Visited the museum at Rocky Ridge Farm in Mansfield, Missouri where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived her married life and wrote the Little House on the Prairie books. Fascinating to see the family heirlooms on display and remember the stories from the books that were such a part of my childhood. This short book fills in many details about the family, including Laura's parents and her sisters and their lives in South Dakota after Laura moved away. Sad to think how much material was lost, because apparently much correspondence was thoughtlessly discarded after the death of Laura's parents.

Quick, informative book that gives "Little House" both back story and follow-up information on the Ingalls family.

Liked the inclusion of written works by Carrie and Grace. Interesting to read events from another POV

I learned some new things about Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Ingalls family.

An excellent account of the missing pieces of the Rose series & the 1st 4 years series that were written by another author & Laura herself. This story give us more information about Carrie & Grace who are not heard much about in the Laura Ingalls Wilder series she wrote. In the following series The Rose series these girls are left out & so are all of Laura’s family members. This story also gives us a glimpse of the what happened to the last thee people that Laura knew throughout her live until she & Almonzo move away.

This 44 page book fills in so much of what Laura left unwritten between the lines of her Little House books. The author, William Anderson, untangles truth from Laura's gently abridged childhood anecdotes. You'll learn why the Ingalls family left their idyllic Little House in the Big Woods and why Mary lost her sight. And, you may close the book with an unexpected dislike for the real Pa Ingalls, so completely unlike the character played by Michael Landon in the TV series and so unlike the kind, hardworking disciplinarian written by Laura. The photos alone are worth the price of the book; you get to see the real Laura, who really appears to be the hot-tempered "Half-Pint" of the books, you can see an example of the amazing beadwork that Mary learned to create at the Iowa College for the Blind, and you can read a short diary kept by Grace. I recommend this book for the adult fan of Laura's books; I don't recommend it for children, as that would be akin to taking away Santa Claus.

4.5 stars
Left wanting more

This is a brief biography of the Ingalls family after the Little House books. It tells where each of the children lived and when they married. Mary never married according to this biography. Very interesting.

A very informative, quick read about the Ingalls family. It's a great companion to Pioneer Girl, if you're wanting to know more about Laura's grandparents and what happened to her parents and sisters after the events in her books. As a huge fan of the Little House books, I would've enjoyed learning even more about her family in an expanded version of this book.

Loved Grace Ingalls diary in the appendix.

Not a compelling read in itself, but if you're curious about the real-life Ingalls family it's interesting.

Reading this was finding a good friend again. I bought this book while I was doing my own 'covered wagon' trip, moving from Ohio to Seattle, and taking a week long driving trip to get there.

There were three of us on that trip, and we were in a very small car with everything we thought we'd need to start a new life out West. I've always regretted not being able to take the time to visit the Ingalls/Wilder sites during that trip (or since that time).

But at least I got to pick up this book at a stop in South Dakota and have kept it with me ever since.

It's a very short book, but well worth your time if you have any interesting in the "Little House" books or the family that inspired them.