Farmer Boy (original 1933; edition 2004)

by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams (Illustrator)

Series: Little House: The Laura Years (3), Little House novels, chronological order (18)

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Member:	meggyweg
Title:	Farmer Boy
Authors:	Laura Ingalls Wilder
Other authors:	Garth Williams (Illustrator)
Info:	HarperCollins (2004), Paperback, 384 pages
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Tags:	9-to-12 fiction, historical fiction

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Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1933)

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SuziQoregon | Apr 25, 2013 |

This book makes me hungry! I'd forgotten how full of scrumptious food it is. Especially pie after pie after pie. There is a lot of work as well, and precious little reflection, which is probably why I always thought of it as a "boy" book. I found it interesting that Liza Jane gets very little good press here and I wonder if that was Laura's animosity casting backwards? (

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satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 |

I knew I hadn't read all the Little House books, but I was sure I'd read this one. I was wrong. I loved it, though! I even teared up and burst out laughing a couple times. And such a striking contrast, Almanzo's childhood and Laura's.

So glad I'm taking the time to read and re-read all of these. (

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amandamay83 | Apr 2, 2013 |

I read this wonderful book when I first moved to the United States from Puerto Rico as a teenager and I loved it now just as much as I did then. Someday I will be buying the anniversary edition which has colored pictures for my collection. The story is beautiful and it gave me hope at a time in my life when I was struggling. (

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Ocean_Mist | Mar 27, 2013 |

A glimpse into farming life with young Almanzo Wilder, who grows up to marry Laura Ingalls. This book chronicles the ups and downs of farm life with some surprises in between. Exactly what you'd expect from a "Little House" book! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Laura Ingalls Wilder	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Hallqvist, Britt G.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Williams, Garth	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Little House: The Laura Years (3)

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Malone, New York, USA

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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009.0453|2009, Ages 8↑)

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It was January in northern New York State, sixty-seven years ago.

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A farmer depends on himself, and the land and the weather. If you're a farmer, you raise what you eat, you raise what you wear, and you keep warm with wood out of your own timber. You work hard, but you work as you please, and no man can tell you to go or come. You'll be free and independent, son, on a farm.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0064400034, Paperback)

While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town.

This is Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of how her husband Almanzo grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived.

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The year Almanzo Wilder turned nine (1866) was an important one for the young farm boy in northern New York state.

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