Little House on the Prairie

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There are nine books in the Little House on the Prairie Series.

1. 1933 “Little House in the Big Woods”
2. 1934 “Farmer Boy”
3. 1935 “Little House on the Prairie”
4. 1937 “On the Banks of Plum Creek”
5. 1939 “By the Shores of Silver Lake”
6. 1940 “The Long Winter”
7. 1941 “Little Town on the Prairie”
8. 1943 “These Happy Golden Years”
9. 1971 “The First Four Years”

Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book “Little House in the Big Woods” in 1933. It is based on the memories of Laura's childhood. She grew up in the big woods near Pepin, Wisconsin.

“Farmer Boy” was published in 1934 and is the second in the series. It is based on the childhood of her husband, Almanzo Wilder. Almanzo grew up in the 1860s near the town of Burke in upstate New York. The book covers one year of Almanzo's life, beginning just before his ninth birthday. The book describes the chores involved in running the Wilder farm. Almanzno's duties were to milk the cows and feed the stock. He planted and tended crops and hauled logs. He helped fill the ice house and trained a team of young oxen. He went to school when he could.

In 1935 “Little House on the Prairie” was published . “Little House on the Prairie” is based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood. In the Midwest region of the United States during the late 19th century.

“On the Banks of Plum Creek” published in 1937 describes the Ingalls families life in a dugout in Minnesota they eventually build a home near the town of Walnut Grove.

Laura published “By the shores of Silver Lake” in 1939. This book is based on Laura's childhood near DeSmet, South Dakota.

In 1940 “The Long Winter” was published and won a Newberry Award. A continuation of life in South Dakota. “The Long Winter” depicts the severe winter on 1880-1881when Laura was fourteen years old.

“Little Town on the Prairie” was published in 1941. The story continues after the Long Winter in South Dakota and tells the story of Laura's teenage years.

“These Happy Golden Years” published in 1943 focuses on Laura's life as a teacher and her courtship with her husband Almanzo.

The last of the series was published in 1971. The book was entitled “The First Four Years”. The manuscript for this book was found in 1968 after Laura’s daughter Roses death. This book was published unedited and untouched exactly the way Laura had written it.