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On the Banks of Plum Creek
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
This was the first of Wilder's books that I read as a child. And re-read, and read again. Laura is 8 as we begin and only just now going to school (and learning to read!). The Ingalls family settles outside Walnut Grove (only known as "town" in the book), Minnesota in a dugout house, intending to stay and make a fortune off wheat -- so certain of this that Pa builds a new house on credit. And then the Grasshoppers come.
I always seem to want to read these books again during the Christmas season. This one spans three Christmases and includes the best explanation of Santa Claus that I've ever read (thank you, Ma Ingalls). As a child, I was drawn to Laura & Mary and the way they imagined and played through the day, after chores and studying. As an adult, I am more on the side of Ma, who has to make a home out of so little, and does such a beautiful job of it.
I always seem to want to read these books again during the Christmas season. This one spans three Christmases and includes the best explanation of Santa Claus that I've ever read (thank you, Ma Ingalls). As a child, I was drawn to Laura & Mary and the way they imagined and played through the day, after chores and studying. As an adult, I am more on the side of Ma, who has to make a home out of so little, and does such a beautiful job of it.