We Love You, Little House on the Prairie Books!

I think that, too often, people think of young girls when they think of who might be reading the Little House series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. That being said, I will admit that I had never read them when I was younger, and rarely watched the show (which I’m glad for now, since I don’t have preconceived notions about the series where the show actually differed from the books).

Now, as a Mom of three children – two of whom are boys – I would say without a doubt that the Little House series of books are a treasure for the whole family, not just little girls. There are nine books in the Little House set, and just tonight, we finished the seventh book Little Town on the Prairie.  Not only do my boys beg me for “just one more chapter tonight, Mom,” but even Eric says, “C’mon, Ang — one more.”

It was on a whim that I thought, “Hey – why not try reading Little House in the Big Woods?”  I figured we’d read it and be done.  I had no idea that we would soon be working our way through Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks for Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, and Little Town on the Prairie.

For the record, I think hands down, everyone in our family loved Farmer Boy best, though it was, ironically, one that I was avoiding, so we read it after we had read the first six.  (The pictures in the linked copy are really great and we all enjoyed them, when we ended up getting a copy of it with our Winter Promise materials, even though we also have a non-illustrated version.)

Although we haven’t done extra activities to enhance our Little House books, there are tons of great resources to enhance your reading, such as a Little House Cookbook, Little House Craft Books, or a great post on The Homeschool Classroom about Little House studies (and this post that includes a Little House summer adventure box).

I would never have guessed that we would have loved this series of books so much, especially, because of my preconceived notion of who reads them, I definitely wouldn’t have guessed that my boys would love them so much.  The Little House series has been such a blessing to our family time!

This post is linked to Works for Me Wednesday and Finer Things Friday.

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