Little House in the Big Woods

I loved these books as a child, and I love them now! Of course, time moves on – there are moments of clear ignorant racism, spanking was the norm, pretty graphic depictions of hunting and preparing meat abound. Hides get tanned – this refers to spanking, not meat prep. I think these books have value in their own right, and as a history lesson. Love the illustrations.

I was watching the show recently, and there was a scene where everyone kept Carrie in the dark about the fate of a piglet. Cutesy. The real Ingalls girls were never in the dark.