The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder

ok this is kind of on me because I just saw “The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder” on the new books list and requested it because I loved those books and she's my problematic fave, but then when the book came in I was like “oh it's like.....literally the world?” Like literally Marta McDowell combed through all the books and found all the plants she mentioned and it's about those plants.

It's...an impressive work....of plants...but I don't like....care that much about plants, so I kind of heavy-skimmed this. There are a lot of great photos and illustrations, and it was kind of interesting?

Also the author seemed way hype about the ~sustainable lifestyle~ of the pioneers and made like, 1 throwaway mention of Native Americans, sooooo...not great. Last year's Annotated Pioneer Girl was much better about that I think.

Pick it up IF YOU LOVE PLANTS. Or if you're doing some kind of school project about plants.

Plants.

Great cover on this one. Obviously it is a fantstic representation of the subject matter. It has great composition and graphics use as well.

This book was supremely cool! I am a HUGE fan of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. I grew up reading the books and watching the TV show. I am pretty sure I have seen the repeats so often I could give you the dialogue from whole episodes verbatim. lol So I knew the minute I saw this one available for review that it was meant to be mine.



This book was stuffed full of cool information. Drawings, photos, newspaper clippings, and maps. Information about their life back in the day (food, clothing, weather, games, etc.). Personal photos of the Ingalls. Sometimes this type of book can make for dry reading, but the way it was written with the Little House tie-in kept it charming and fresh. It would make the perfect gift for any fan of the books or TV show.