Tag: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Fan Girl
Over the years, quite a few trips have featured a visit to a literary landmark. For some, like Prince Edward Island or Mankato, MN, the destination was determined by the book. For others, like Orchard House and Hannibal, it was a pleasant (and necessary!) detour. Last week, an article called The Fantasy, and Folly, of…
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Breaking News?
Today was quite the day for breaking news in the kidlit history world: Scarlet fever wasn’t the cause of Mary Ingalls’ blindness. Friends linked to articles on USA Today, the University of Michigan alumni newsletter, and jezebel.com–and I’m sure there were more. In a nutshell, Mary most likely had viral meningoencephalitis, a brain infection. And Laura…
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Armchair Traveling
As soon as I heard about The Wilder Life,I knew it was a must read. And apparently everyone else knew it was a “Melissa book” because nine million people asked me if I knew about it. Well, maybe not nine million people, but a lot. Including some friends I’ve never really considered as “book friends.”…
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What would you do?
There are many random and unusual perks in being a director of education at history museum. The latest? Our annual Girl Scout Day event has a Little House on the Prairie theme. (any guesses as to who decided that?) And you can’t have a book themed event without reading parts of the book! So, I”ll…
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Maple-sugar-on-snow?
By Northern standards, the weather we’ve had this last week is Not Much. By Dallas standards? Well, life as we know it stopped this week. On Monday night, a giant ice storm hit. And the temperature hasn’t made it past 25 since. Last night, the forecasters said there was a 30% chance of a light…
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“Wonder, contentment and more than a little hope”
On Christmas morning, just after hugs were given and coffee was poured, mom turned to me and said “You’re going to love the editorial page this morning!” This year, the Christmas editorial of the Dallas Morning News featured Little House in the Big Woods! The complete text can be found here. The editorial opens by mentioning…
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Meeting Laura
So, guess where I went today? Today, I went to the source. I walked the same rooms that Laura, Almanzo and Rose walked. Interior photos weren’t permitted, but let me just say this: it’s one of my favorite historic houses ever. It had so many wonderful personal touches, and their lives just oozed through the…
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Anticipation. . .
In less than 48 hours, I’ll be in the same room with Pa’s fiddle, Ma’ china shepherdess, and Laura’s desk. I’ll be in Mansfield, MO, the place where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House books. It’s a literary pilgrimage I’ve long wanted to take. A college friend lives less than 2 hours from Mansfield,…
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Beyond the frontier
At my museum, we get a lot of school tours. Sometimes, we even get survey responses or comments or samples of the lesson plans teachers use to prep for the field trip. Generally speaking, this makes me very, very happy. And generally speaking, I’m amazed to see how creative teachers are in connecting their textbooks…
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