Each chapter is a self-contained story about the Ingalls family, so it could be read aloud to young readers or would not be too challenging for those new to chapter books.
The Little House series takes readers on a journey back in time, when living in a house meant first finding wood and building it, when horse and buggy were the only way to travel, and when candy was a rare treat from town. This first installment in the series is gentler than the rest and so could reach a slightly younger audience. Our review: Parents say ( 1 ): Kids say ( 4 ): These books are are classics for good reason. And the notion that children should be seen and not heard is laughable these days. There are moments, though, when the writing reflects too well 19th-century ideas about gender and race (mentions of "darkey" and "Injun," for example). Some of the most interesting scenes are when young Laura describes the long process of making food, such as cheese and bread, that we take for granted, along with our ability to store meat in refrigerators. Later that winter, the family goes to Grandma Ingalls's and has a sugaring off. The cousins come for Christmas that year, and Laura receives a doll, which she names Charlotte. It's warmly crafted with characters who come to life and lots of details about frontier life, based on the author's own childhood in Pepin, Wisconsin, in the early 1870s. Little House in the Big Woods describes the homesteading skills Laura observed and began to practice during her fifth year.
Parents need to know that there's a reason Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods is a beloved classic.
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