5/5 Papooses
(A Papoose is an indian (Native American) baby, and Laura is obsessed with them in this book.)
What is it about?
Laura’s Papa has decided the Big Woods are getting too crowded and the neighbors are scaring away all the game and wild animals. It’s time to move and he has heard from the government that the Indian territory west of the Mississippi will soon be open for settlement. They load all of their belongings into a wagon and set off on their way.
Was it good?
This is a children’s book, but it is entertaining and fascinating. Never have I been so enthralled by flooding rivers or indian war-cries. Everything in this book feels so important, and Laura’s descriptions are educational as well as interesting.
She includes a lot of details that a child might gloss over, but that I found especially fascinating. For example, when her Pa builds their log house she describes all of the steps involved and which tools he uses so you get really good understanding for how hard he had to work and what a clever and resourceful guy he was. Everyone in this book is so resourceful.
When I was a little girl I found inspiration in Laura herself, but this time I was most impressed by the Ma and Pa characters. I mean, holy cow, I would never iron my kids clothes while traveling on a wagon for months. I don’t even know where my husband put the iron when we moved into this house nearly two years ago.
I loved this book as a little girl, and I love it now, still.
This is book 2 or 3 of the Little House series depending on whether or not you read her husband’s childhood story. I have not read it. It is my understanding that Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote these stories based off of her own personal experiences, and that she is little Laura in the stories.
Thanks for the recommendation! I love reading children’s books such as this!
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It’s my pleasure to read these books! I️ am looking forward to the next installment but apparently they are quite popular even now and I️ have to wait.
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“Little House on The Prairie” was my all time favorite series when I was growing up. The books & the TV show. Thank you, for the memory you just gave me.
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You’re welcome! My mom watched the show “to learn English” when we moved here from Germany, but I️ was too busy with other things to get into it. (I️ was only 7 and discovered the books a few years later.) I️ think my mom still watches the Christmas one every year.
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What a sweet story. I love that your Mom learned the English language based on “Little House”, and I tend to watch the Christmas one myself. The first one, and the last one when they are ll grown up.
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Fantastic Review!!! I love Little House on the Prairie!!!!❤😁
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LIW spent some time in Indiana but I’ve managed to never read it. Never really got in to Anne of Green Gables, either. I know, weird…
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I didn’t read Anne of Green Gables until a few years ago. I think the only reason I read Little House was because my mom had bought them because she loved the show so much!
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