Laura Ingalls Wilder - Long Winter

Pros: great descriptions, beautiful color illustrations, perfect length to read together

Cons: some issues raised might frighten younger children

The Bottom Line: Seven months of almost continuous blizzards will put into perspective one or two bad snowstorms a winter. Read this curled up in front of a warm fire!

Review: When I was about my daughter s age, nine, a friend of the family gave me my first Little House book. I was immediately captivated by the stories within and read them over and over through the years. The copy I had contained wonderful...

Pros: Good way to see how the pioneers survived hardship, makes me grateful for what I have

Cons: Reading about six months in the same room gets a little monotonous

Review: I have been a huge fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books since about third grade. I've read the nine books about Laura's life so many times I can answer all the questions in the "Little House Trivia Book" with hardly a moment's hesitation.

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Pros: Wonderful story of hardship and survival

Cons: My first book was missing a whole chapter.

The Bottom Line: wonderful story of hardship and survival. Beautifully written.

Review: The Long Winter is the story of a family in Desmet South Dakota during the 1880-1881 winter of blizzard after blizzard that nearly forced an entire town into starvation.

I remember when I was a little girl and I read the Little House books...

Pros: amazing story of survival - and it's true, too!

Cons: makes you cold and hungry

Review: It has been unusually warm here in Minnesota this fall, and I have been grateful for that. I have been reading the Little House series in order, and I knew that reading The Long Winter was going to be out of the question until spring...

Pros: Story of determination, faith and family that will inspire you

Cons: Descriptions of blizzards and cold are not understandable because of today's age

The Bottom Line: The Long Winter will give you a greater appreciation of faith, determination and the intense love of a family going through a horribly long winter.

Review: Ever since I was eleven years old, I fell in love with a series of books authored by Laura Ingalls Wilder known as the "Little House" series. This series of books tells the life of Laura Ingalls, who lived in various places throughout her young life...

Pros: Well written, intense storyline, beautiful illustrations

Cons: Darker than other books in the series

The Bottom Line: The Long Winter is the best book in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Review: Often when I read historical fiction I can't help but dream about going back in time and experiencing the events described in the book. That is most certainly not the case with Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter.

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Pros: It's LITTLE HOUSE. Well-written, readers will take away good things.

Cons: Slow--but for good reasons and to good effect!

The Bottom Line: Try reading this during a July/August heatwave. (See review)

Review: Before "Survivor," "1900 House," and the current PBS "Frontier House," there was THE LONG WINTER; before that, the actual long winter of 1880-81 on the Dakota Territory--6 months long. (Yes, thankfully: 6 months, not 7, to go along with the Indian's...

Pros: well written story

Cons: none

Review: The Long Winter is the sixth in the series and the first where Laura Ingalls meets Almanzo Wilder. The winter is harsh and Almanzo risks his life to try to save the people of the town. The snow covers to the rooftops!!

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Pros: Great survival story!

Cons: Will make you scared and hungry...

Review: Every time I read "The Long Winter" I get so hungry that I am compelled to go into the kitchen and make myself a snack. Laura Ingalls Wilder was very good at describing frontier food, so good that I once checked "The Little House Cookbook" out of...