Piccola città del West. La casa nella prateria

How would you like to work in town, Laura? When Mary lost her sight, she lost all hope of continuing her education. A kindly reverend tells the Ingalls family of a college for the blind. It goes without question that Mary will attend the seven years of school. Now, the Ingalls family desperately n

Over two car trips we finished listening to the wonderful Cherry Jones read book seven in the popular classic Little House series, as Laura Ingalls grows into a young (15-eyar-old, but mature for her age, given what she has been through) lady. In earlier books, ones I really prefer, such as The Long Leggi tutto

Eleanor and Gwennie are both here, but before we begin, I want to tell MY favorite part... and I have to write it quietly because it's not quite appropriate. Laura had just started working in town, when she saw these two men get kicked out of a bar. They were sloshed, and singing an old church hymn. Leggi tutto

I flew through this one, maybe because I was so happy not to be stuck in a blizzard anymore, freezing and starving. Things are really looking up for the Ingalls family--they get a kitten, Mary finally goes off to college, there are parties in town, and by the end of the book, Laura gets her teaching Leggi tutto

Laura is growing up... at all of age fifteen. But she is still very much a child, and that is probably what makes this one of my favorite books in the series. I love how contrarian she is, willing to rock a desk so loud on Carrie's behalf that she drowns out all the other students and classes, in a