A Little House Picture Book Treasury, Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

A Little House Picture Book Treasury: Six Stories of Life on the Prairie, Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Many of the picture books I've been receiving for possible reviews have been...not my favorite. So many of them are based on characters, usually from TV, that I just don't care for. I don't do negative reviews, so many of them just go unreviewed.

When I opened the last box and found this gem, I was thrilled. Now, here are some characters I can really get behind!

I may have actually gasped with delight.

Reading this little treasury to my kids did not disappoint, either. It is living up to my expectations upon seeing the cover, and is quickly becoming a favorite.

The Treasury is a compilation of six little stories from the Little House books. The stories include A Little Prairie House, Going to Town, County Fair, Sugar Snow, Winter Days in the Big Woods, and Christmas in the Big Woods.

The artwork is beautiful and endearing.

You could use it as an early chapter book. As for us, we haven't read it without going all the way through in one sitting...and a couple times I've closed the back cover and been begged to read it all over again...and yes, I obliged.

Our giveaway of this treasure and two others ends tomorrow, so be sure to enter if you haven't yet!!!

3 BOOK GIVEAWAY - An Unexpected Role, A Little House Picture Book Treasury, and The Lifegiving Home

Hey! We're doing a giveaway of An Unexpected Role by Leslea Wahl, A Little House Picture Book Treasury, and The Lifegiving Home.

If you'd like to enter for a chance to win, simply comment on this post (below) and you're done! In your comment, please list a clean, fun book you'd like us to review. You may comment once for one entry. If you'd like a second entry, please share this post and comment with the link.

Commenting will close on October 13th, and the WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON OCTOBER 14th.

Note: It was October 4th and 5th, but we changed it due to lack of comments. Please comment and share!!

See my review of An Unexpected Role here and watch for reviews of A Little House Picture Book Treasury and The Lifegiving Home in the next couple days!

Thanks! :)

-Grace

Pioneer Project #2: Corn Husk Dolls

We followed this simple little tutorial and made corn husk dolls a couple days ago. Bubs was more into the process of making the dolls, while Welly-Bells couldn't wait to be done and play with them.The project was inspired by our reading of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is the first book in the Little House series, and it is highly recommended!

Little Laura is a great protagonist. She wishes she could be good like her big sister, Mary, but finds herself hopelessly flawed. She treasures her corn cob doll, and when she is finally given a 'real' doll, she makes sure her corn cob doll still feels loved, too.

I loved reading Little House in the Big Woods aloud to my kids for two reasons. First, it is an excellent intro into pioneer life. We glimpse the roles of Ma and Pa, the work that must be done with each new season, and the simple life they lead...which brings me to #2...

It shows how much we have and helps prompt a feeling of gratitude. Laura talks about how she savored her treats because she only had them twice a year.

This book made me long for a simpler life, where the family is truly the central unit of society.