Hard Times on the Prairie: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Wilder, Laura Ingalls; Graef, Renee [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0064420779 / ISBN 13: 9780064420778

Published by HarperCollins, 1998

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Seller Inventory # 0064420779-4-27479218

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hard Times on the Prairie: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0064420779
• ISBN 13: 9780064420778
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Graef, Renee
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 2 ounces

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Synopsis

From summer floods to winter blizzards, frontier life isn't easy for Laura Ingalls and her family.But with their pioneer spirit, Laura's family always makes it through the hardest times.

Gentle adaptations of Laura Ingalls Wilder's celebrated Little House stories have been gathered together here in two new titles in our Little House Chapter Book series.Frontier life wasn't always easy, and in Hard Times on the Prairie, Laura and her family struggle against prairie fires, grasshoppers, and winter blizzards. But with their fighting pioneer spirit, the Ingalls family always manages to make it through the hardest of hard times.In Little House Farm Days, Laura has to do her part to help run the Ingalls family farm. From helping Pa smoke meat to planting seeds and making cheese with Ma, Laura is a big help. Pa doesn't know what he'd do without her!With simple text, entertaining stories, and Renee Graef's beautiful black-and-white artwork, Little House Chapter Books are the perfect way to introduce beginning chapter book readers to the world of Little House.

About the Authors

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods, and she and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. As an adult she wrote down the stories of her pioneer childhood in her classic Little House books, which have been cherished by millions of readers ever since they were first published over ninety years ago.

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.