I loved reading those books to my children. Had to do some quick editing when it came to Native American relations, however. Lol.
I ordered the box set this fall for DD and reread them all. The actual Little House on the Prairie one is horrifying. I had never picked up on just how terrible it was for the Indians when I read it as a child.
I loved reading those books to my children. Had to do some quick editing when it came to Native American relations, however. Lol.
I ordered the box set this fall for DD and reread them all. The actual Little House on the Prairie one is horrifying. I had never picked up on just how terrible it was for the Indians when I read it as a child.
It's so very sad. It gets worse every time I read it.
I ordered the box set this fall for DD and reread them all. The actual Little House on the Prairie one is horrifying. I had never picked up on just how terrible it was for the Indians when I read it as a child.
It's so very sad. It gets worse every time I read it.
It really is. My "lol" was a kind of sheepish laugh at myself, because I don't know if I did the right thing by censoring as we went along, or what the best course of action is.
It's so very sad. It gets worse every time I read it.
It really is. My "lol" was a kind of sheepish laugh at myself, because I don't know if I did the right thing by censoring as we went along, or what the best course of action is.
I'd forgotten those parts.
No I completely understand! Ma was also kind of a raging racist!
Post by JayhawkGirl on Mar 11, 2015 23:34:33 GMT -5
We are reading the series to DS now. He thinks it's hi-lar-I-ous to offer me head cheese for a snack. We made the mistake of googling it after reading that pig chapter.
I have censored some things in the books (started reading at 4.5, he is 5 now). We have also tackled some stuff head on and have had some really good conversations.
The original story written by Laura Ingalls Wilder was recently released and it's pretty interesting. It was hard to find a publisher so her daughter had her turn it into a children's story and it was published. The copy I got from the library included a comparison of the published story to her original manuscript. Anyone into the story should check it out. It's called Pioneer Girl.
I can still remember, from The Long Winter, her mentioning how they were pretty much housebound due to the snow and that you could smell everyone's breath in the house. Yep, that stayed with me. lol
The original story written by Laura Ingalls Wilder was recently released and it's pretty interesting. It was hard to find a publisher so her daughter had her turn it into a children's story and it was published. The copy I got from the library included a comparison of the published story to her original manuscript. Anyone into the story should check it out. It's called Pioneer Girl.
I have this on the way from Amazon. It has been on back order FOREVER. They didn't count on LIW's continued popularity, that is for certain. Cannot wait.
I actually just re-read The Long Winter, you know, to give my whiny "when will winter END???" self some perspective.
toledo, do you tear up reading the ending? I do, especially the bolded.
When the fiddle had stopped singing Laura called out softly, "What are days of auld lang syne, Pa?"
"They are the days of a long time ago, Laura," Pa said. "Go to sleep, now."
But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa's fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods.
She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.
I actually just re-read The Long Winter, you know, to give my whiny "when will winter END???" self some perspective.
toledo, do you tear up reading the ending? I do, especially the bolded.
When the fiddle had stopped singing Laura called out softly, "What are days of auld lang syne, Pa?"
"They are the days of a long time ago, Laura," Pa said. "Go to sleep, now."
But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa's fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods.
She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.
The Long Winter is probably my favorite one. I love the end too.
It was bacon that knocked me off the vegetarian wagon. It took me some time, but I got back on. Bacon is my gateway drug.
And DD wouldn't let me read beyond Chapter 2 of that book.
Truth. When my friends and I were teenagers, they all (and truly, all 5 except me) decided to become various types of non-meat eaters. Some only ate chicken, no pork or beef, some went all vegetarian, some went pescatarian. I was the only one who kept eating red meat and pork. They tried to tell me turkey and soy bacon was just as good, "you can't even tell a difference, seriously!" lol, no.
So a couple years back we were all out to dinner over Christmas, and they're now no longer vegetarians. Someone ordered bacon wrapped figs, and said "you know, I tried to convince myself that the soy stuff was just as good. It's not. It's not even close. Bacon is SOOOO good."
And when we tried to read that book to N, we had to take a long break when we got to the part about the panther, and again with the bear. We also got to google the range and habits of bears and panthers, because she was afraid one was going to try to get into our house. It may take us a while to get through these books.
as a kid the little house books gave me that "a-ha" moment the first time i made the connection that cupboards were what I pronounced cubbards and not some weird old timey fixture that I didn't know about (cup-boards)
The original story written by Laura Ingalls Wilder was recently released and it's pretty interesting. It was hard to find a publisher so her daughter had her turn it into a children's story and it was published. The copy I got from the library included a comparison of the published story to her original manuscript. Anyone into the story should check it out. It's called Pioneer Girl.
I am still on a wait list to get this. What the hell Amazon.
The original story written by Laura Ingalls Wilder was recently released and it's pretty interesting. It was hard to find a publisher so her daughter had her turn it into a children's story and it was published. The copy I got from the library included a comparison of the published story to her original manuscript. Anyone into the story should check it out. It's called Pioneer Girl.
I am still on a wait list to get this. What the hell Amazon.
Don't blame Amazon! The publisher (a small state historical press) only printed 15,000 copies in the first run, and since small publishers don't have a huge amount of money (and academic books usually aren't hugely popular), they were shocked at how many orders they received--something like 30,000 from Amazon alone by December. Just try to be patient, and pat yourself on the back for supporting a historical press! (historians around the world thank you.)
I was thinking this also. I was so jealous of Laura and her sisters making the candy. You can do it, you know. They have festivals where this is a real thing.