts they gave each other out of love.
I am sure some of it's details are a bit fictional. You know how our memories are when growing up. Not knowing any different it was a wonderful life and everything was bigger than real life.
Very readable and enjoyable with illustrations that are wonderful. You can really imagine how life was to what Laura described as her home on the Prairie.

Read this series as a young adult and they taught me what a real family was all about. This was also my first introduction to racism and tolerance. Charles Ingalls reminded me so much of my own father and Caroline was what a perfect wife and mother should be. I purchased two volumes years later hoping to share them with my granddaughters one day.

I don't want to give anything away, but Mary went blind.

This book contains authentic pictures of the Ingalls family and provides a wealth of factual information that will clarify, enhance, and inform the experience of reading this historical fiction classic. It provides a synopsis of Little House on the Prairie, and then focuses on the Ingalls' real life on the prairie by providing chapters on the historical context of the times, maps, timelines, information on the Osage Indians referenced in the book, how holidays were actually celebrated, recipes, crafts, and songs.

This is the perfect complement to Little House on the Prairie as it offers factual information that was often fictionalized in the novel. More importantly, its value is in demonstratimg to children who may just be introduced to historical fiction how this genre is inspired by actual events, and how authors fictionalize aspects of these events in order to craft a compelling story. The recipes, crafts, and songs offer students an opportunity to gain an appreciation for the era through multidimensional experiences.

The whole family enjoyed these audio books (stories) that really give you a feel of how the pioneers of the US lived, seen through the eyes of a little girl who really lived her life as a true child. I think these books are must-haves.