Little House on the Prairie Forum Home  Calendar  Chat Room  FAQ  Search  Register  Log in       Little House on the Prairie :: Little House on the Prairie :: The Little House Book Club  "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"     Author Message Carol Adventure Seeker Joined : 04 Sep 2006 Posts : 3493 Location : The Seaside Character Name: Kate Thorvald Subject: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Mon 12 Feb 2007, 11:52 pm "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE" The long winter is over. With spring come socials, parties, and "Literaries." There is also work to be done. Laura spends many hours each day sewing shirts to help send Mary to a college for the blind. But in the evenings, Laura makes time for a new caller, Almanzo Wilder. ================= This thread is for discussing "Little Town on the Prairie". _________________   ChristinaAL Little House Lady Joined : 21 Sep 2006 Posts : 2100 Character Name: Michelle Pierson Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Sun 18 Feb 2007, 12:42 pm My second favorite! I love how Laura's growing up, and when Almanzo first asks to escort her home, she doesn't know what to do. It's so innocent and sweet, and there's a bittersweet-ness at the end too, when Laura gets her Teacher's Certificut. _________________ Take me back to Walnut Grove, I became Albert Ingalls there   Misti Red Hummingbird Joined : 08 Oct 2006 Posts : 2293 Location : Texas Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Sun 18 Feb 2007, 4:43 pm I love this book and I love how it shows Laura was the pursuer but being persued. Totally I love the stories of all the parties and the activities Laura does with all her friends and her day to day life. _________________ I would fight for you...I'd lie for you...walk the wire for you... ya I'd die for you...you know its true...everything I do...I do it for you.   emilyanneoftheprairie Ingalls Friend for Life Age : 13 Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 1829 Location : pennsylvania usa Character Name: Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Thu 02 Aug 2007, 11:23 am my fave books out of all the little house ones! i love it! i love how she gets name cards and she gives one to Almonzo ect. and she makes Nellie sooo jealous my favorite part! ~*emilyanne*~ _________________ Go Pens!!!   GrandDuchessOlga Frontier Traveler Age : 20 Joined : 20 Jul 2007 Posts : 412 Location : Denmark at day, Green Gables PEI at night Character Name: Laura Ingalls Wilder Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Thu 02 Aug 2007, 2:17 pm Embarrassed to admit I haven´t read this one yet... there´s actually a lot of them which I haven´t read yet because before I only wanted to read about Laura and Almanzo... maybe I´ll read this right after I finish Farmer Boy _________________   emilyanneoftheprairie Ingalls Friend for Life Age : 13 Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 1829 Location : pennsylvania usa Character Name: Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Fri 03 Aug 2007, 12:48 pm its okay! _________________ Go Pens!!!   Vanesa Walnut Grove Resident Joined : 01 Dec 2006 Posts : 1182 Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Fri 03 Aug 2007, 6:24 pm The interesting thing here is that Nellie Oleson seems NOT to be a rich girl, but a "pretending-to-be" rich girl. That's why she "forgets" her own name cards. I loved when Pa and Ma decided Laura must have her namecards, since all the fashionable people had them. The book is very lively, with all these parties and social accounts...and Nellie Oleson! I loved the way she popped out in school and Laura recognized in her, the same girl from Plum Creek. I'm guessing if Michael Landon was not thinking at this scene when he tought to move the Olesons to Winoka, along with the Ingallses. Eliza Jane is another interesting character in the book, but you could easily feel that Laura didn't like her. Of course, I wish I could have Eliza Jane's version of this story, but Laura makes her appair as unfair, and even nasty. The way she befriends Nellie Oleson is scandalous. Nellie was really, but really, "teacher's pet". I don't know exactly why, but these two became friends too easily. I suppose that in real life, Eliza Jane must have befriend Genny Masters or Stella Gilbert (I suppose it was Genny Masters), for Laura sounds very bitter to her former teacher when she writes these pages. She sounds in fact, too bitter for being depicting a made up event. Vanesa. _________________   Savannah "Psalm 34" Joined : 07 Sep 2006 Posts : 11903 Location : Sheltered in the arms of God Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Sun 05 Aug 2007, 8:01 pm That's a good point, Vanesa. It would be interesting to have been able to have Eliza Jane's side of the story. I wish that Michael Landon had included some of the wonderful community activities they had! The spelling bees (which the adults participated in, as well!) the parties, the school programs........ It would have been a lot of fun! _________________ Pray hardest when it's hardest to pray.   JW Isaiah Edwards Joined : 13 Oct 2006 Posts : 4188 Character Name: Isaiah Edwards Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Sun 05 Aug 2007, 9:53 pm I LOVE THIS Book I just Love it _________________ Anne Shirley: Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.   Prairie Wind Frontier Traveler Age : 46 Joined : 05 Sep 2007 Posts : 535 Location : Virginia Character Name: Holly Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Sun 09 Sep 2007, 11:36 am Vanesa wrote: Eliza Jane is another interesting character in the book, but you could easily feel that Laura didn't like her. Vanesa. I have always been so surprised that Laura would have included that mean scene of Eliza's treatment of poor Carrie! I mean, Eliza did become her sister in law! You know how it is in families... Could it be that all the rest of the Wilders were dead and gone when she wrote the book? If not, it seems like someone would have been really offended. I haven't seen a birth AND death time- line for Almanzo's side of the family- just Laura's.... When I visited De Smet (Little town on the Prairie) I asked the tour guide if Laura and Eliza ever made up. She said she didn't know but that Rose did go to live with her at one point so you would think so... Ha! Maybe Eliza gave Laura permission to write about her meanness? Maybe she reformed? Ah! Mysteries! Well on a lighter side- When Almanzo gives Laura the buggy ride, I love how he tells Laura that his sister had "mentioned" her! Yeah, I wonder WHAT Eliza Jane mentioned! Holly Last edited by on Thu 13 Sep 2007, 12:37 pm; edited 1 time in total   ChristinaAL Little House Lady Joined : 21 Sep 2006 Posts : 2100 Character Name: Michelle Pierson Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Sun 09 Sep 2007, 12:01 pm Savannah wrote: That's a good point, Vanesa. It would be interesting to have been able to have Eliza Jane's side of the story. I wish that Michael Landon had included some of the wonderful community activities they had! The spelling bees (which the adults participated in, as well!) the parties, the school programs........ It would have been a lot of fun! I wish some of those were included too! The show focuses a lot on Laura's "tomboyish" ways and friendships with boys (Carl, Andy, etc), but in the books she had friendships with girls too. It would have been interesting, I think, to see how those friendships developed as Laura was growing into a young woman. _________________ Take me back to Walnut Grove, I became Albert Ingalls there   Prairie Wind Frontier Traveler Age : 46 Joined : 05 Sep 2007 Posts : 535 Location : Virginia Character Name: Holly Subject: Re: "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"   Mon 09 Jun 2008, 7:39 am Ya know, Laura was such a tomboy but even as a much older woman, she seemed to like to dress up. Of course she does lament her corset though... I wonder if she quit wearing her corset once she left home????   "LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE"     Page 1 of 1 Permissions of this forum: You cannot reply to topics in this forum Little House on the Prairie :: Little House on the Prairie :: The Little House Book Club Little House on the Prairie :: Little House on the Prairie :: The Little House Book Club Free forum | © phpbb | Free forum support | Statistics | Report an abuse | Create a blog