Prairie Girl: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House Nonfiction) - Softcover

Anderson, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064421333 ISBN 13: 9780064421331

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

Synopsis

Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House books chronicle her childhood in the late 1800s on the American frontier. Now readers can learn about the real Laura, including events she did not write about in her classic stories, in this engaging and accessible chapter-book biography.

About this title

About the Author:

William Anderson is a historian, educator, and author of twenty-five books of biography, travel, and history. His groundbreaking research on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her books led to many HarperCollins titles, including Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography, Laura Ingalls Wilder Country, and A Little House Sampler. He has also written for Travel & Leisure, the Saturday Evening Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and many other national magazines. Anderson is a frequent speaker at conferences, schools, and libraries. He makes his home in Michigan.

Renée Graef received her bachelor's degree in art from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is the illustrator of numerous titles in the Little House publishing program, as well as Rodgers and Hammerstein's My Favorite Things and E.T.A Hoffman's The Nutcracker, adapted by Janet Schulman. She lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, with her husband and two children.

Review:

“Written with a simplicity and charm reminiscent of Wilder’s own prose, the book is just right for young readers.” (BookPage)

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0064421333
• ISBN 13: 9780064421331
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Graef Renee