While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Almanzo wishes for just one thing-his very own horse-but he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.

The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for Kansas. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their little house on the prairie. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Sometimes pioneer life is hard, but Laura and her folks are always busy and happy...

"This prairie is like an enormous meadow, stretching far away in every direction, to the very edge of the world." Pa Ingalls has found a new job on a railroad out West and Laura and her family set out once again across the prairie. Silver Lake is bustling with people arriving to work on the land. Pa finds the perfect place to build a home and it seems as though the Ingalls' travelling days might be over. But will Pa get to the homestead before someone...

"I wouldn't let anything keep me from getting an education." School has reopened after a long winter and Laura Ingalls is studying hard for her teaching certificate. But being sensible all the time is so difficult, especially when her schoolmates keep trying to get her into trouble. As the school exhibition looms, will Laura be able to make a good impression and become a teacher at last?

A young pioneer girl and her family celebrate Christmas in their cabin in the Wisconsin woods.

A collection of stories describing the various Christmas celebrations of a pioneer girl and her family.

"Little Critter meets a student named Alex who uses a wheelchair. Before long, Little Critter learns Alex is just like everyone else, and they become the best of friends!" --

"A young pioneer girl and her family attend a wintertime party at her grandparent's house in the Big Woods in Wisconsin"--Verso page.

A little pioneer girl and her family spend the winter in their log cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.