Little House in the Big Woods

"I tried to read this book twice in elementary school and couldn’t stick with it. I decided to give it one more chance and listened to the audiobook. I’m glad I gave it one more chance. The narrator and the fiddler made all the difference. I liked the book more because of those simple enhancements.<br/><br/>There was at one point where I could feel the comfortable home-ish feel people try to accomplish nowadays that the author wrote within this book. Just imagining living in those times, I don’t know if I would have been able to live like them, but then at the same time, there wasn’t technology that advanced, no phones or tvs to distract us from doing daily chores. The author did a great job creating the friendly close family environment we might all like to experience (i.e. the dance at the grandparents house, Christmas with the cousins) but then I think she wrote this from her own experience of what she saw as a child growing up. Either way, it’s a feel good book anyone might like."

"The books were certainly cute and included characters I can relate to, but it should be supplemented with material discussing Native American peoples at the time, as I feel like this book puts a bit of spin on history. "

"when I was younger I was obsessed with a TV shows but never read the books until now. Now after reading the 1st book of Little House on the Prairie, I can say the book is much better, there more too it."

"such fun stories in this book i loved it"

"it was very good, and I am a fan of the series."

"Fun for children who want to know what life was like back then, but no real story.<br/><br/>"

"Technically my second read through but the first in probably twenty years. This sort of has to lose a star due to the racism and colonialism baked into it. Yet I can’t help but love the rich descriptions of early homesteader life in the mixed wood deciduous forest of the northern USA. It captures the innocent curiosity of childhood so well, centering daily chores and family life. Can’t wait to read little house on the prairie next with my three year old!"

"I don’t think this is appropriate as a children’s book anymore. I think this should be reclassified as an adult historical fiction and period piece. I don’t think kids have the capacity to sort out the language and historical context from their present context, and as such, I think some harmful vocabulary and stereotypes will be introduced at too young an age (and thus normalized)."

"Read this entire series when I was very young and loved them all"

"#adventure #historical_fiction #childhood_favorites #series "