While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters work at their chores from dawn to supper no matter what the weather. There is still time for fum, though, and Almanzo wishes for his very own horse. But Father doesn't yet tr…
Wolves and panthers and bears roam the deep Wisconsin woods in the late 1870s. In those same woods, Laura Ingalls lives with Pa and Ma, and her sisters, Mary and Baby Carrie, in a snug little house built of logs. Pa hunts and traps. Ma makes her own cheese and butter. At night, Pa's fiddle-playing brings the family together around the cozy fire.
Being the smallest in her family, she expects she knows how the small ladybug in her garden feels. It probably has to go to bed before all the others, and whenever it finds out something interesting, the bigger ladybugs probably say they already knew. Violet wants to help the ladybug, so she puts it in a jar and feeds it cheese toast - until she wakes up to a horrible surprise. But thankfull…
Her theory is put to the test when Mama and Vincent announce some very special news: they are going to get married. And they are all moving to a new house. Violet is excited for the wedding, but Dylan is angry about the move. Normally, it is nice to be inside with your family during a storm when there is something about penguins on TV. But it is hard to enjoy it when your brother is outside in …
Laura and her family are headed to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land-and stop moving. The new town of De Smet is filling up with settlers lured west by the promise of free land, and the Ingalls family must do whatever it takes to defend their claim.
Laura is teaching school, and it's terrifying! Most of the students are taller than she is, and she must live away from home for the first time. Laura is miserable, but every Friday-no matter what the weather-Almanzo Wilder arrives to take her home to her family for the weekend. Laura knows that his is a time for new beginnings.
The town of De Smet is hit with terrible, howling blizzards. Snow has reached the rooftops, and no trains can get through with food or coal. The people of De Smet, including Laura's family, are starving. It is young Almanzo Wilder who finally understands what needs to be done. He must save the town, even if it means risking his own life.
Laura and her family find a new home in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where the nearby creek and swimming hole lure Laura with dangerous, yet thrilling adventures. Too soon, their life is threatened when prairie fires and other strange events jeopardize their crops.
The long winter is over. With spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and "Literaries." Laura spends many hours each day sewing shirts to help earn money that will send Mary to a college for the blind. But in the evenings, she makes tie for a new caller, Almanzo Wilder.
Laura Ingalls and her family moving! They travel from Wisconsin to Kansas, where wide open land stretches as far as the eye can see. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, but Laura and her family are kept busy and are happy with the promise of their new life on the prairie.