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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
603 Posts |
 Posted - May 29 2008 : 09:50:37 AM
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| I love Little House on the Prairie books, but what other types are out there that are similiar? Love anything about pioneer days. |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2008 : 1:29:29 PM
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| Susie - I was on a prairie kick this year and read a bunch. Sandra Dallas has written some good ones, including The Diary of Mattie Spencer and The Persian Pickle Club. Also Nancy Turner has written three in a series, the first is called These is my Words. I liked the first one the best, they are based on her grandmother who homesteaded in Arizona. |
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
603 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2008 : 4:37:43 PM
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| Thanks! Will look for those. |
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
437 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2008 : 10:33:03 AM
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Susie-
Find the Little Britches book (and it's two sequels)...they are good, and great read-alouds for kids. They were like LIttle House but with a boy as a main character. I forget the author's name and they are hard to find in the library because they are classic and not frequently borrowed so they end up in book sales. They are worth the search, however!
carrie
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
603 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2008 : 10:48:33 AM
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| Thanks Carrie, will certainly start looking. Sounds great if its anything like little house |
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 08:26:26 AM
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| Jeanette Oke has written several, but not directly for kids - you may have heard of Love Comes Softly and the sequels. |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 2:44:33 PM
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Two of my all time favorite by Elinor Pruitt Stewart, LETTERS OF A WOMAN HOMESTEADER, wwhich is an amazing story of how she went west alone to stake a claim on a piece of land and all the adventures she had, and she has another called LETTERS FROM AN ELK HUNT.
she is a wonderful writer and really gives you a vivid picture of life on the prairie. I think you would like them, I reread them occasionally , they are really something, I guess because they are the "real"thing.....Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
http://moodranch.blogspot.com
http://domesticnonsense.etsy.com |
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 4:07:43 PM
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| Quite an amazing story is by Elithe Hamilton Kirkland, called Love is a Wild Assault. It's the story of Harriet Potter during the days of Texas' battle for independence - being a Texas girl, especially endearing. It's a very good read. I hope you will all seek it out. Just an unbelievable account of real-life people in unbelievable circumstances - |
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
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Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 4:10:09 PM
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| Oh, and Karin, I plan to look for the books you mentioned - they sound great! Thanks - |
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