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Recommended Reading

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books continue to inspire generations of young readers. They are classics in American children’s literature. But for readers who want to know more about Laura Ingalls Wilder, the books below can enrich their reading and educational experiences with different perspectives on the Ingalls and Wilder families, the Little House world, American history, and culture, or even the writing life.

  • The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Biographies of her Life and Times
  • Eating Like a Pioneer: Little House Cookbooks
  • Crafting on the Prairie: A Little House Craft Book Roundup
  • Memoirs by the Little House Cast
  • Little House Books for Readers of All Ages
  • Books by William Anderson
  • Books by Rose Wilder Lane
  • The Rose Wilder Lane Series
  • Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts
  • Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House's Ma
  • Walnut Grove Hits Home: Prairie Values for the Modern Family
  • The Beautiful Snow
  • The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories
  • My First Little House Books
  • A Little House Picture Book Treasury: Six Stories of Life on the Prairie
  • Ketty Lester: From The Cotton Fields To Grammy Nominated "Love Letters" to "Little House on the Prairie"
  • Little Author in the Big Woods: A Biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The Little House Cookbook Review
  • Wendi Lou Lee: A Prairie Devotional
  • Reconsidering Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House and Beyond
  • A Prairie Devotional
  • Miss Beadle and Me
  • Illustrating Little House
  • Recommended Reading for Adults
  • Recommended Reading for Children & Young Adults
  • Caroline Ingalls – What Laura Left Unsaid
  • A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Young Pioneers
  • Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Caroline: Little House, Revisited
  • The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books
  • Woman’s Day Book of American Needlework
  • The Dancer of Sahmakha
  • Henry Ford's Own Story: How a Farmer Boy Rose to the Power That Goes With Many Millions, Yet Never Lost Touch With Humanity, As Told to Rose Wilder Lane
  • The Making of Herbert Hoover
  • The Story of Art Smith
  • Let the Hurricane Roar
  • Old Home Town
  • The Discovery of Freedom: Man’s Struggle Against Authority
  • Give Me Liberty
  • Free Land
  • Diverging Roads
  • Travels With Zenobia: Paris to Albania by Model T Ford: A Journal
  • Dorothy Thompson and Rose Wilder Lane: Forty Years of Friendship, Letters, 1921-1960
  • The Rediscovered Writings of Rose Wilder Lane, Literary Journalist
  • Little House in the Big Woods
  • Farmer Boy
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • On the Banks of Plum Creek
  • By the Shores of Silver Lake
  • The Long Winter
  • Little Town on the Prairie
  • These Happy Golden Years
  • The First Four Years
  • On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri in 1894
  • Little House Treasury
  • Little House Sisters: Collected Stories from the Little House Books
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: The World’s Fair
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: The Great Debate
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Mountain Miracle
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Missouri Homestead
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Land of Promise
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Home to the Prairie
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Good Neighbors
  • The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Children of Promise
  • On the Other Side of the Hill
  • Little Town in the Ozarks
  • Little House on Rocky Ridge
  • Little Farm in the Ozarks
  • In the Land of the Big Red Apple
  • On The Banks of the Bayou
  • New Dawn on Rocky Ridge
  • Wilder in the West: Eliza Jane’s Story of a Lady Homesteader
  • The Walnut Grove Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Story of the Wilders
  • The Story of the Ingalls
  • Little House Country: A Photo Guide to the Home Sites of Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa Story
  • Old Town in the Green Groves
  • Meet Laura Ingalls Wilder (About the Author)
  • Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder: Teacher and Author (Ferguson’s Career Biographies)
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder: Real-Life Pioneer of the Little House Books (People to Know)
  • Bachelor Girl
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical, Biographical, and Teaching Studies
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder (Young at Heart)
  • The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook: Favorite Songs from the Little House Books
  • Musical Memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder (History Alive Through Music)
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder (Rookie Biographies)
  • Ingalls Wilder Family Songbook
  • The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Little House on the Prairie From A to Z
  • Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks
  • Writings to Young Women on Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume Three: As Told by her Family, Friends, and Neighbors
  • Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume Two: On Life As a Pioneer Woman
  • Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder – Volume One: On Wisdom & Virtues
  • West From Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915

The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Biographies of her Life and TimesEating Like a Pioneer: Little House CookbooksCrafting on the Prairie: A Little House Craft Book RoundupMemoirs by the Little House CastLittle House Books for Readers of All AgesBooks by William AndersonBooks by Rose Wilder LaneThe Rose Wilder Lane SeriesPioneer Girl: The Revised TextsBright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House's MaWalnut Grove Hits Home: Prairie Values for the Modern FamilyThe Beautiful SnowThe Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic StoriesMy First Little House BooksA Little House Picture Book Treasury: Six Stories of Life on the PrairieKetty Lester: From The Cotton Fields To Grammy Nominated "Love Letters" to "Little House on the Prairie"Little Author in the Big Woods: A Biography of Laura Ingalls WilderThe Little House Cookbook ReviewWendi Lou Lee: A Prairie DevotionalReconsidering Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House and BeyondA Prairie DevotionalMiss Beadle and MeIllustrating Little HouseRecommended Reading for AdultsRecommended Reading for Children & Young AdultsCaroline Ingalls – What Laura Left UnsaidA Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls WilderYoung PioneersPrairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls WilderCaroline: Little House, RevisitedThe World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House BooksWoman’s Day Book of American NeedleworkThe Dancer of SahmakhaHenry Ford's Own Story: How a Farmer Boy Rose to the Power That Goes With Many Millions, Yet Never Lost Touch With Humanity, As Told to Rose Wilder LaneThe Making of Herbert HooverThe Story of Art SmithLet the Hurricane RoarOld Home TownThe Discovery of Freedom: Man’s Struggle Against AuthorityGive Me LibertyFree LandDiverging RoadsTravels With Zenobia: Paris to Albania by Model T Ford: A JournalDorothy Thompson and Rose Wilder Lane: Forty Years of Friendship, Letters, 1921-1960The Rediscovered Writings of Rose Wilder Lane, Literary JournalistLittle House in the Big WoodsFarmer BoyLittle House on the PrairieOn the Banks of Plum CreekBy the Shores of Silver LakeThe Long WinterLittle Town on the PrairieThese Happy Golden YearsThe First Four YearsOn the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri in 1894Little House TreasuryLittle House Sisters: Collected Stories from the Little House BooksThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: The World’s FairThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: The Great DebateThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Mountain MiracleThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Missouri HomesteadThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Land of PromiseThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Home to the PrairieThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Good NeighborsThe Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder Series: Children of PromiseOn the Other Side of the HillLittle Town in the OzarksLittle House on Rocky RidgeLittle Farm in the OzarksIn the Land of the Big Red AppleOn The Banks of the BayouNew Dawn on Rocky RidgeWilder in the West: Eliza Jane’s Story of a Lady HomesteaderThe Walnut Grove Story of Laura Ingalls WilderStory of the WildersThe Story of the IngallsLittle House Country: A Photo Guide to the Home Sites of Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa StoryOld Town in the Green GrovesMeet Laura Ingalls Wilder (About the Author)Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder’s Little Town: Where History and Literature MeetLaura Ingalls Wilder: Teacher and Author (Ferguson’s Career Biographies)Laura Ingalls Wilder: Real-Life Pioneer of the Little House Books (People to Know)Bachelor GirlLaura Ingalls Wilder: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical, Biographical, and Teaching StudiesLaura Ingalls Wilder (Young at Heart)The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook: Favorite Songs from the Little House BooksMusical Memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder (History Alive Through Music)Laura Ingalls Wilder (Rookie Biographies)Ingalls Wilder Family SongbookThe Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls WilderLittle House on the Prairie From A to ZLittle House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered WritingsLaura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the OzarksWritings to Young Women on Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume Three: As Told by her Family, Friends, and NeighborsWritings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume Two: On Life As a Pioneer WomanWritings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder – Volume One: On Wisdom & VirtuesWest From Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915

Walnut Grove Hits Home: Prairie Values for the Modern Family

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 Walnut Grove Hits Home: Prairie Values for the Modern Family by Alicia Hogan Murphy.   Buy Now! Author: Alicia Hogan Murphy Publisher: Bear Manor Media (June 19, 2021)… 

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Ketty Lester: From The Cotton Fields To Grammy Nominated “Love Letters” to “Little House on the Prairie”

Books and articles by and about the actors who starred in the Little House on the Prairie TV series provide a behind-the-scenes look at the show and how it affected the lives of the people making it. Here is a brief overview of Ketty Lester: From The Cotton Fields To Grammy Nominated “Love Letters” to Little… 

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A Prairie Devotional

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Books and articles by and about the actors who starred in the Little House on the Prairie TV series provide a behind-the-scenes look at the show and how it affected the lives of the people making it. Here is a brief overview of A Prairie Devotional. Buy Now! Author: Wendi Lou Lee Illustrator: Steven Noble Publisher: Thomas… 

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Illustrating Little House

Illustrating Little House, by Renée Graef, an award-winning illustrator of over 80 books for children, including the Kirsten series in the American Girl collection and many of the My First Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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… 

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Caroline Ingalls – What Laura Left Unsaid

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… 

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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)… 

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