Laura Ingalls Wilder - These Happy Golden Years

Pros: wonderful for family reading, vivid descriptions of a very different life

Cons: the last book authored by Laura - next one was reprinted from it's draft form

The Bottom Line: At an age when teenagers now worry most about getting a license, Laura is teaching and helping her family as well as finding romance.

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Pros: A wonderful historical document A story everyone should read

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Read the Little House Stories you will be glad you did.

Review: Laura Ingalls Wilder is a well known children's author. Her stories of her life have been enjoyed for so many years and will continue to be enjoyed for years to come. Her stories tell of the adventures of the Ingalls family. Laura Ingalls is second the ...

Pros: brings pioneer history to life

Cons: none

Review: These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder is the eighth book in the Little House series, continuing the story of Laura's young pioneer life. Laura writes of her late teen years; of becoming a schoolteacher at age 15 to...

Pros: You won't be able to put it down.

Cons: You won't want it to end!

The Bottom Line: My personal favorite of the Little House books.

Review: The eighth book of the Little House series. It kind of has an undertone of sadness, as Laura grows up, and by book's end, is married and going to her own "little house".

As the book begins, Laura is going away to teach twelve miles away, in...

Pros: well written, fun adventures

Cons: none

Review: This is the eighth book in the series and originally the last (the last one was written as an afterthought several years later). It is a generally upbeat story with fewer hardships than some of the other books in the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She...

Pros: feels like you are right there in the pioneer days!

Cons: I wish the book never ended

Review: I just finished reading this book for the second time, and just love it. Laura is now in her teenage years, and is making the transition from child to young lady. She expresses her thoughts wonderfully as she is forced to board with a hateful woman while...

Pros: It puts you right into the history and the adventure of our country.

Cons: The book ends too soon.

The Bottom Line: I recommend this book to everybody because I know they will love this book just as much as I did.

Review: I gave this book five stars mainly for one reason, the romance between Almanzo Wilder and Laura Ingalls. The way they go for carriage rides is enough for me to give five stars. The book is filled with romantic evening carriage rides, beautiful presents...

Pros: A lot happens in three years

Cons: There aren't a lot of details about those events

The Bottom Line: These Happy Golden years may disappoint fans who love Wilder's richly detailed writing.

Review: My seven year old daughter is enthralled with Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series. We have been reading the series together at bedtime. These Happy Golden Years is the 8th book in the series and picks up where Little Town on the Prairie left off. ...

Pros: Satisfactory and wholesome historical novel, captivating in places.

Cons: Not nearly enough detail, only one focus, ambiguous relationship between Almanzo and Laura.

The Bottom Line: For its wholesome nature and satisfying plot, I recommend this work; however, it is not comparable to the other books in the Little House series.

Review: WONDERFUL NIGHT, BEAUTIFUL WORLD “Twilight faded as the little stars went out and the moon rose and floated upward. Its silvery light flooded the sky and the prairie. The winds that had blown, whispering, over the summer grasses all day, ...

Pros: Showed what life was like in the pioneer days.

Cons: Boring descriptions of things that don’t matter.

The Bottom Line: Some parts enjoyable, some parts boring. Torn in the middle between two and three stars.

Review: Contains some facts about the plot.

I actually have a hard time comprehending why everyone has rated this book five stars. I mean, I did not find this book completely outstanding. It took me two years to read the whole series…and I...