pickOh. My. Word. I've FINALLY finished the series!!! 🥳 🥳🥳 I started this series in 3rd grade and never completed the last two book. But it's only been 50+years, so not too long 😉 I was thinking this book lacked the personal touch and then discovered it was published posthumously, so the abruptness makes sense. That Laura did not want to live farm life was a new discovery. I don't blame her - their life was really rough.
Here‘s Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s recipe for Spiced #IcedTea from the tagged cookbook
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so-soThis was a long ass book. I had no idea how contemptuous a relationship LIW and RLM had. Rose was kind of awful, and their relationship dynamic was weird. Anyway, you learn a lot about everything during that time period (maybe too much) & unfortunately I won't look at the cherished series from childhood the same way after reading this and knowing the hand (or pen) Rose had to it
“Each day brought something new for the Ingalls family as they worked hard to build their new life on the prairie.”
This book can be linked to lessons on American history, specifically westward expansion, and can be used to engage students in discussions about family, resilience, and adaptation to new environments.
