eandrews80 's review for:

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

5.0

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I have zero memory of reading this as a kid; my guess is that this volume didn't interest me very much in elementary school, as a lot of it is devoted to the courtship between Laura and Almanzo. But as an adult, I found it INTENSELY charming. While other books in the series only cover a year or so, this installment spans three years time, as Laura grows from a 15 year old girl teaching school for the first time to an 18 year old woman engaged to be married. I really loved watching Laura and Almanzo's relationship unfold; Laura is always very much herself with him, and he seems to respect and admire that she's independent and brave. And with any Little House book, there are plenty of lovely family moments, exciting weather, and funny schoolhouse antics.