Little House on the Prairie (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Little House on the Prairie (Little House)
Book Review: On The Great Tall Prairie
Summary: 5 Stars
After leaving the big woods of Wisconsin, which was growing too crowded for the tastes of Pa Ingalls, the family relocated via covered wagon to southeastern Kansas and constructed a cabin amid the seemingly limitless grasslands of the wide open prairie. Laura tells of the trek across the central US, over the frozen Mississippi River, past mile after mile of empty spaces and tall grasses, till they reached the site where Pa decided they would stay. The family builds a log cabin by hand and digs a well, plants gardens and Pa hunts jackrabbits under the huge blue sky. There are neighbors, the Scotts, who come from Indiana, and the "Tennessee Wildcat' Mr. Edwards, who is an especially good friend to the Ingalls family and the girls. The best parts of this novel were the ones that had to do with Jack, the family's bulldog, who was fierce and fearless in his defense of his loved ones. A close second to the stories of Jack is the tale of the Christmas spent in the cabin, when floods made a visit from Mr. Edwards--and Santa--unlikely...and yet an improbable miracle comes to pass. The stories here are at once heartwarming and informative, and the segments that tell of Indian relations (especially if one looks outside the novel at the events going on in that time and place) make for an invalubale first-hand view of an era in US history typically described only by those who were never there.Book Review: Little house on the praire
Summary: 4 Stars
Little House on the Prairie takes place in the 1800s and is about a family who moves away and who have to build a new home. They are in Indian country and Indians come into there house and take a lot of there food. They soon found out that it was too dangerous to live there so they moved again.
I thought this book was awesome I liked all the excitement in it. I didn't like that there was too much description because it got just a little boring. My favorite character in the book was Jack the dog because he protected the family and made sure that who ever came to there house was not an Indian or someone bad. The scene that meant something to me was when the Indians came because I thought that they were going to hurt the family. This book isn't like most of the other ones that I have read because it took place so long ago and they do everything without using things that we have now. I think you should read this book because it is very good and everyone should read it. The question that I had after reading the book was how come the family moved so soon I would think that they would of stayed there longer. My strongest reason for recommending this book is a lot of things will surprise you and it makes it very exciting.
Book Review: Best purely wholesome read ever written for families
Summary: 5 Stars
Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family pull up stakes to travel to the Indian country of Oklahoma, where they believe they can put down roots as homesteaders.
Pa and Ma display great wisdom in the rearing of their children, and great ingenuity in dealing with the harsh conditions of pioneering life. We get detailed accounts of building a house, installing a latched door to help defend against wolves and Indians, and the problems of procuring, storing, and preparing food.
The details and accurate portrayal of frontier life is half of what makes this book tick. The other half is the warm and loving relationship between the Ingalls family, who cherish their little community far more than their meager possessions.
We also get to see a snapshot of an evolving political landscape from the Ingalls' point of view. The wobbly US government is negotiating with the various Indian tribes in the area, and the Ingalls must live and die by the word of the law. They also have to deal with increasingly resentful and intrusive Indians, who bring a real note of menace into their lives. So many modern portayals of frontier Indians show them as saints; this is a more realistic portrayal of how Indian culture might seem menacing from the perspective of a lone family on the prairie.
This is a beloved series that has withstood the test of time. While the interactions between the children and their parents can occasionally seem a bit cloying, their natural good-naturedness never comes off as preachy.
Parents and children have only so much time to read books together. This book should be a priority for them all.
Book Review: BORING
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was the worst book I ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to read this book for school and it's 507 pages of dull.
I highly recommend to you not to read this book!
Book Review: Not Exciting, not thrilling, just an OK Book
Summary: 2 Stars
Though from the descripition it seems amazingly boring, but it is kind of charming in an offbeat way. It describes the Ingalls family going out west (to Kansas, to be specific) and settle there because the Big Woods was getting too crowded. I thought it as OK, but there was no thrilling or excciting bits, or parts when the plot suddenly turned dark.
I recommend this book only to kids under the age of eight and kids who have not read the Harry Potter or Artemis Fowl series. For lovers of fantasy, mystery, magic or science-fiction, you must turn elsewhere for a good read.