Customer Reviews
Little House in the Big woods - By: Mehajabeen Farid, 12 Jan 2008 
It is a true story about her childhood with her Ma, Pa & her sister Mary. My favourite character is Pa because of his strong will to finish something & his positive attitude towards everything. It is about Christmas with her family, cousins, grandparents, aunts & uncles. They move from one area to anotherin the Big Woods. Pa built the house for them to livein with some help. It is filled with happiness & joy & sorrow & excitement & anger. It was exciting when a wolf nearly got Mary one time while Pa was out. It is a true story of her life which was so wonderful. It felt like a diary. 7 - 13 year olds would like this book. I would rate it 100/ 10 because it was so fantastic.
An insight into what it was like to grow up in rural America over 130 years ago - By: SB, 02 Nov 2007 
This is the autobiographical story of little Laura Ingalls, her big sister Mary, &in "Big Woods", her little baby sister Carrie. "Big Woods" is all about Laura & Mary's early childhood growing upin their log housein the woods, with Ma & Pa, near to the village of Pepinin Wisconsin.
Life isn't easy for the Ingalls family (compared to our standards today), but food is plentiful & the girls enjoy a happy caring home, learning about the skills they'll need as grown ups. The detail that the author's goes into when describing ways of life is delightful. You can really picture the girls helping Ma to make butter, & all the other things they do... which I don't like to give away. It's easy to imagine the house, the setting, Aunts, Uncles & cousins, & the story is not without moments of excitement & discovery for the two girls. The author reminds us of how even the simplest new experiences can be so exciting & full of wonder for a small child!
Even with the detailed descriptions, the writing is simple & the story flows alongin a lovely engaging way. Perfect for ages 7-11... & for all the young at heart too.
Glimpses of the Past - By: Mark Baker, 11 Feb 2004 Life is hard living on the frontier of Wisconsinin the 1870's. Laura is only a little girl, but she still needs to help with chorus around her family's log cabin. There are wild animalsin the woods, & they must provide for themselves since the nearest townin hours away. But it's not all hard work. If Pa's not tired, he might entertain his daughters with a story or by playing his fiddle. With family relatively nearby to visit, life is certainly never dull.
I had not read these books since I was a child until picking this up to reread. I had forgotten how entertaining they really are. There is no real plot, just a collection of stories covering a yearin the life of the Ingalls family. This makes sense since they really are an autobiographical work. Still, the simple charm of the stories sucked me rightin & I had a hard time putting the book down. There is plenty of detail here to give anyone a good picture of daily life during this time. And I must mention the illustrations by Garth Williams that greatly add to the book.
There's a reason these books are so well loved 70 years after they were written. They are an entertaining look at everyday lifein a different time & place. This is a book to treasure.
home comfort - By: asha, 06 Sep 2003 little housein the big woods is a journey to a different world, where life is simple & the world consists of four strong walls keeping little laura & her family safe from harm. the book's descriptions of food leaves you hungry, with its memories of cheese making, hickory smoked venison & home made butter. seeing the world through laura's excited eyes makes you want to cuddle up with a cup of warm cocoa, preferably with a snow storm outside. it is home comfort all the way through.
Magical - By: helen.ward@lineone.net, 06 Sep 2000 I read this book as a child thirty years ago (now that's a frightening thing to seein print) & loved it. My daughter, aged 10, has now fallenin love with it.
It is a magical recreation of a simpler lifein a very different time & today's children wonder at how people could survivein a world of bears & cougars & snow as high as the roof of the house with no central heating, television or gameboy !
