Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 1953
ISBN-13:9780060264451ISBN:0060264454
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 1953
ISBN-13:9780060264451ISBN:0060264454
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1953
ISBN-13:9780590488181ISBN:059048818X
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. No rips or tears in book or bind. No writing. SMOKE FREE. Glued binding. 336 p. Little House Books. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1953
ISBN-13:9780064400022ISBN:0064400026
Description: Williams, Garth, and Franck. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean pages, no marks or tears, cover has little wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 335 p. Contains: Illustrations. Little House (Original Series Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Williams, Garth, and Franck. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, shelf wear & bends on cover, creases on spine, light aging, light water mark on top corner of first few pages, stk #2339ddm8. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Little House (Original Series Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1953
ISBN-13:9780064400022ISBN:0064400026
Description: Williams, Garth, and Franck. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight wear on cover and spine, overall very good used book. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Little House (Original Series Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"I had never read the book, only seen the television series. As I read this to my daughters, we remarked on how little the family had, how hard they worked, and how nobody ever complained. We looked around our house and remarked how much stuff we have and how little of it we need. My oldest said she would pick out 3 dresses to keep and give the rest away. We will see what happens with that, but at least we are thinking differently.
On the literary side, the writing has engaged the girls and they always want me to read more than one chapter, but I make them wait. One a day and we talk about it. It is written with simple language, though many of the words are unfamiliar to children since they are either not regularly used today or have nothing to do with our daily life. That makes for some explaining during the reading, but it is not a detractor."
"Well, I didn't like this book as well as the first. I found it fascinating to read all the details about how they moved and how they built the house. It amazes me to think about how things have changed. I do feel quite spoiled. The thing that I didn't like so much about the book was the way the conflict between the settlers and the Native Americans was portrayed. I know there was a lot of conflict and misunderstanding, but I wish that it could have been told using different words. I found myself having to skip racist comments. I know that people felt that way at the time, but I wish there would have been an explanation about it in the book. I was glad that I was reading the book with Nakyla so that we could talk about it. I will have to remember this and be cautious if there comes a day when she wants to read it on her own."
"I recently read the first one in this series, "Little House in the Big Woods." This one was just as interesting, if not more so. In this installment the family moves to Kansas in a covered wagon and proceeds to set up shop on the prairie. This involves building a house, all their furniture, a stable, and digging a well. Everything they eat they either grow or hunt for. Maybe it's the pioneer in me, but I find all the details of how they do these things fascinating. Pa builds a door without any nails, for godsakes! At various points the family home is surrounded by a pack of wolves and the family itself not only survives malaria (which they know by the name "fever n' ague"), but comes very close to being massacred by the "wild Indians" of the prairie. The scene at the end, in which the family watches an endless train of Indians moving west, was very sad and touching. For kids or not, these are great books!"
"My whole life i have enjoyed reading historical fiction. This book is another great book for kids around fourth grade reading level. I believe it to be an excellent book to explore the differences of back then and now. There are many pluses to our way of life but what are some that they had then? I think it would be interesting to see what the students would think. This is a much more entertaining way to actually take the children back in history (and similar to that of our area)than studying it in a lesson. It would actually put them in the shoes of people back then and maybe ignite some interest in people in history, what we had to go through to get where we are today, and appreciate the luxuries that we have."
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