laura ingalls wilder

     

She didn't start writing her "Little House" novels until she was in her 60s

Trivia about laura ingalls wilder

  • This "Little House on the Prairie" chick once served as poultry editor for the St. Louis Star
  • Her 1933 book "Farmer Boy" describes the childhood of her husband, Almanzo Wilder
  • In 1977 a reconstruction of her "Little House" was put on the original site 13 miles southwest of Independence
  • The Burr Oak, Iowa hotel in which this "Little House on the Prairie" author briefly lived is a museum
  • In "the First Four Years", the last book in the "Little House" series, she begins married life with Almanzo
  • Raised on a farm, she didn't begin writing her "Little House" series until she was 65
  • Near Mansfield you can visit the house where she wrote her "Little House" books
  • In 1941 she wrote "Little Town on the Prairie"
  • Her "Little House in the Big Woods" begins in Wisconsin
  • The American Library Association presents an award named for this "Little House on the Prairie" author
  • In 1954, she became the first recipient of the literary award named for her; perhaps she kept it in a "Little House"
  • Barnum & Kip were a pair of horses in this author's "Little House" series
  • Family memorabilia can be found at this author's parents' "Little House" in De Smet, South Dakota
  • Born in Pepin, she headed out on "the prairie" as a young girl & wrote about it in a series of bestselling books
  • Her first novel, "Little House in the Big Woods", didn't appear until she was 65
  • Every July on Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, a pageant is presented honoring this children's author
  • A pageant inspired by her "Little House" books takes place in De Smet in late June & early July