LIttle house on the Prairie!

This is the first book in the series. I just have gotten done reading it. I have always loved the t.v. show and I have read some of the books before. I am reading them again so I can write about them.

This book is basically the beginning when Laura Ingalls Wilder was about six years old. Her Ma, Pa, her sister Mary, Laura and her sister baby Carrie lived in Pepin County, Wisconsin in the big woods. Her Grandma and Grandpa, Aunts and Uncles all lived in the big woods too.

Just before winter would set in Pa would go hunting for meat for the winter. He would smoke some of the meat and store it in the shed or up in the loft. Ma and the girls would get all of the vegetables pulled out of the garden and get the spices out too. The spices would hang up in the loft and the vegetables would be put up on the loft or in the pantry. Ma always said that Pa always like to have fresh meat in the winter.

In the winter time since the girls couldn't go out and play when Pa came back from hunting Pa would play his fiddle or he would tell the girls a story. When Pa would play his fiddle he would also sing sometimes. 

At Christmas Laura's Aunt and Uncle would come and spend the night with there kids. The kids would have to stay in the house because it was to cold outside to play. So the kids would either play up in the loft or in the big bedroom. On Christmas morning they would have a big breakfast then open there presents. The kids would play some more then have an early dinner and the family would go home.

Right before spring Pa would call the last snow fall a sugar snow. That meant that it was time to tap the maple trees. Her Pa would have to go and help her Grandpa tap all his maple trees for the maple syrup. After they had gotten this all done her Pa would come home. Then he told them at the end of the week there was going to be the big dance at Grandma and Grandpa's. This was when the whole family would get together and get all dressed up to have a nice dinner and play music to dance to.

When spring came Pa would be out in the field getting it ready to plant. He would be gone all day long. There was one time he said the whole family was going to town. The girls never seen a town. The houses were so close together and the kids were outside playing. They went into the store and the girls seen all the things in the store. The store owner knew Ma and Pa. Then when they were done in the store they would have lunch down by the lake.

Then in the fall Pa was out in the field harvesting the wheat crop. This big machine came to separate the oats from the wheat. It took eight horses to run the machine. Mary and Laura stood there in amazement holding hands. The machine was really loud with the clinking. But then they went back to the house to help Ma with lunch for the workers.

If you like Little House on the Prairie like I do you would really like the book. There are a total of nine books in the series. I do plan on getting them all. Right now I only have the first three of them. This book is really amazed me because it is a true story about her life. I have started the next book when I am done with it I will write about it.

I hope you enjoy my revue about the book and I would like to hear what you have to say about this!