Browse

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author

(1867 - 1957)

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family. Laura’s daughter, Rose, inspired Laura to write her books.



Bibliography

The Long Winter (1940)

The Indians warn that there will be a hard winter so Pa moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to his store building in town for the winter.

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1941

The Long Winter (1953)

The Indians predict a hard winter so Pa moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to his store building in town.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)

In the fourth volume of her history Laura and the Ingalls family move to Minnesota and live in a dugout on the banks of Plum Creek.

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1938

On the Banks of Plum Creek (1953)

In this fourth volume of her family saga, the Ingalls family moves to Minnesota and settles on the banks of Plum Creek.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1938

On the Way Home (1962)

Devastated by drought, Laura and Almanzo Wilder give up their claim and move to Mansfield, Missouri.

Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (2014)

Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote her autobiography in 1930. It did not find a publisher but served as the basis for her subsequent series of Little House books. It is here published for the first time with copious annotations.

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): None

Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2016)

A large collection of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s correspondence dating from 1894 to 1956.

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): None

These Happy Golden Years (1943)

In the eighth book of her biography Laura Ingalls becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1944

These Happy Golden Years (1953)

In the final installment of Laura Ingalls’ biography she becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1944

West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder San Francisco 1915 (1974)

In 1915 Laura Ingalls Wilder went to San Francisco, California to visit her daughter Rose and see the Panama-Pacific Exposition. These are the letters she wrote to Almanzo who stayed to take care of the farm.

Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Photographs

Sign up for our free book-of-the-week email!

Looking for updates from the Treasury of Great Children's books? Look no further, our Book-of-the-Week email is free and will keep you informed of the latest happenings!

Please fill out the form to subscribe:

* indicates required