Good book.

In my opinion, if it's shelved with non-fiction it ought to be factual. The first few chapters read like a cliff notes version of the Little House series and some fictionalized details in the series were not clarified in this biography (i.e. the name of the woman that she boarded with when she was teaching was listed in the biography as Mrs. Brewster. Mrs. Brewster was indeed the character in Happy Golden Years, but not the name of the actual woman Laura stayed with).

Even for early readers dying to know more about Laura Ingalls Wilder, there must be better options.

Excellently written for a young reader. Contains a lot of pertinent bio points that many readers may not
Have known and shows how Laura’s fiction parallels her life but not always.

J92Wil

A good “behind the scene” story of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Book: Laura Ingalls Wilder Growing Up In The Little House
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff

Q. Who was Laura Ingalls Wilde?
A. Laura Ingalls Wilder is a famous book writer.
Q. How did Laura Ingalls Wilder become a famous writer?
A. Laura Ingalls Wilder became a famous book writer by her daughter.
Q. How did Laura's daughter make Laura a famous writer?
A. Laura's daughter helped Laura become a famous writer by finding all the journals that Laura wrote in when she was a kid and then Rose convinced Laura to put all the journals into a book.
Q. Why did Rose convince Laura to put all of Laura's journals into a book?
A. Rose convince Laura to put all of her journals into a book and in her book she inspired more people to move west.

Not an especially memorable young adult biography but it's about Laura so I have to have it.

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up In The Little House is the biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder. This biography is written in a way that children will be able to unedrstand well. I know that oftentimes, young students are hesitant to read biographies as they can seem a bit intimidating with the large amounts of information and non fiction can be perceived as boring sometimes. This book does a really excellent job with maintaining a good balance between children's book and traditional biography. I am sure that a child would be able to hold their attention while reading this, which is great as I think that Laura Ingalls deserves to be given a lot of attention by young students. The illustrations are very beautiful and classic, almost like a trip back in time. This is very well written and would be great for a history lesson.

I feel the reviews people have left on this are unfair. This is a book geared towards elementary level readers... it's obviously not to to be written on a Pulitzer winning level, but it is still well written and a wonderful introduction to Laura and her books and WHY she started writing them.

I get het up so quickly reading about how children loved Laura's books, how we had libraries and awards named for her, and now, thanks to 'political correctness' we can't have those things anymore. People are so quick to miss the point of history and a life well lived.