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mdevlin923's review against another edition
4.0
Some negative descriptions of African-Americans and American Indians. Be ready to explain to children why those descriptions are included; and introduce them to books such as:
-Birchbark House / Louise Erdrich
-Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry / Mildred D. Taylor
-Birchbark House / Louise Erdrich
-Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry / Mildred D. Taylor
meganreads5's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
emmabuttsworth's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jessikkaha's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
butterfly_bombshell's review against another edition
5.0
Read this for the second time and I love it even more.
chloejen's review against another edition
4.0
if you want to know what book brings me back to long car rides and trips to the public library with my mom, it’s this one.
6 year old chloe with her walkman and little house on the prairie cds has probably listened to this entire series via audiobook ten times. besides maybe harry potter, this is the most nostalgic over a book i could possibly be. if you want to know how obsessed i was, 8 year old me dressed up as laura ingalls wilder for halloween.(looking back, that’s a little weird but whatever i guess)
there’s something so damn cozy about literally everything in this book. it also makes me unreasonably hungry.
yes it has problems, yes it romanticizes a lot of stuff but at least this book doesn’t have questionable race based comments. yet. that comes in later...
i have such an odd relationship with these books because i read them again two years ago as a (slightly) more competent person than i was in elementary school and i, for the first time, noticed all of the lines that haven’t aged well. whether that be the interactions with indigenous people or laura straight up saying she doesn’t care about or care for the suffragist movement in ‘these happy golden years.’ if you’ve ever had to come to terms with the fact that some things that you remember having a golden shroud around them are not perfect- you know what i’m talking about.
this book and its respective series make me so happy and so sad at the same time. it both reminds me of sitting in the back of the car with my headphones on listening to cherry jones narrate and how those times are long gone, nor were they as perfect as i might have thought they were.
dang... i’m tearing up now. what the heck.
tldr: love this book and am terribly sad that it has flaws but it does
6 year old chloe with her walkman and little house on the prairie cds has probably listened to this entire series via audiobook ten times. besides maybe harry potter, this is the most nostalgic over a book i could possibly be. if you want to know how obsessed i was, 8 year old me dressed up as laura ingalls wilder for halloween.(looking back, that’s a little weird but whatever i guess)
there’s something so damn cozy about literally everything in this book. it also makes me unreasonably hungry.
yes it has problems, yes it romanticizes a lot of stuff but at least this book doesn’t have questionable race based comments. yet. that comes in later...
i have such an odd relationship with these books because i read them again two years ago as a (slightly) more competent person than i was in elementary school and i, for the first time, noticed all of the lines that haven’t aged well. whether that be the interactions with indigenous people or laura straight up saying she doesn’t care about or care for the suffragist movement in ‘these happy golden years.’ if you’ve ever had to come to terms with the fact that some things that you remember having a golden shroud around them are not perfect- you know what i’m talking about.
this book and its respective series make me so happy and so sad at the same time. it both reminds me of sitting in the back of the car with my headphones on listening to cherry jones narrate and how those times are long gone, nor were they as perfect as i might have thought they were.
dang... i’m tearing up now. what the heck.
tldr: love this book and am terribly sad that it has flaws but it does
skjones2019's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
daumari's review against another edition
4.0
LHBW is a fictionalized memoir of Laura Ingalls Wilder from when she was 4-5 years old and living near Pepin, Wisconsin. As such, there's a childlike sense of wonder to life on the frontier. Reading as an adult, there's definitely omissions that child!Laura doesn't notice but an adult very much is skipping over: specifically, that these weren't unpopulated lands but rather that people used to live there, and a lot of Pa's fun fiddle songs are minstrel songs that were clipped even for a 1930s audience.
Would probably still be a good read aloud story for kids, but also a good teaching opportunity re: this period.
Would probably still be a good read aloud story for kids, but also a good teaching opportunity re: this period.
beammey's review against another edition
5.0
I had always meant to read these books growing up and I just never did, so I decided now is as good a time as any and decided to jump in. The books are great for visualizing exactly what's happening and I couldn't help putting the faces with those from the T.V. show, but overall a wonderful book. Great for kids and adults alike. Very charming. I would recommend this book. 5 out of 5 stars.
kristin_thereader's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0