![]() ![]() This first installment in the series is gentler than the rest and so could reach a slightly younger audience. And the notion that children should be seen and not heard is laughable these days. There are moments, though, when the writing reflects too well 19th-century ideas about gender and race (mentions of "darkey" and "Injun," for example). Some of the most interesting scenes are when young Laura describes the long process of making food, such as cheese and bread, that we take for granted, along with our ability to store meat in refrigerators. It's warmly crafted with characters who come to life and lots of details about frontier life, based on the author's own childhood in Pepin, Wisconsin, in the early 1870s. Parents need to know that there's a reason Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods is a beloved classic. ![]()
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