Little Town on the Prairie

Name: Little Town on the Prairie
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (14 reviews)
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN: 9780062657022

Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Series: Little House #7

Narrator: Cherry Jones

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 02/07/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Children's Lifestyles

Synopsis

Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie is the seventh book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. In Little Town on the Prairie, the young town of De Smet has survived the long, harsh winter of 1880-1881. With the arrival of spring comes invitations to socials, parties, and “literaries.” Laura, who is now fifteen years old, attends her first evening social.In her spare time, she sews shirts to help earn money to send Mary to a college for the blind. Laura also receives her teaching certificate and can work at a school. And, best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to being walking her home from church. Life in the little town certainly is exciting!The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s real childhood as an American pioneer and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.

About Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods, and she and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. As an adult she wrote down the stories of her pioneer childhood in her classic Little House books, which have been cherished by millions of readers ever since they were first published over ninety years ago.

About Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones won the Tony® Award for best actress for both The Heiress and Doubt, and received two Tony® nominations for her work in A Moon for the Misbegotten and Our Country's Good; she can be seen in the films The Perfect Storm, Erin Brockovich, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Cold Mountain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 09, 2020

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......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 29, 2019

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......more

Goodreads review by Philip on March 01, 2014

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.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on November 13, 2011

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......more

Goodreads review by Charity on September 15, 2020

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......more