I love Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series. I do. And On the Banks of Plum Creek, while not my absolute favorite--that would be The Long Winter or possibly These Happy Golden Years--is worth rereading every few years. One thing I hadn't noticed until this last reread is that the Ingalls' family celebrates three Christmases in this one book!
Plenty of things happen in On The Banks of Plum Creek:
- the family moves into a sod house
- the family moves into a wooden house with real glass windows
- the family gets oxen and horses
- the girls start school
- the family attends church
- crops are planted and lost
- Pa leaves the family behind twice to go in search of work
- hard weather is endured
- Laura gets in and out of trouble (she almost drowns in this one)
© 2015 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
2 comments:
I love how you go back and revisit so many old favorites! :)
I just finished The Long Winter a few days ago, and while it is not the most fun read, I love it for the endurance the family showed through that hard winter. They endure a lot through many of the books - my former pastor used to talk admiringly about people he called "pioneer stock," and that endurance is probably what he meant.
I do remember On the Banks of Plum Creek as being one where quite a lot happened. I enjoyed the girls' days in school the most, I think.
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