Pioneer Girl: An Annotated Edition

So, has anyone read theirs yet?

I just finished mine yesterday.


Yeah.....


I have good and not-so-good things to say about this book. And the not-so-good are what I was thinking before I even read it (when I mentioned earlier that I hoped my opinion would change - well, it has actually become a little more negative). But whatever not-so-good opinions that I have are NOT directed toward Laura at all. I am perfectly fine with her. And to tell you the truth, I think I like her better than I ever did before.

But I will save my opinions until later. I want to wait until I see that someone else has read it and what they think.

Interesting stuff about the "Half Pint" thing.........


Here’s the first reference in “Pioneer Girl” to Laura Ingalls as “Half Pint” — and what she was a half pint of:

(Pa) would come in from his tramp to his traps, with (icicles) on the ends of his whiskers, hang his gun over the door, throw off his coat and cap and mittens and call “Where’s my little half pint of cider half drank up?” That was me because I was so small. …

A footnote explains that when Wilder introduced her nickname in Chapter 2 of “Little House in the Big Woods,” it had become “little half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/living/article8001783.html#storylink=cpy

From:  
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

IMAGINE! Laura Ingalls Wilder on the New York Times Best Seller lists this year for PIONEER GIRL, and now on the cover of the important PUBLISHERS WEEKLY....our favorite author has staying power. The book has been very popular in the Museum Story at Rocky Ridge Farm. Are you looking for a great book as a holiday gift? Order one from the place where it was written, Rocky Ridge Farm.

I just ordered my copy a few days ago... I can't wait for it to come!

How can I get a copy of this publishers weekly? I'd love to read this article.

Here is their Face Book page...you can probably contact them and ask....
Publishers Weekly Face Book Page

I would also love to get a copy of that so that I could read the article.

Below is Publishers Weekly's web site, you should be able to find a way to buy it or perhaps read it there. Up above a couple of posts, you can find their face book page; if you have FB.  
Publishers Weekly

I don't have FB, but I did find this page on their website. It doesn't really say if or how your could buy it..

I dug a little deeper on their web page and found this.....enjoy!  Make sure you scroll down, there are LOTS of other articles about LIW in their writings; they go all the way back to May, 2012!!!  

PW Articles Dealing with LIW

I found that article too! It looks great, I am saving it to read soon.

I just got my copy of Pioneer Girl the other day... now I just wish I had enough time to sit down and read it cover to cover...

Oh well, I'll just have to read it a little at a time.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

'Pamela Smith Hill, editor of the 2015 book PIONEER GIRL: THE ANNOTATED BIOGRAPHY, and William Anderson, who edited and annotated 2016's THE SELECTED LETTERS OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER, will be signing these books and others they have written on Dedication Day, April 22. Signed copies will also be available from our book's store mail order service afterwards.'

Are you going Rhonda? If I lived as close as you do, wild horses couldn't keep me away.
Go and enjoy for me.

I really wish I could go!

that's a beautiful book. do you think it will come to sweden? if so i'm gonna buy it now it it's on my wishlist.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

"Laura Ingalls Wilder, PIONEER GIRL, The Annotated Autobiography"

For the first time, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiography will be available in print. This annotated edition, published with the approval of the Little House Heritage Trust, is a must-have for any fan of the Little House books, and it will finally bring Wilder’s hidden writing to the public.

To order follow the link: ORDER HERE