Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1935
Historical fiction Young adultLiterary fictionContemporary fiction
A family crosses into the Kansas prairie with a wagon and no guarantee: pioneer life as a child saw it, thrilling, dangerous and close to the ground.
Feels like nostalgia, wonder and tenderness. About family.
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The prairie before anyone has claimed it, and the strange relief of being no one.
There was only the enormous, empty prairie, with grasses blowing in waves of light and shadow across it, and the great blue sky above it, and birds flying up from it and singing with joy because the sun was rising. And on the whole enormous prairie there was no sign that any other human being had ever been there. Laura Ingalls Wilder.Wilder began publishing the Little House books at 65, with her daughter Rose Wilder Lane editing the manuscripts; the prairie books drew on her family's moves across Wisconsin, Kansas and Minnesota.
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Questions readers ask
- What is Little House on the Prairie like?
- Feels like nostalgia, wonder and tenderness. About family.
- What should I read after Little House on the Prairie?
- If you liked Little House on the Prairie, try To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares).
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Some injuries become the way a childhood gets dated.
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
To Kill a Mockingbird · Harper Lee
How much of yourself you edit before pressing send.
Cath probably should have texted Abel by now, just to tell him that she’d made it—but she wanted to wait until she felt more breezy and nonchalant. You can’t take back texts. If you come off all moody and melancholy in a text, it just sits there in your phone, reminding you of what a drag you are.
Fangirl · Rainbow Rowell
Look at how texture and fabric become extensions of physical grace.
The pants clung to Lena’s waist and followed the line of her hips. They held close to the shape of her thighs and fell exactly to the tops of her feet. When she took two steps forward, they appeared to hug each of her muscles as they shifted and moved. Carmen gazed in wonder at how different was their effect from Lena’s bland uniform of J. Crew khakis.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants · Ann Brashares
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