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The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota. Here they settle in a little house made of sod beside the banks of beautiful Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds a wonderful new little house with real glass windows and a hinged door. Laura and her sister Mary go to school, help with the chores, and fish in the creek.

While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the Western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits or, best of all, when the fair comes to town.

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she, her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on the shores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors' house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake.

Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty 12 miles from home. She is very homesick but keeps at it so that she can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. During school vacations Laura has fun with her singing lessons, going on sleigh rides, and, best of all, helping Almanzo Wilder drive his new buggy. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo in the romantic conclusion of this Little House book.

Told from four-year-old Laura's point of view, this story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her pa, her ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, since they must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also exciting as Laura and her family celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into town.

The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walk home from church with Laura. And Laura, now 15 years old, receives her certificate to teach school.

The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for Kansas. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their little house on the prairie. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Sometimes pioneer life is hard, but Laura and her folks are always busy and happy in their new little house.

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as Pa, Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace bravely face the hard winter of 1880-81 in their little house in the Dakota Territory. Blizzards cover the little town with snow, cutting off all supplies from the outside. Soon there is almost no food left, so young Almanzo Wilder and a friend make a dangerous trip across the prairie to find some wheat. Finally a joyous Christmas is celebrated in a very unusual way in this most exciting of all the Little House books.

Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota prairie. Soon their baby daughter, Rose, is born, and the young family must face the hardships and triumphs encountered by so many American pioneers. And so Laura Ingalls Wilder's adventure as a little pioneer girl ends, and her new life as a pioneer wife and mother begins.

From helping others in times of need, to keeping and maintaining friendships, to having a positive attitude, Laura's words of wisdom in Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom and Virtues are applicable even in today's world. As she shares stories and experiences from her own life, she encourages listeners to live lives of integrity and to realize their dreams.

In Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Life as a Pioneer Woman, Laura tells her listeners what it was like to be a pioneer in the early 1900s. Her stories and insights show us how difficult even the simplest chores or tasks were for the early pioneers, yet through it all she continued to see each situation as an adventure—as if she was truly blazing the trail for future generations.

"Det lille hus på prærien er andet bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om pigen Laura og hendes familie og deres hårde liv som nybyggere, der rejser fra sted til sted i USA´s store skove og på de endeløse prærier for mere end hundrede år siden.

"Det lille hus i den store skov" er første bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om pigen Laura og hendes familie og deres hårde liv som nybyggere, der rejser fra sted til sted i USA´s store skove og på de endeløse prærier for mere end hundrede år siden.

Tiende bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om Laura og hendes families liv som nybyggere på prærien i USA sidst i 1800-tallet. "På vej mod vort hjem" er Lauras dagbog fra tiden, da hun som voksen med mand og barn rejser fra prærien videre gennem USAs nybyggerland for at finde et nyt og bedre sted at bo.

Niende bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om Laura og hendes families hårde liv som nybyggere på prærien i USA sidst i 1800-tallet.. Hun er nu voksen og fortæller om de første nybyggerår på prærien med Almanzo og deres lille datter.

Ottende bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om pigen Laura og hendes famile og deres hårde liv som nybyggere, der rejser fra sted til sted i USA´s store skove og på de endeløse prærier for mere end hundrede år siden. Laura og Almanzo skal etablere et liv sammen på prærien.

Syvende bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om pigen Laura og hendes familie og deres hårde liv som nybyggere, der rejser fra sted til sted i USA's store skove og på de endeløse prærier for mere end hundrede år siden. Laura er en ung kvinde nu, og både hun og byen på prærien trives og vokser.

Sjette bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om pigen Laura og hendes famile og deres hårde liv som nybyggere, der rejser fra sted til sted i USA's store skove og på de endeløse prærier for mere end hundrede år siden. Denne gang om den hårdeste vinter i mands minde på prærien.

Tredje bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om pigen Laura og hendes familie og deres hårde liv som nybyggere, der rejser fra sted til sted i USA´s store skove og på de endeløse prærier for mere end hundrede år siden. Efter først at have boet i det lille blokhus i de store skove og siden i det lille hus på prærien i indianerterritoriet rejser Laura og hendes familie videre i prærievognen og slår sig efter en lang rejse ned i et lille hus, der er bygget ind i skrænten ved en flod.

Femte bind i den verdenskendte og elskede serie om pigen Laura og hendes familie og deres hårde liv som nybyggere, der rejser fra sted til sted i USA´s store skove og på de endeløse prærier for mere end hundrede år siden.