Little House on the Prairie Community

Little House on the Prairie fans are in full force throughout the world. This section is dedicated entirely to telling your stories. Here you will find featured interviews, fan-submitted artwork, and personal essays. Read the full index of Community posts here.

Illustrating Little House

In the early 1990s, HarperCollins launched the My First Little House program to introduce toddlers and young children to the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder. They began a search for an illustrator who had a similar style to that of the beloved illustrator, Garth Williams. My illustration agent, Merial Cornell, was showing art portfolios…

Storiarts Little House on the Prairie® Collection

We are delighted to announce the launch of a line of exclusive Little House on the Prairie-inspired designs from Storiarts. This Little House on the Prairie Collection features text and illustrations from the Little House books! Check out their new Little House on the Prairie-inspired product line below. The Storiarts Little House on the Prairie® Collection…

Little House on the Prairie^® Gift Guide

While the Ingalls family didn’t have much, they delighted in selecting or making thoughtful gifts for each other. We celebrate that giving spirit year round with our Little House on the Prairie® Gift Guide. Below you will find seven unique gift guides for each special Little House fan in your life. Gifts for the Young…

Caroline Ingalls – What Laura Left Unsaid

“Seven years ago this month, I was terrified, my finger poised over the send button on an email to Little House Heritage Trust.” Author, Sarah Miller I’d done my homework — read hundreds of feet of microfilm containing thousands of pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s handwritten manuscripts, her then-unpublished memoir, Pioneer Girl, and correspondence with…

About Melissa Gilbert

“For me, Little House on the Prairie means “home” in the truest sense of the word.” Melissa Gilbert in My Prairie Cookbook Melissa Gilbert’s Early Years Melissa Ellen Gilbert was born May 8, 1964, in Los Angeles, California and adopted by dancer and actress, Barbara Crane, and her husband, comedian Paul Gilbert. Her parents later…

Laura Ingalls Wilder & Rose Wilder Lane: The Beginning of a Fruitful, Fateful Collaboration

In the history of literature, there’s nothing quite like the relationship between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, the journalist Rose Wilder Lane. One of the most remarkable things about the Little House books is how the series grew out of their profoundly close and often contentious relationship. From the beginning, the books were the…