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Title: Old Town in the Green Groves : Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years (Little House) by Cynthia Rylant ISBN: 0-06-440990-2 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 25 May, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Bittersweet - Leave well enough alone!
Comment: I enjoyed reading this book, but at the same time, felt sadness. Cynthia Rylant did a good job of capturing some of the spirit from the other books, but I feel that the reason Laura herself didn't write about this time in her life is because she wanted to forget it. The family experienced so much sadness during this time and maybe she didn't want others to know about it. While reading it, I just kept thinking about how Laura would feel if she knew people were reading this.
I first received the complete set of Little House books when I was 9. I'm 30 now & still read the complete set every fall. I won't put this book with my precious & well-worn set because I will never consider it a real part of the series.
Rating: 4
Summary: Filling in the Gaps
Comment: This a good, solid, account of Laura Ingalls' life between On the Banks of Plum Creek and On the Shores of Silver Lake. Between these two stories is an actual gap of two years. Laura never wrote about this time but did leave several pages of unpublished memoirs behind regarding it.
During this two years, the reader learns about the birth of Freddie, Ma's serious illness, Freddie's death, a move to Burr Oak to run one of the hotels in town, and then the various moves made within the Burr Oak area.
From reading this account of Laura's "missing years," the reader comes to understand why Laura didn't write about this time. Laura inherited wanderlust from Pa, and this story isn't about the adventures of traveling west that Laura found so joyous. While a very important time in the Ingalls' family history, it isn't a particularly happy time.
Whether you are an adult who grew up reading the Little House Books, or you are introducing them to your child for the first time, this story is a welcome addition to the series. Although not written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the story, written by Cynthia Rylant, does capture the feeling of the original series, and gives all Laura fans an additional peek into her fascinating pioneer life.
Rating: 3
Summary: Anachronistic illustrations
Comment: This book is written well, if a bit too simply. While this book has value as a fill-in, I was galled by the grossly inaccurate illustrations. Clearly illustrator Jim LaMarche failed to study Wilder's books beforehand. In every drawing, the girls have bangs, even though Laura herself did not cut her hair into bangs until much later in "These Happy Golden Years." And where are the ubiquitous sunbonnets that that were de rigueur for proper young ladies in that era? The girl on the dustjacket front looks smarmy, self-satisfied, and not a bit like the real Laura - an odd, inappropriate illustration for such a tragic story. I'm adding the book to my collection, but I will toss the dustjacket, and I wish I could delete the inside pictures.
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Title: Little City by the Lake by Celia Wilkins, Dan Andreasen ISBN: 0064407357 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Across the Puddingstone Dam by Melissa Wiley ISBN: 0064407403 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 25 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Across the Rolling River by Celia Wilkins, Dan Andreasen ISBN: 0064407349 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 18 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Beyond the Heather Hills (Wiley, Melissa. Martha Years.) by Melissa Wiley, Renee Graef ISBN: 0064407152 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Road from Roxbury by Melissa Wiley ISBN: 006440739X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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