Thanks to Valerie for sharing the changes that are in the works for the Little House on the Prairie Series.

It’s not always easy to find a good book, let alone a great series of books that your entire family loves. Our family loved reading the Little House on the Prairie Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder several times when our boys were young. They were a part of our family. I was thrilled when I learned that the Little House Series was continued on by author Melissa Wiley who wrote The Martha and Charlotte Series. In these series she brought us stories of Laura’s grandmother and great grandmother and had plans of sharing more of their stories with us, but sadly that is not going to happen.

At her blog, Here in the Bonny Glenn, Melissa explains her decision to not continue writing the books. I want to personally thank Ms. Wiley for her wonderful writing and for following her heart on this matter. I heartily agree that children deserve literature and not twaddle and WE the readers are the ones that must let the publishers know what we want.

Valerie also pointed out that you can purchase copies of the Little House on the Prairie Series from FUN Books. When I visited there I noted that you can also purchase the Martha and Charlotte Series as well.

If you’re a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan like I am, you might also enjoy the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pages from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum that offers these resources:

• Dear Laura Hoover Library’s on-line resource, retired teacher, June Silliman, from Mount Vernon, Iowa, will answer by e-mail all of your questions about Laura and her family.
• Pioneering Journeys of the Ingalls Family Information and activities relating to the travels of the Ingalls family.
• De Smet, South Dakota in the 1880s Activities to explore the town of De Smet during the time Laura lived there.
• Farmer Boy Information relating to the book Farmer Boy.
• Pioneer Counting Book: A counting book for younger children with themes from the Little House books.
• Activities: Timeline activity, Mapping the journeys of the Ingalls family, Patterns for constructing a pioneer town, Map of De Smet, South Dakota, Making a nine-patch quilt, Cousin Ed’s straw hat, Grandma Minnie’s sunbonnet, Wildflower seed packet.
• View a Chronology of events in Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder’s lives.
• Bibliography: Books by and About Laura Ingalls Wilder and Books on the Pioneer Experience

For Educators

• Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum Rose Wilder Lane Collection
• An explanation of what is in the collection and why it is housed at the Hoover Presidential Library.
• Dear Laura Hoover Library’s on-line resource, retired teacher, June Silliman, from Mount Vernon, Iowa, will answer by e-mail all of your questions about Laura and her family.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Teaching Unit Pioneer Life With Laura, a social studies and language arts teaching unit prepared by teachers David Bousfield and Nancy Westlake of the Iowa City Community School District.
• Activities: Timeline activity, Mapping the journeys of the Ingalls family, Patterns for constructing a pioneer town, Map of De Smet, South Dakota, Making a nine-patch quilt, Cousin Ed’s straw hat, Grandma Minnie’s sunbonnet, Wildflower seed packet.
• Bibliography: Books by and About Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Pioneer Experience

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