Comments on: Books for Kids Who Like Little House on the Prairie

By: Neligh

Neligh — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 07:47:25 +0000

The Little House series was romantic and cozy to me as a kid; as a grownup it reads like Watership Down with people instead of rabbits. (I had to put down Farmer Boy, too. Way disturbing)

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:31:37 +0000

In reply to Charlotte. As an adult, I definitely agree with you, but as a child I suppose I thought the pioneer life sounded glamorous. Weird, right? THanks for your kind words!

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:50:12 +0000

I have read all the Little House books several times over to my four children at various times in their childhoods and they have soaked up the life of the Ingalls family and Almanzo Wilder. The ups and the downs, the scary times, the seasons, the moving constantly and the simple pleasures in life. I don't agree that they make pioneer life sound glorified at all- hard work Id say! Thanks for the wonderful book lists!

By: Jacquelyn

Jacquelyn — Sat, 21 May 2016 20:53:55 +0000

The book My Amelia May has some very graphic scenes,including a murder and a dead baby just fyi, and everyone is pretty terrible to her but there's never much resolution in it for her :/ I am aware that that's just how life is sometimes, but I would not be comfortable reading it to my younger kids under probably twelve.

By: Erica MomandKiddo

Erica MomandKiddo — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:25:48 +0000

In reply to Violet. Thanks for the recommendations!

By: Violet

Violet — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:03:21 +0000

Thanks for this list! I love Laura Ingalls Wilder's books and have read the first five books to my daughters (ages 5 and 7). Looking forward to trying out your suggestions! I recommend Anne Pellowski's five books about a Polish-American farm family living in Wisconsin in the 19th and 20th centuries, sometimes called the Latsch Valley Farm series. Each book is about a different generation, based on the author's own extended family history. My daughter enjoyed reading the Pioneer Daughters series by Jane Van Leeuwen on her own (they are early chapter books). For my own reading I liked Pioneer Girl: An annotated autobiography (of Laura Ingalls Wilder). It presents all the many differences between Laura's original memoir and her fiction, but has a more positive take on why she fictionalized her life story than the article that you linked to (though that was very thought-provoking too).

By: Rebekah Gienapp

Rebekah Gienapp — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 23:01:04 +0000

Thanks especially for the diversity on this list. I'm eager to take a look at The Birchbark House and The Footsteps of Crazy Horse. One of the reasons I don't know whether I'll read the Little House books to my son (even though I loved them as a child) is the racist portrayal of Native Americans.

By: ashley donati booktomato.net

ashley donati booktomato.net — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:05:21 +0000

i haven't read LHOTP with my boys either. I have tried to introduce it at different times, but they never could get into it. I loved the books as a kid, and the pioneer setting is one that I love reading about. Your list is amazing! Maybe if I couldn't get them into Prairie they will like one of these more.

By: Suzanna

Suzanna — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:10:19 +0000

Thanks! I'll have to look into some of these. I'm always on the look-out for our next read-aloud. This is the second time I've seen The Detective's Assistant on a book list lately, and I'd never heard of it before!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:32:18 +0000

Oh my goodness what a list! Thank you! BUT the whipping is the BEST part!! That was what hooked us on our rereads!!