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Paperback Little House 5-Book Full-Color Box Set: Books 1 to 5 Book

ISBN: 0060754281

ISBN13: 9780060754280

Little House 5-Book Full-Color Box Set: Books 1 to 5

(Part of the Little House Series)

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Book Overview

This five-book paperback box set of the classic series features Garth Williams's illustrations in gorgeous full color. These middle grade novels are an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It's a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.

The books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder's real childhood as an American pioneer and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.

Little House in the Big Woods

Wolves and panthers and bears roam the deep Wisconsin woods in the 1870s. In those same woods, Laura lives with Pa and Ma, and her sisters, Mary and Baby Carrie, in a snug little house built of logs. Pa hunts and traps. Ma makes her own cheese and butter. All night long, the wind howls lonesomely, but Pa plays the fiddle and sings, keeping the family safe and cozy.

Farmer Boy

As Laura Ingalls is growing up in a little house in Kansas, Almanzo Wilder lives on a big farm in New York. He and his brothers and sisters work hard from dawn to supper to help keep their family farm running. Almanzo wishes for just one thing--his very own horse--but he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.

Little House on the Prairie

Pa Ingalls decides to sell the little log house, and the family sets out for Indian country They travel from Wisconsin to Kansas, and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on the prairie. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, but Laura and her family are kept busy and are happy with the promise of their new life on the prairie.

On the Banks of Plum Creek

Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod, but Pa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strange glittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In a week's time, there is no wheat crop left at all.

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Pa Ingalls heads west to the unsettled wilderness of the Dakota Territory. When Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and baby Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the town of De Smet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake.

Customer Reviews

3 ratings

Reading it through, again

My kids truely cannot get enough of this book! We have read it at least 4x's and are starting it again. Almost enough to make me want to hide the book. :) It is large in size but manageable. Our cover is now tearing off but this has been in constant use since its purchase two years ago and has seen some rough use. I especially like the extra pictures that are throughout the book. (Maybe one extra per book - but that is twice the number in the other books.) If you have not read these books before please realize that when reading to the very young you will need to "edit" as you read some chapters concerning the Native Americans mentioned. Please don't let this deter you from the book purchase however as it is a WONDERFUL book.

Excellent for boys and girls alike

When I first mooted to my seven year old boy the idea that I would read aloud to him stories about a pioneer family from the 1870s--a family with three girls, no boys, at that--he wanted nothing to do with it. I told him, "Let me read just the very first chapter of the first book, and if you don't like it, we'll stop." Well, at the end of the first chapter of "Little House in the Big Woods," he was hooked. We went right through all these, and he's eager to go on to the others. These are excellent stories for intelligent boys and girls because, among other things, they explain how things work, how life was conducted without benefit of electricity or almost all the comforts of modern life we take for granted--imagine camping on a permanent basis--and how a family with next to nothing by our standards is still full of joy and love. Laura Ingalls Wilders' writing is brilliantly spare with no-nonsense descriptions, and Garth Williams' drawings are simple yet immensely helpful. Not only do I recommend these highly, I'd go so far as to say that our society would be better off if these were read to every American child growing up today. Postscript: Why the first five in a collection? Four of them concern Laura Ingalls as a child, one is about her future husband, Almanzo Wilder, as a boy. They are told mostly from the perspective of a child and retain an innocence. In the sixth book, The Long Winter, Laura is in her early teens, and the themes are certainly sober, even dark at times, as the book is a narrative of a winter in which the family very nearly starves. The remaining volumes deal with Laura as she struggles to obtain an education and teacher's certificate, starts courting and gets married, and has her own family. So there's a natural break between these first five and the rest.

A Little House Collection: The First Five Novels (Little House)

My children and I love this book. I grew up watching Little House on The Prairie when I was little and wanted to share this delightful experience with them. They both enjoy the unfolding tale, particularly my 7 year old. She is eager for tomorrow and the next episode! There is great attention to detail in the writing, yet there is a feeling of it being easy to read and take in.
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