Learning With Little House on the Prairie

The emphasis Laura Ingalls Wilder gave to learning throughout the Little House books sprang directly from the value she and her family placed on education. This Learning section links you to a variety of educational resources for all ages. Browse the articles below or click here for a complete index.

Historic Locations and Points of Interest

Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled extensively throughout Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri, and beyond. We have compiled a list of the historic sites and museums related to Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie, as well as other points of interest. Please click below to go directly to the listings in that…

Laura Ingalls Wilder and Me: A Prairie Girl’s Faith

“As a child, I learned my Bible lessons by heart, in the good old-fashioned way, and once won the prize for repeating correctly . . . verses from the Bible.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder I would never have written A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder if Spring Ridge School hadn’t…

Illustrating Little House

In the early 1990s, HarperCollins Publishers launched the My First Little House Books 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…

You Need a Farm! Laura Ingalls Wilder and American Farming

“A farmer depends on himself, and the land and the weather. If you’re a farmer, you raise what you eat, you raise what you wear, and you keep warm with wood out of your own timber. You work hard, but you work as you please, and no man can tell you to go or come….

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hundreds of feet of microfilm containing thousands of pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s handwritten manuscripts, her then-unpublished memoir, Pioneer Girl, and correspondence with…

The Beautiful Snow

Our articles about recently released books are good resources for readers interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie. Here is a brief overview of The Beautiful Snow: The Ingalls Family, The Railroads, and the Hard Winter of 1880-81. Buy Now! Author: Cindy Wilson Publisher: Beaver’s Pond Press (February 7, 2020)…