Little House on the Prairie series
The
Little House on the Prairie series, also called the
Frontier Girl or
Pioneer Girl series, was written by
Laura Ingalls Wilder about her childhood in a pioneer family. The most well-known of the books is
Little House on the Prairie. The books are generally classified as
historical fiction rather than
autobiography.
The version of the books currently in print was illustrated by Garth Williams.
There are now spinoff books based on some of Wilder's female relations, including her mother, Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls, and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane.
The books also formed the basis of a television series, called Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon.
List of Books in the Series
- Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
- Farmer Boy (1933) - about her husband's childhood on a farm in New York
- Little House on the Prairie (1935)
- On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
- By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
- The Long Winter (1940)
- Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
- These Happy Golden Years (1943)
- The First Four Years (1971, published posthumously)