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goodreads| Title: The Little House in the Big Woods Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder Genre: Classics Rating: 4.5/5 # pages: 138, Audiobook ~4hrs Date read: July 2007, February 2010, August 2012, December 2017, September 2024 |  |
Little House in the Big Woods--the first book of the series and Laura Ingalls Wilder's first children's book--is full of the thrills, chills, and spills typically associated with "boy" books. Any boy or girl who has fantasized about running off to live in the woods will find ample information in these pages to manage a Wisconsin snowstorm, a panther attack, or a wild sled ride with a pig as an uninvited guest. Every chapter divulges fascinatingly intricate, yet easy-to-read, details about pioneer life in the Midwest in the late 1800s, from bear-meat curing to maple-tree sapping to homemade bullet making.
This is one of the best comfort-book-series around - although I always get so hungry when reading it! I want to try fresh made maple syrup and culled corn too! Such a cozy book :) Even if I do skip most of Pa's tales when rereading it these days.
Reread 2024: I heard this as an audiobook this time where the narrator actually performed the songs - that was a nice touch, even if it was a tad louder than the spoken word, so I had to adjust it. Still a nice addition.
