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After Almanzo helps with the chores on his family's farm in the New York countryside, he joins his parents, brother, and sisters for dinner and a winter evening at home.Tags
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A book about what life was like as a child for Almazo (a boy) in a New York farm in the pioneer days of the late 1800s. Great illustrations and a good way to open eyes to what live was like in the past.
Summary: This is about a little boy who lives with his father, mother, brother and two sisters. They live on a farm where they take care of everything their self. The kids have chores to do, Almanzo and his brother have to help take care of the animals with their father. His sisters help with dinner and the family comes in and they all sit together and eat dinner. This is the story of Almanzo's life as a little boy on a farm. He loves being a Farm boy.
Personal Reaction: Great book. I wish life was more like this now. The book shows the family getting along, working together, and spending time together as a happy family.
1.) We could talk about things the children could do to help their parents out and find ways to spend time together.
2.) show more Work as a class to build a small farm made of little scraps and things we find around the classroom or at home, that we do not need. Maybe use the milk and juice cartons to make the house and glue a few together to make the stables. We can make animals out of clay. show less
Personal Reaction: Great book. I wish life was more like this now. The book shows the family getting along, working together, and spending time together as a happy family.
1.) We could talk about things the children could do to help their parents out and find ways to spend time together.
2.) show more Work as a class to build a small farm made of little scraps and things we find around the classroom or at home, that we do not need. Maybe use the milk and juice cartons to make the house and glue a few together to make the stables. We can make animals out of clay. show less
REVIEW: "The Little House books tell the story of a little pioneer girl and her family as they traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic books, illustrated with Garth Williams' timeless artwork, have been cherished by millions of readers ever since they were first published over sixty years ago."
SOURCE: Pierce College Library
AGE: 4-7
SOURCE: Pierce College Library
AGE: 4-7
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Wilder was born near Pepin, Wisconsin; attended school in DeSmet, South Dakota; and became a teacher before she was 16, teaching for seven years in Dakota Territory schools. She and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, farmed near DeSmet for about nine years and then moved to Mansfield, Missouri, where they lived out the rest of their days. Wilder did not show more write her first book, Little House in the Big Woods, about her early years in Wisconsin, until late in life, on the urging of her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. It was first published in 1932. She followed this with Farmer Boy (1933), a book about her husband's childhood in New York State. She then completed a series of books about her life as she and her family moved westward along the frontier. Little House on the Prairie (1935) records the family's move to Kansas. On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) describes the family's move to Minnesota. By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939) records the family's move to South Dakota, as do the final three books in the series: The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie (1941), and These Happy Golden Years (1943), which ends with her marriage to Almanzo Wilder. Three of Wilder's books were published posthumously: On the Way Home, a diary of her trip to Mansfield; The First Four Years, an unfinished book about her first four years of marriage; and West from Home, letters she wrote on a visit to her daughter in San Francisco, none of them up to the quality of her earlier books. At her best, Wilder employs a clear, simple style, a wealth of fascinating detail, and a straightforward narrative style. Her tales of a strong, traditional frontier family that endures the hardships of the late eighteenth century are seen through the eyes of a child, which endears them to young readers. Her work is possibly the best example of historical realistic fiction for children. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Winter on the Farm
- Original title
- Winter on the Farm (My First Little House Books) (My First Little House Books)
- Original publication date
- 1996-09-01
- People/Characters
- Almanzo Wilder; Royal Wilder; Eliza Jane Wilder; Alice Wilder
- Important places
- New York, USA
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.20)
- Languages
- English, Indonesian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 2
