Laura Ingalls Wilder

  • 66

    Catalog books

  • 92

    Works

  • 1991 to 2016

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books draw daily life, hardship, and small joys from frontier farm life. Through titles like Little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie, she chronicles family routines, seasonal labor, and the resourcefulness required to raise children on the American frontier.

Her series follows growing-up milestones and community resilience: Farmer Boy offers a boyhood portrait of chores and family foodways, while The Long Winter and These Happy Golden Years track endurance, courtship, and the slow shaping of adulthood amid harsh weather and steady domestic work.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Depictions of frontier childhood • Family and pioneer life • Humorous, plainspoken narration

Genres and themes: Historical children's fiction • Coming-of-age • Rural Americana • Family resilience

Who this author is best for: A good fit for readers who enjoy nostalgic, detail-rich stories of childhood and family on the American frontier.

Start with Little House in the Big Woods or Little House on the Prairie to get the series’ tone, then follow the sequence of the Little House books.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Farmer Boy (Little House Big Adventure, Bk. 2)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2007 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 357 pages.

  2. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2007 • standard commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  3. Little House on the Prairie (Little House)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2007 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 309 pages.

  4. These Happy Golden Years (Little House Big Adventure, Bk. 8)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2007 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 389 pages.

  5. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2004 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2004 • 352 pages.

  6. The Long Winter (Little House)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2007 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 422 pages.

  7. The First Four Years (Little House)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2007 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2007 • 126 pages.

  8. A Little House Christmas Treasury: Festive Holiday Stories

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2005 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2005 • 139 pages.

  9. Little House in the Big Woods Book and Charm (Charming Classics)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2005 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2005 • 256 pages.

  10. Little House on the Prairie Tie-in Edition (Little House)

    Harpercollins Childrens Books • 2005 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2005 • 240 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • Little House in the Big Woods (Little House) is the easier short commitment, while Farmer Boy (Little House Big Adventure, Bk. 2) asks for more reading time up front.

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