Little House in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder

HarperCollins, Jan 7, 1994 - Juvenile Fiction - 256 pages

Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack.

Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also exciting as Laura and her folks celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into town. And every night they are safe and warm in their little house, with the happy sound of Pa's fiddle sending Laura and her sisters off to sleep.

And so begins Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story.

What people are saying

Review: Little House in the Big Woods (Little House #1)

User Review  - Whitney - Goodreads

Little House in the Big Woods is the first of the Little House books in which Laura Ingalls Wilder recounts her years growing up in the big woods of Wisconsin. I first read the Little House books when ...

Review: Little House in the Big Woods (Little House #1)

User Review  - Shellie - Goodreads

Re-read this recently, was a favorite of mine as a child, still enjoy it.

About the author

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods. She and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. Later, Laura and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, made their own covered-wagon trip with their daughter, Rose, to Mansfield, Missouri. There, believing in the importance of knowing where you began in order to appreciate how far you've come, Laura wrote about her childhood growing up on the American frontier. For millions of readers Laura lives on forever as the little pioneer girl in the beloved Little House books.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Little House in the Big Woods; Little House
• Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Illustrated by: Garth Williams
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised, braille
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 1994
• ISBN: 0064400018, 9780064400015
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 19th Century; Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life