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So I guess that is good writing. I had to give it another try. I don't think these books are particularly well written, but that could be because it is hard to write both exciting and based in reality. Her character aged and so did the age group of her writing.
The Little House In The Big Woods is the first step to reading the whole series. That is what counts. But I have become entrenched into the world of Laura Ingalls and her family. I am an older adult, and definitely had to put this one back on the shelf as TO YOUNG OF A READER for me.
I don't know what good writing is anymore. But a year or so later, I was just too intrigued by the thought that this author wrote about her life in the 1870's and 1880's. It is true that the Little House In The Big Woods is still for very young readers, but as the author progressed through her years of writing, she became more adult like in her writing.
Her generation was heroic. Ward.Get this book and revel in Laura's charming look at her childhood but also read between those lines. For similar types of readings I suggest also you read the Foxfire series. This book will not have you begging to live the lifestyle Laura Ingalls lived, but it will shame you for not having greater appreciation for all the material goods and conveniences you have instantly.Laura Ingalls, without whining or complaining of how difficult life was, has done far more to elucidate a period of American history that, nowadays, only inhabitants of poor countries can comprehend.If no other bit of this book were read than her description of making butter in Winter, we all would be more satisfied by today's luxuries - C. William Anderson, aka Travis C.
Whenever I read these books, the descriptions of food and how meals were made always make me hungry.
I like when Laura wasn't afarid when she started rocking Baby Carrie in the rocking chair the chimmeny started to burn.
I hope the children of today will appreciate, enjoy and benefit from this book as much as I did. I believe she began writing at the age of 60 and it is apparent that she still viewed the world with the wonder of a child. She was a remarkable woman and there is something very comforting about her words.
I had more in my life than Mary could have dreamed of yet, it was I who envied her. I have read the entire Little House series several times over the years as have my children. I read this book 45 years ago and what has stuck with me all this time was my astonishment in how Laura's sister Mary savored any little pleasure that came her way.
We lived within miles of Laura Ingalls Wilder's final home, where she and Almonzo raised Rose and were laid to rest. The sheer delight she derived from even a single piece of peppermint candy was something I had never experienced.
I learned a valuable lesson and to this day I pity anyone who takes life's little pleasures for granted as the joy those little girls felt will never be theirs.
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