This
is my page about the "Little House" books and Laura
Ingalls Wilder who wrote these wonderful stories. I am a
homeschooler who uses Calvert curriculum. They have great
reading guides that go with all of the "Little
House" books. The first book in the series is
"Little House in the Big Woods." Below is my book
report on this book.
Book
Report
Title:
Little House in the Big Woods
Author:
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura
Ingalls was a pioneer girl who lived in the 1800's.
She
lived in Pepin, Wisconsin in a log cabin. Laura lived with
her Ma,
Pa,
and her two sisters named Mary and baby Carrie. My favorite
part
of the book is when Laura and her family go to Grandpa's
house
for
the dance. The ladies spent all day cooking and getting ready
for
the
dance. They cooked pumpkin pies, cakes, and cookies. The
ladies
took
turns putting on their dresses and doing their hair. After
the
guest
arrived in their sleds and wagons, the dance began. Pa played
the
fiddle and sang while the people danced. Everyone enjoyed the
food
and music. That night Laura's family slept at Grandpa's house
before
returning home the next morning.
I
learned that the real Laura Ingalls Wilder was 65 years old
before her first book was published!
The
t.v. show based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder did not
follow the books carefully, except for the first show.
Laura
Ingalls was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin.
A
trundle bed is the type bed on which Laura slept. A trundle
bed is a little bed that you push under a bigger bed when you
are not using it.
Laura
and Mary played with a pigs bladder. Their Pa blew the pigs
bladder up like a balloon!
Pasteurization
is the process where bacteria is killed by heating up the
food and then cooling the food off quickly. A famous
scientest named Louis Pasteur discovered that diseases are
spread by bacteria and he discovered this process of heating
food to kill the germs.
The
word immigrants means "to move into." People who
moved to the United States from another country were called
immigrants.
If
you want to know more about Laura Ingalls,
order the great readers guides from Calvert!
Visit
these Laura Ingalls Sites
Little
House Home Page
Pepin
Wisconsin
Laura
Ingalls Wilder's Family
Be
sure and check back on this page because I will be
updating this very regularly!
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