Remembering Laura

Today marks the 140th anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder's birth. She was born on February 7, 1867 near Pepin, Wisconsin. Laura married Almanzo James Wilder in 1885. In December of 1886 their first child, a girl, was born. They named her Rose. Over the next years Laura and Almanzo moved many times. In 1894 they finally settled near Mansfield, Missouri on a farm they called Rocky Ridge. On February 10, 1957, three days after her ninetieth birthday, Laura died at Rocky Ridge farm. She is probably most remembered for the nine books she wrote for children.

The books Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote are:

* Little House in the Big Woods
* Little House on the Prairie
* Farmer Boy
* On the Banks of Plum Creek
* By the Shores of Silver Lake
* The Long Winter
* Little Town on the Prairie
* These Happy Golden Years
* The First Four Years

See also this book by Carolyn Strom Collins and Christina Wyss Erikson :

* The World of Little House

Click on this link to visit the official website for the Little House books.

Click on this link for a list of the Little House books from Wikipedia.