My mom cleaned out her attic a couple of weeks ago, and she found some old books of mine, including the entire Little House series...
I LOVED these books when I was young - and I have spent the last few days rediscovering them. I am so glad to find that they are just as interesting now as they were so many years ago! If you aren't familiar with them, they were written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and they are the real-life story of Laura and her family in the late 1800's, starting when she was a little girl in the "Big Woods" of Wisconsin, and ending after she got married in what was then called the Dakota Territory.
I have many favorite stories from this series, and one I just finished reading is the story of The Long Winter. (It's kind of nice to get lost in a story about snow and freezing cold temperatures on days like this!) In this story, Laura is about 14 years old, and her family has just moved to the Dakota territory. They face an incredibly harsh winter - the first blizzard strikes early in October, and they continue straight through the winter, right into April, with no more than a day or two in between storms. No trains can get through, and the family runs out of food. Eventually, Almanzo Wilder (the man Laura ends up marrying!) and another young man make a dangerous trip across the prairie to find wheat so that the people in the town will be able to survive.
If you are looking for something new to read, I highly recommend them!
Hope you are all enjoying these warm summer days -
Mrs. Mayhew
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