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Loading... On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)by Laura Ingalls Wilder
It was fun to read this again for the first time since I visited Plum Creek and waded in the water out front of the homesite last summer. I enjoyed this chapter of the Ingalls' life more than the previous one, but I'm finding Pa to be a real annoyance. I know he was a loving father, but I don't think he put his family first. Fascinating slice of Americana, though. (  ) satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 |  Another one i hadn't yet read. I didn't love this one as much as the others. It's perhaps more of a let down because I just read Farmer Boy, which was such a delight. All I can think after reading this is, "Good god. Pa was a freakin' moron." I mean, really...he was a selfish twit. He was like a squirrel, always on to the next shiny thing, never mind that he's dragging his wife and kids all over creation. And the whole, "grasshopper weather" thing...really, Pa? You thought it was just "some Norwegian thing"? Pretty sure a grade school kid could figure that one out. Also, his going out in a blizzard...wtf was he thinking? Once again, I know kids who have better sense than that. He was a grown man. What the hell was he thinking? I'm starting to dislike Pa as much as I hate Mary. Anyway, glad I read it. Not bad, just not as good as the others. (  ) amandamay83 | Apr 2, 2013 | This was my favorite Little House book when I was a child. I was eight years old when I first read it—the same age as Laura in this book. (  ) kathleen586 | Mar 30, 2013 | This is the one I read as a child and loved; it's good to read it again 50 years later!  PollyMoore3 | Feb 5, 2013 | I enjoyed Little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie, but I really felt like Wilder hit her stride in this book. The foreshadowing was brilliant (feeding the grasshopper a blade of grass a little more so than the constant vocal worries about borrowing against the wheat crop, which were a little heavy handed), and I think the characters really became more three-dimensional in this book. There was less of the "here's how we did things back then" and more of just the story and the family and how they weathered the hardships together. And man, were there hardships. If I ever actually do move to a cabin in the woods, it will not be in western Minnesota. ( ) ImperfectCJ | Dec 31, 2012 | no reviews | add a review Is contained inLa petite maison de la prairie : Coffret 3 volumes : Tome 1, La petite maison de la prairie ; Tome 2, Au bord du ruisseau ; Tome 3, Sur les rives du lac by Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House Boxed Set (1-9) by Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House the Laura Years Boxed Set: The Early Years Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books, Volume 1 (Library of America) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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