dorynickel 's review for:

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2.0

There's a reason Laura never published this book... She closes the series on a pitch-perfect note with These Happy Golden Years. The First Four Years is laced with a sarcasm that sours the pioneer girl perspective that readers have grown to love over the previous books. That being said, it's something of a special treat to read a Little House book without the optimism of the rest, and it's definitely worth a read. Just doesn't fit as a part of the Little House Series.

My ranking so far from best to worst:

These Happy Golden Years
The Long Winter
Little House on the Prairie
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Little House in the Big Woods
Farmer Boy
On the Banks of Plum Creek
The First Four Years
Little Town on the Prairie