The Little House Books

"I like it because I was born in America and it’s based in America. I think it’s really sweet the way she lives. When they get a shop-bought thing, they all get excited because most of the time they have to make everything themselves—the dresses, the food, the drink, the entertainment. In one of the books Mary, Laura’s older sister goes blind and from then on Laura has to be the one who has the full weight of making money, because she is the oldest able worker of the children. She works hard as a teacher and as a seamstress to create enough money for her sister to go a school for the blind, where she learns to read Braille. It gives you a taste of what life was like before. I think, personally, that it was actually quite nice, living like that, out in the wild having fun, but I’m not sure I’d say the same if I was actually doing it. More kids’ books recommendations on Five Books"