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Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? / by Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by Tim Foley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who was-- ?Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [2013]Description: 106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0448467062 (pbk.) :
  • 0448467070
  • 1480639184 (Paw Prints)
  • 9780448467061 (pbk.) :
  • 9780448467078
  • 9781480639188 (Paw Prints)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Who was Laura Ingalls Wilder? -- Wagon trail -- The Big Woods -- School days -- Coming and going -- Dakota Territory -- A hard winter -- Growing up -- Laura and Almanzo -- Reliving memories -- The Little House books -- Timelines.
Summary: "Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Wilder, L. D389 Checked out 04/26/2024 33111007538610
Total holds: 2

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are captured in engaging text and 80 black-and-white illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

Who was Laura Ingalls Wilder? -- Wagon trail -- The Big Woods -- School days -- Coming and going -- Dakota Territory -- A hard winter -- Growing up -- Laura and Almanzo -- Reliving memories -- The Little House books -- Timelines.

"Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"-- Provided by publisher.

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