Nothing new. Short stories from the other books.

A re-read for me, and a first read for my 9yo. It’s nice to remind kids that once upon a time they might have expected nothing more from Santa than a shiny new penny and a tin cup to drink water out of.

I want to collect more of the Little House Chapter Books series. They take the original novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and adapt some of our favorite stories for younger audiences. This one was delightful and it was great to revisit some of those Christmas stories from the series like "Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Clause" and "The Christmas Horses."

My nine year old and I had some good conversations about how simple Christmas was back in Little House times and about expectations.

Such a sweet compilation of Christmas stories.

Great for younger readers, this easy to read chapter book features Christmas stories from Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Little House on the Prairie. Each Christmas is better than the last for Laura. As she grows up, celebrating Christmas takes on new meanings, and sometimes new places to live. No matter where they are, Christmas is most important being with her family. This is a wonderful new repacking of the book that features black and white illustrations through out the short book, along with some fun actives found at the back of the book, and a brief history of the author.

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What a brilliant idea! Take some Christmas chapters from each of the Little House books and make a book for early readers.

This little volume contains the Ingalls Christmas from "Little House In the Big Woods," "Little House on the Prairie," "On the Banks of Plum Creek," and "By the Shores of Silver Lake." With each celebration we see how the little things meant so much. A new rag doll in a stocking -- Charlotte! Their very own tin cup. A package of Christmas candy. A new apron. And so much more.

If you have a new reader in your home, try this little series. They have been reillustrated by Ji-Hyuk Kim. While I miss the familiar Garth Williams images, this new version is delightful.

After the Christmas season, I'll check out the other five books in the new series starting with The Adventures of Laura and Jack.

My Review: I really enjoyed the Christmas parts in the full length novels of the original series, and this is a great way to condense them and make it easy for young readers to enjoy. I loved being able to revisit some of my favorite Christmases with Ma, Pa, Laura, Mary, Carrie and even Grace. This will be a great book to read with Munchkin over the holiday season and introduce him to their stories. It is also great that you don't have to read this series of chapter books in order as they take bits and pieces throughout the series on a common theme and puts them together. So each book is chronological and can be read on its own.

I bought this for the girls, as I am reading them the Little House series and I thought this would be fun for the holiday season. No Christmases with Almanzo and the illustrations are not the Garth Williams ones.

Wonderful collection of Christmas stories. it doesn't include when Laura is older, but only the Christmas stories from Big Woods through Silver Lake, I think. But it's perfect for a young reader.

I was feeling nostalgic

"After dinner , Pa and Ma and Mr. Edwards sat by the fire and talked. Mary and Laura looked at their beautiful cakes and played with their pennies and drank water out of their new tin cups. Little by little, they licked their sticks of candy. That was a happy Christmas."