Recommended Reading

A Prairie Devotional

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…

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…

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of feet of microfilm containing thousands of pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s handwritten manuscripts, her then-unpublished memoir, Pioneer Girl, and correspondence with…

A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder

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 A Prairie Girl’s Faith: The Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Buy Now! Author: Stephen W. Hines Publisher: WaterBrook (February 6, 2018) Synopsis: The beloved author of…

Young Pioneers

Our Recommended Reading for Children & Young Adults and Recommended Reading for Adults articles have been popular resources for readers interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie. Here is a brief overview of Young Pioneers. Buy Now! Author: Rose Wilder Lane Illustrator: Dan Andreasen Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (September 5, 1998)…

Miss Beadle and Me

By about the late 2000s I had lived a lot of life but I hadn’t written any of it down. Even though I’d been in the middle of some of Hollywood’s most celebrated and controversial decades (the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s), it never occurred to me that anything I’d done or seen was worth putting…