These Happy Golden Years Reviews
Mary
is off at school and, as usual, money is tight for the Ingalls
family. To help out, Laura leaves to teach school in a drafty shanty
school house twelve miles from her home. Laura feels miserable and
homesick, many of the students are taller than she and when she is
not teaching she boards all week with a spiteful woman.
Things aren't all bad, though. Rain or shine Almanzo Wilder arrives
to take young Laura, not yet sixteen years old, home to her loving
family for the weekend.
Laura and Almanzo's friendship blossoms into a tender love. The
eighth book in the Little House series ends with the two young love
birds engaged and then married.
By: Ashley Abbott of allreaders.com
Amber, California (pictured above)
Its the story in it, I just love how Laura and Almanzo fell in love. The way it was written was excellent. My grandma actually hadn't read the books, so I let her borrow that one first, and she absolutely loved it. After she read it she called and told me how much she loved the story, and what a wonderful book it was.
Children's Literature -
Naomi Butler
This is one of the "Little House Books" written by Wilder about her life
in the Big Woods. It is a wonderful time of courting by her future
husband, Almanzo Wilder. It is also about how good life is with her family
in the Midwest. The story draws one into it and makes the reader see how
hard winters can be and how hard one had to work. Simple things like food
and enjoying family and friends are very important.
Later in the series Laura and her husband traveled by wagon with their daughter Rose to Missouri. The author has a way of taking us back in time and allowing the reader to be with her in telling about the past. Young girls love the books and read them over and over.
The story stretches across age and interest. This one is special because it is a "Full-Color Collector's Edition." The color and the paper are of very fine quality. Garth Williams was always the right choice for doing those memorable illustrations. You have to love handling this beautiful book and reading, or re-reading, it. Best of all everyone can afford this paperback edition. 2004 (orig. 1943), Harper Trophy/HarperCollins Publishers, Ages 8 to 13.
Pictured to the right of this page is "Little House" fan, Allie holding her proud copy of "These Happy Golden Years" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Pictured on the top of this page is "Little House" fan, Amber holding her original edition of "These Happy Golden Years."
